KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF USING MINECRAFT IN EDUCATION

KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF USING MINECRAFT IN EDUCATION

WHAT IS MINECRAFT?

Minecraft is an open game owned by Microsoft Studios and Mojang, the most popular of recent years, where it is allowed to create objects and scenarios, with a very characteristic visual, in block format. In other words, it is an endless virtual world, fun and capable of exploring a series of abilities in children, such as creativity, teamwork, programming objects, among others.

Minecraft has in its history a series of differentiated versions, including different worlds, also supporting several game modes (Creative, Survival), with different characteristics.

Obviously, the Minecraft: Education Edition version stands out, with very interesting specificities for education and the classroom, with a series of resources and environments for Teachers.

ADVANTAGES OF USING MINECRAFT IN EDUCATION

For a better understanding of the use of Minecraft in Education, we list below some of the advantages.

1) Develop collaborative work and team spirit

This tool encourages the creation of objects and scenarios, and as such, greatly develops collaborative work and team spirit. This is one of the main advantages of the Minecraft tool, as it involves the group of students in a common end goal, thus allowing you to organize and work with the other colleagues.

On the other hand, children who master the Minecraft tool, derived from the time they play during the leisure period, begin to want to teach their friends, teachers and even relatives, thus providing them, in this way, to become mentors of other people who are less familiar with the game, thus creating a spirit of teamwork and mutual help.

2) Develops the ability to solve problems

Minecraft develops the ability to solve problems, and children become more patient and focused on solving obstacles, which helps them a lot in the remaining classes and multidisciplinary areas.

3) Provides a growth mindset

The use of Minecraft allows children to be more confident, making students interact more and create dialogues with other colleagues, regarding the game.

This tool allows to change the mentality of children and young people, so that they begin to internalize that failure is part of the learning processand that mentality is something essential not everyday of them, but also in their future and in the labor market.

4) Promotes and strengthens social and emotional learning

Minecraft has numerous advantages at this level, strengthening the development of social and emotional skills, such as social awareness, self-awareness, decision-making, self-control and the social relationship itself.

5) Promotes learning and knowledge of other subjects

Minecraft, especially Minecraft: Education Edition, is prepared for use in a classroom context, having developed a series of content and environments prepared for some themes. This tool has content, resources and environments for the topics of Mathematics, Sciences, History, learning programming, among others.

A SHARKCODERS - Geniuses of Tomorrowhas an active role in the dynamization and promotion of Minecraft, as a tool in the classroom, having a team of teachers trained and certified as Minecraft Global Mentors.

A SHARKCODERS is also Microsoft Education Partner, having promoted a series of Webinars and Actions for Teachers in recent times, with Microsoft Portugal.

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