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A teacher
Many of my hobbies see me sitting on my backside. I took a decision this year to change my gaming chair for thin wooden kitchen furniture. My thinking was that I would balance my gaming time with more active hobbies. This hasn't necessarily been the case. I have spent many hours in a thin wooden chair, and it is a miracle that my back hasn't trashed itself.
There is something about gaming and imbibing other bits of literature that can improve. But for what point? And for what purpose? Shouldn't gaming, at times, just be a piece of distraction? Why should significance be sought in all things?
One of my students wishes to begin a Minecraft club. I question the value of this club when I consider how much time it would take to do so. But I asked for him to show me a presentation, which he created. And I see it as my job to facilitate enterprise, even beyond my own doubts.
So, does anyone else run a Minecraft club? And to what extent do you make the educational value explicit?
There is something about gaming and imbibing other bits of literature that can improve. But for what point? And for what purpose? Shouldn't gaming, at times, just be a piece of distraction? Why should significance be sought in all things?
One of my students wishes to begin a Minecraft club. I question the value of this club when I consider how much time it would take to do so. But I asked for him to show me a presentation, which he created. And I see it as my job to facilitate enterprise, even beyond my own doubts.
So, does anyone else run a Minecraft club? And to what extent do you make the educational value explicit?
1 comments:
Heya, I started a Minecraft ater school club for G3-5 last school year here in Singapore. I posted the gory details in 3 parts on my blog: http://edutechniques.com/?p=394
It really was a lot of fun and not a lot of stress at all. Students learned a lot of etiquette and appropriate behavior as it was the first time a lot of them were on a server together.
Keep gaming! I have a comfy chair to game in as I enjoy gaming and why punish yourself! Give yourself the comfy chair back!
Currently playing: Arkham Asylum, MW3, Max Payne 3. And, cough, Plants v Zombies on my Mac...
Cheers
Colin.
ps. email me if you want to chat edu and games any time! colingally at edutechniques dot com or hit me up on Twitter @colingally
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