by John McCarthy | Jan 18, 2014 | Differentiated Instruction, Game-Based Learning, PBL, Voice
Last week during the snow days, or rather the Freeze days of -30+ degree weather, my son spent those two days writing and revising a proposal, sharing its content with his peers, and analyzing work by others for critical logic flaws and idea development. The weekend...
by John McCarthy | Dec 16, 2013 | Game-Based Learning, PBL, Voice
Minecraft for Learning, Part 2: (Follow me on twitter at @jmccarthyeds to stay up to date on following posts.) In the last post, I mentioned that minecraft is a way to include student voice into their learning. Students can help teachers make the connections by...
by John McCarthy | Dec 11, 2013 | Game-Based Learning, Voice
Updated: August 2, 2016 Earlier this year, I was asked how Minecraft can be used in education. At the time, I’d done some digging in just that topic because my kids were deep into the game, both solo and through home networking. Recently, I’ve been asked...
