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Building the (Minecraft) lost city of Babylon

My radar is constantly updated with news about the amazing work of global kids as they gain experience and improve their skills in their gaming interactions. This incredible platform is being utilized by a lot of children who are supported by their parents and their peers. Teachers are also helping their students to do amazing things.

Look at this gorgeous model in Minecraft - Babylon in a very modern world of our children's futures. When I say amazing, I don't just mean building in a game environment! I mean engaging in communication and literacy; storytelling and digital citizenship; and above all creativity and global culture. It requires effort on the part of adults to nurture students in this manner.

Minecraft in the classroom is a growing trend. People are jumping onboard to integrate Minecraft into their school's learning culture. Minecraft is turning into a minefield in the 'grown-up world', consultant warning. It is essential that we connect with quality users who have a solid understanding of best practices in Minecraft and not with consultants.

Project Mist

Project Mist Project Mist, run by Donelle Batty, is one of my favourite Australian leaders - working with her children every day that we would love for all of our children. Donelle has been running Project M.I.S.T (Minecraft In School Transforming education) for many years now. Her students have had impressive learning experiences. GMods experience in Minecraft says it all!

This year's Minecraft experience was truly amazing. The collaboration, the effort and the creative thinking I witnessed were truly remarkable. I was able to interact with other kids with the same interests as me and made friendships throughout the year. The most enjoyable part was working together. When there were large crowds and high deaths we hid in shelters and shared our materials. It was always a pleasure to assist someone in building or creating something. I've also learned about the importance of how I present myself online and how I present myself to the people on the web. Presentation is crucial and your first impression of you is everything. If you're acting as an online tool, people will see you once and think: "Wow, that person is rude and stupid" And that would be the final time they visit your site/severor profile.

Recently I followed a Twitter to read what Donelle wrote about the launch of 2014's #ProjectMIST.

2014 #ProjectMIST is about begin, and it requires a dedicated community to do this! http://t.co/HwGMrUlHI5 #minecraft @natbott42

- Donelle Batty (@dbatty1) March 21, 2014

She reminded us that Minecraft is a collaborative experience as are the many stages of learning required to gain Minecraft experience. Donelle is without a doubt a leader in the world, and will be away from her home town of Tasmania on her Hardie Fellow (Info re Hardie Fellowship and the recipients for 2013-14).

Donelle also reminded of Jo Kay's amazing work, who I have worked closely with throughout the years on numerous projects. Jo currently supports and builds our work in the Master of Education, Knowledge Networks and Digital Innovation degree here at CSU. We don't use the standard LMS but have created our own system for the degree.

So in much the same way Donelle explains:

We are very fortunate at ProjectMIST because we have one person who has been with us from the beginning and is always there, even at 12:04am. At this time of the day, I am in bed asleep and my computer is sleeping too, however Jo Kay is wide awake supporting the students where I am unable to. Info Her support is extremely appreciated by the students, and they demonstrate this through building replicas of her avatar on their own servers, one young man did this just the other night , when she helped him out when he locked himself out of his server. This student has recently been accepted to the Massively @ Jokaydia Minecraft Guild and is extremely excited to be able to build, learn and explore with fellow players from all parts of the world.

If you are an educator, a parent, or simply someone who wants to give children an opportunity to play Minecraft I suggest you go to Massively @ Jokaydia.

The Massively @ jokaydia Guild Website - a community supported by jokaydia.com offers children and parents with games-based spaces to learn, collaborate , and play!

The project is designed for children aged between 4 and 16 years old who are interested in developing digital media, creativity, and social skills online. We are currently using the video game Minecraft to provide a secure whitelisted server, as well as an array of activities that encourage kids to choose their own learning paths and adventures.

This is the best thing you can do! Babylon was a creation by just one of those students!

You can find Donelle on Twitter @dbatty1 and Jo @JoKay. You can also find student Nat in the TedEX video below, which is @natbott42.

Image licensed by CC (BY NC SA) flickr photo shared with Jo Kay

How do I set up a server for Minecraft at school? "Me my son, and Minecraft" by Jane Costello GModGirl's experiences in Minecraft this year Three amazing Minecraft books

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