Using Minecraft: Education Edition as a tool to demonstrate the solution in a problem-based learning activity
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently I had the privilege of attending at the amazing Microsoft Educator
Exchange (E2) Africa Forum as a #MIEExpert Educator. The E2 had the theme of #Makewhatsnext and it was held at Microsoft’s
headquarters in Johannesburg. I was excited about the emphasis that would be placed on using Minecraft: Education Edition in our classrooms. Stephen Reid, the Minecraft ‘Guru’ from Immersive Minds in Scotland gave an amazing keynote on problem-based learn...Read more
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Hack the Classroom is one of Microsoft’s exciting, free, online, live events designed to show you what’s possible and ignite new ideas. This event will keep you in touch with all the ways to incorporate technology into your classroom. This year, the event will be live from the ISTE Conference bringing you the latest tools designed to empower your students to create the world of tomorrow! It is really worth...
Gizelle
Simpson is a teacher and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert from Malmsbury in the Western Cape.
She teaches English as a Home Language as well as English as a First Additional
Language at Wesbank Secondary School, and she is also a qualified Psychometrist.
Gizelle was one of the 30 MIEExpert Educators selected to attend the Microsoft
E2 Africa Form in Johannesburg, and in this article she gives a reflection on
the event.
“So there I was, boarding an aeroplane to Johanne...
The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week. The list is embedded below but can also be found at . The link to the back-dated posts is:
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