Real World / MineCraft World: Cutting-Edge Pedagogy Through Gaming

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Presenters

March 2024 - 21CLHK

I will present how teachers can incorporate cutting-edge pedagogy like International Baccalaureate, Universal Design for Learning and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies through gaming. I will show how Game-Based Learning meets the qualifications for those pedagogies in ways that increase engagement, representation, action & expression.

I will introduce the tools I utilize to accomplish these goals including MineCraft, Pear Deck and Adobe Creative Cloud. Attendees will be taken on a journey through a unit I taught using these exact tools in the classroom – and see student’s multimedia work from the unit.

Attendees are asked to bring a device (laptop, tablet, etc.) with MineCraft for Education downloaded to the device, Attendees will take away a new purpose. One that educates our students in the world they are building for themselves today.

Conference Edition:
March 2024 - 21CLHK

Job Role Applicability:

  • School Leader
  • Technology Director
  • Curriculum Director / Coordinator
  • Head of School/Director
  • Director of Professional Development
  • Humanities Teacher
  • Learning Specialist
  • Science / STEAM Teacher
  • Social Studies Teacher
  • Primary Teacher
  • Design & Technology
  • Technology Coach
  • School Support Staff
Tags:
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Social Studies
  • Humanities
  • Design & Technology
  • Emergent Technology
  • Digital Citizenship
Type of Session:
Presentation
Most applicable to educators working in the following areas:
  • Lower Elementary [Age 4 - 6]
  • Upper Elementary [Age 8 - 10]
  • Middle School [Age 11 - 13]
  • High School [Age 14 - 17]
  • Higher Education [Age 18+]