
Esports Spotlight: Prospects are set to soar in Gold Rush Make and Model
Today our #MinecraftEdu #Esports Spotlight explores our #MakeAndModel Gold Rush world. Like the other worlds in the Make and Model...

Esports Spotlight: The Hidden Treasure in Pirate Cove
What are students learning when they play competitively in collaborative teams against the clock? These Minecraft Esports worlds were design

Esports in School – Where is the Learning Potential?
In our last blog we defined esports for education as 'competitive, collaborative, organized play', and suggested that esports, when...

Immersive Problem Solving with Esports
What if you could create the perfect problem setting for your students - one that immerses them fully, develops high-level cognitive...

The Transformative Power of Play
During this challenging time of social distancing, lockdown, and learning from home, many of us are learning what it means to adapt to...


Social & Emotional Learning and the Power of Perspective
When we explore Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), there are many tools and strategies that are available for us to use and promote...

Exploring the Potential for Powerful Real-World Learning with Minecraft
In this blog we explore the ways in which Minecraft can be used as a tool for exploration of complex real-world issues, by creating safe dig

Re-imagining Formative Assessment with Digital Tools (Part 4)
In the fourth and final part of our series on re-imagining Formative Assessment with Digital Tools, we explore the ways in which we can...

Re-Imagining Formative Assessment with Digital Tools (Part 2)
In our introductory blog on using digital tools to re-imagine classroom assessment practices, we explored the purpose of Formative...


Re-imagining Formative Assessment with Digital Tools
Educators are always looking for innovative ways to gather feedback from their students. A quick internet search will turn up a...