With Black History Month underway, Mojang has announced the newest addition to Minecraft’s educational content offerings. The “Lessons in Good Trouble” DLC is all about the Civil Rights movement, both ...

However, the real reason I use Minecraft is that the students chose it. The popularity of the game is so overwhelming and when the lesson became the engagement their attention, confidence, and ...

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Minecraft Marketplace, the official avenue to monetize user-generated content in the hit game. In the years since its launch, the Marketplace has seen ...

Ed. note: For more Minecraft lesson ideas, see Jim Pike’s lesson plans on order of operations and area and perimeter, featuring explainer videos and more, on the website Educade. Last year I taught ...