For Minecraft lesson ideas, view the above GameDesk-produced video and see Jim Pike’s lesson plans on order of operations and area and perimeter, featuring explainer videos and more, on the website ...

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 ...

Mojang today launched "Minecraft: Education Edition" for macOS and Windows platforms, allowing educators and administrators to begin introducing the game to students and use its copious tools and ...

The Common Core standards have generated lots of attention and controversy, but what do they look like in a classroom? The NPR Ed team continues its summer series from a fifth-grade math lesson. From ...

If a child you know, within the next few weeks, is all of a sudden seems a lot more excited to get up and go to school in the morning, this might be why. Minecraft, a game they are likely borderline ...

This article is part of the collection: Going Back to School With the 2016 EdSurge Fifty States Project. It’s important to keep kids engaged in their learning, but how do we accomplish something that ...

Imagine your teacher plunks you down in front of a computer and loads up Minecraft. Awesome, right? Well, you may be living the dream sooner than you think. This summer, Microsoft is releasing ...

Like many 11-year-olds in Texas, Ethan had to build a model of the Alamo as a school project. Often, students make their dioramas out of paper mache or popsicle sticks, but Ethan’s teacher gave him ...

Microsoft's highly popular game can help children learn everything from programming, science and math to art, languages and history. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...