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MinecraftEdu vs Regular Minecraft: The Teacher’s Dilemma

"Should I get MinecraftEdu or regular Minecraft for my classroom?" That is one of the most common questions from teachers we get here at GamingEdus. The answer is: it depends.…
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Servers up and running!

*Update* The Blaze attack has been averted and many bugs squashed. The servers are back up and running. Hey GamingEdus! All the servers will be brought offline this weekend as…
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Perseverance in the Face of Technology

Perseverance is: "a steady persistence in a course of especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles or discouragement" ().   We try and scaffold our students' learning so that they develop this character trait, along…
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Minechat Visits the Gaming Edus

Collin Gallagher, the creative talent behind Minecraft Minechat, visited the Professional Play and Multi-School servers belonging to the Gaming Edus. See the tour and hear the interview in this video,…
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Multi-School Server Gets TNT World

Blowing stuff up in Minecraft is fun. We've been doing it since 2011, sometimes with disastrous results. And it's something our students love to do. While playing with TNT is…
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Multi-School Server updated to 1.7.4

The long wait is over! The Multi-School Server has been updated to version for all your Minecrafty needs. Make sure to check your game versions before you log in this…
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Messy Learning with Minecraft

Morning Minecraft crew ready to dig (This post originally appeared on the Feeding Change blog in 2011.) It's barely 9:15 in the morning and already two students have fallen down…
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Holiday Open House at HorsieFieldCastle

(Cross-posted from ) I invite you to visit my new MineCraft digs at HorsieFieldCastle for some holiday cheer on Saturday, December 28th. It was a little less than two months…
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Listen to our students shine on CBC radio

Want to know why we jump through technical hoops to bring Minecraft into our classroom? For the answer, just listen to our students speak to CBC radio about playing on…
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Multi-School Minecraft Server Year 3: New Players, Community Build Zone and Unknowable Outcomes

When we first launched the Multi-School Minecraft server in 2011, we had no idea if it would work. Three schools and over 30 students sharing a single server sounded great,…
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