This webinar will look at the Mathematical Processes and how they are well represented when Minecraft is used as a tool in the classroom. Examples will be shared showing how Minecraft can be used in all 5 strands of math, with examples of how it can be used to create rich problems for students to solve, involving more than one strand at a time. We will consider how Minecraft can be used as a tool at the various stages in the S.A.M.R. model by Dr. Ruben Puentedura.
Audience: Grades 1-6
Resources:
- Scott on Twitter: @scottmckenzie27
- Gaming Edu
- Minecraft Education Edition
- Setting up a Minecraft World for your Class – Minecraft Start (video)
- Addition Options (video)
- Working Clock (video)
- Sand Clock (video)
- Patterning (video)
- Multiplication (video)
- Multiplication with Ender Chests (video)
- Transformations (video)
- Alt Codes (for finding mathematical symbols)
- Showing Ratio (video)