Minecraft offers free lessons to children

By ITS Education Asia

It is great to see large companies chipping in where possible to help parents with the consequences of school closures caused the Corona virus. This article from the BBC is about efforts from the makers of the popular online game Minecraft (Microsoft).

Minecraft is making its educational worlds available free, to help pupils no longer able to attend school because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 12 digital lessons will be available to download until the end of June.

They include tours of the International Space Station and the inside of a human eye, which "can be played on your own, or with parents or friends." The worlds offer creative writing and puzzles as well as build challenges.

Other lessons include:

• puzzle games to teach students how to code and think like programmers
• a tour of Washington DC's most historic sites, including the White House, the Pentagon and the Lincoln Memorial
• a game about generating power from alternative energy sources, such as wind and nuclear

"Educators around the world are doing everything they can to provide digital lessons for the half a billion students who are out of school due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Minecraft owner Microsoft.

 

 

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