When introducing video games in the classroom there is a thin red line between using the fascination and taking advantage of it. If we think we can transfer the spare time game experience to the classroom, we have a hard task ahead. Instead we have to be realistic about what can be transferred – we cannot expect that the pupil has fun all the time, but I think that most of the time can be achieved… :-)
And here is where the pupil lots come in. We have come up with an idea where pupils have a personal lot (25 x 25 blocks/meters), where they, and only they, can build whatever they want. This will keep a touch of play in the learning environment and motivate the pupil to finish more assignments, why?
Because when the pupil finishes an assignment it will get an achievement. This achievement could be 20 blocks of clay - it is important that the pupil has multiple things to choose from (so that it can expand its lot as it want)… it would be demotivating to get 20 blocks of clay if your house is made from pink wool… :-)
When it comes to privacy and permissions, we first thought that an “everybody can build and destroy” was a good social lesson, but now we want to keep it a bit less “free”. We are currently seeking to only make the server accessible to our Minecraft accounts (white list) and to make the pupil lots private, so that the lot-owner is the only one who can build/destroy on the lot. The pupils are not allowed to edit the area outside the lots (disallow blocks).
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