Virtual+Worlds

=Welcome to ACLES - Virtual Worlds!=

This is the first year that we're offering Minecraft (A very popular virtual world) in an educational format. The purpose is to provide a fun-playful learning environment where the students learn not only to mine, grow and share resources; collect, manage and protect inventories; construct, recycle and re-build objects; but moreover how to engage in a digital citizenship that encompasses internet ethics, online safety, privacy and research. Here is a decent [|video explanation].

We have a [|Minecraft EDU] server that offers similar challenges to the students. Minecraft in Education is in the news here: [|News]Teachers and Parents can get educational info here: [|Minecraft in Education]

Everyone's learning resources are here:
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