PLAY: Minecraft x Classroom: “engage students and drive new ways of thinking”
MineCraft x Social Studies
Making allows students to learn by doing and solve problems by tinkering, trial and error. Minecraft is a 3D sandbox game, which has made its way into classrooms because it engages students across a range of subjects. Imagine the learning that happens when these two popular education movements are combined.
The outcome is a powerhouse of student engagement, says Mike Washburn, head of computer science at Richmond Hill Montessori & Elementary Private School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In his mind, games shouldn’t be relegated to the fringes in classrooms. Educators should leverage them to engage students and drive new ways of thinking.
TEACH: 1970s Music Teacher with Students Singing David Bowie
Elementary School Music teacher records students singing classic rock songs in the 1970's to vinyl. Later made to a CD: "Innocence & Despair", 2001
TOOLS: CourseHorse, a platform curating the best classes + centralized booking engine
CourseHorse centralizes learning opportunities, to increase ease and confidence in discovering your path to personal enrichment. We map a mix of courses and classes for people who want to enrich their lives and never stop discovering.
CourseHorse centralizes learning opportunities, to increase ease and confidence in discovering your path to personal enrichment. We map a mix of courses and classes for people who want to enrich their lives and never stop discovering.
CourseHorse, a New York City-based startup that runs a platform that curates the best classes from local education providers along with a centralized booking engine for prospective students, has raised $500,000 in a seed funding round led by a group of investors including New York Angels, NYC Seed, Pinterest’s first investor Brian Cohen, and others.