1. Minecraft in the Classroom

2. What is Minecraft? Sandbox game Mine & Craft Survival Mode
Creative Mode
Minecraft is whatever you want it to be.

7. Benefits of Video Games
Social
Teamwork, leadership, communication
Reasoning
Visual, spatial, logical, inductive & deductive
Problem Solving
Quick decision making, cost/benefit analysis, resource management, coping with failure
Outlet for Creativity & Stress Relief
In class: ENGAGEMENT! And simulation

8. In the Language Class Culturally: Linguistically: virtual tours
student projects
Linguistically:
teacher-designed world filled with target language
tasks to be completed with only target language
option to change in-game language

9. Target Language Tasks Shopping City navigation
Building something with certain directions
Teacher-designed adventure game