I have had the fortune of working with several second grade classrooms to use Minecraft EDU as part of a learning unit about communities. Discovery Education resources played a vital part in creating the background knowledge to make this project successful. In previous posts, I have shared what we have been doing and learning but as all powerful learning, it is through the words of the students that the teacher really is able to understand the impact of different projects.
During the last few days as our community unit was completing and students were playing in the world that they had built, I had the opportunity to interview many of the students. It was an opportunity to hear what individual students felt, learned, and enjoyed. This project gave everyone the opportunity to focus on critical thinking, collaborating, creating, and communicating which are all essential parts of learning about communities.