Minecraft
Minecraft.com is a gaming program which allows students to build cities, monsters, weapons, etc.. Students can use this in the classroom in any subject area. In math students can use this tool to study area, perimeter, volume, and angles. In social studies students can create ancient or present cultures with the teacher adding issues that kill off cultures like famine and disease. Students can create cities with an economy and trading system. Students could create some of the weapons being used on countries or alternate sources of energy. This tool is far reaching and students love it because it is considered a game.
Features: customizable, mods available for download, works well with minecraftedu, gaming, secure, free
EVALUATION RUBRIC FOR WEB 2.0 COMMUNICATION TOOLS
LACKING
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GOOD
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OUTSTANDING
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Learning Effectiveness
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- Only lower order thinking skills or less than two higher order thinking skills are assessed
- Experiences are limited to only the creator
- The application does not extend learning beyond what the teacher has already taught
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- Assesses at least two higher order thinking skills
- Provides real world experiences
- When combined with teaching, the application extends the student’s learning
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- Assesses higher order thinking skills (create, analyze, apply and evaluate)
- Provides simulations and real world experiences
- When combined with teaching, the application extends the student’s learning
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Reliability & Support
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- Student needs direct support over 50 percent of the time
- The program is slow and lags
- There are no fixes to human error with the exception of starting over
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- Student is able to access the program with limited support
- Efficiency in speed and design
- Easily fixes human error with online help
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- Student is able to access the program with no support
- Efficiency in speed and design
- Easily fixes human error
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Ease of Use
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- Program does not save work, student must print work out
- Students have difficulty learning the tool
- The tool provides only single applications
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- program automatically saves work
- most students easily learn the tool
- student can use up to 3 applications within the tool
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- Program automatically saves work
- Students at all levels are able to learn the tool easily
- Student can use several applications within one tool (video, communication, presentation, audio)
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Safety
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- Academic ads
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Ad free
Academic links
Individual login
Secure environment
Teacher control to share work & interact with other users
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Ad free
Academic links
Individual login
Secure environment
Class roster to share work & interact with other users
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Technology Requirements
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Free student & staff accounts
Internet cloud storage
Collaborate on projects, documents
Web-based
Use on multiple platforms: laptops iPads, iPods, Kindles
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Unlimited free student, staff & parent accounts
Internet cloud storage
Simultaneous collaboration on projects, documents
Web-based
Use on multiple platforms: laptops iPads, iPods, Kindles
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Curriculum
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Common Core aligned K-12
State aligned K-12
Scaffolds
Numerous content areas
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Common Core aligned K-12
State aligned K-12
Scaffolds
Numerous content areas
Taxonomy availability
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