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Get your Minecraft Code ‘n’ Learn on!

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Following on the November 21 Fall Support Series Learning Math with Minecraft: Education Edition session with Fair Chance Learning, members of the GamingEDUs will be hosting a number of Monday evening Code ‘n’ Learn Drop-In events where you can gather in game in Minecraft to connect and enjoy some play and learning time with your fellow participants.

Monday, November 23, 7-9 pm
Monday, November 30th, 7-9 pm
Monday, December 7th, 7-9 pm

The GamingEDUS very much believe that gaming and play is at the centre of learning, and so these evenings will start with some open-ended exploration and fun, before moving to a specific project focussing on coding during the second hour.

You can easily register for the drop-in sessions as a participant in the ECOO Support Series.

Details are provided on the Support Series – Fall 2020 page.

Minecraft Code ‘n’ Learn Drop-In

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Would you like to have a supportive place to poke around in Minecraft?
Are you looking for a safe place to lay down some creative blocks?
Do you want to get up to speed in how you can use Minecraft to support learning?

The GamingEDUs invite you to drop in on Monday evenings to explore Minecraft in our welcoming environment. Play to Learn how you can use the immersive Minecraft platform to engage your learners. Although our time together can take direction from your specific needs, the rough outline for each two hour session will first feature an hour of scaffolded Minecraft exploration, followed by an hour to undertake a weekly Minecraft coding project using MakeCode. You are welcome to come for one hour, both hours, or drop in as suits your schedule! The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Diana Maliszewski

Educational Computing Organization of Ontario Bloggers, ECOO News @MzMollyTL, 18fb01, blogging, GamingEDUs.org, LiraGrim, Monday Molly Musings, Teacher Librarian

Diana Maliszewski is a teacher-librarian with the Toronto District school Board (TDSB TL) and also an ICT & PLC fan — and a user of many other short forms as well!

“It’s nice to be important but more important to be nice” (Anonymous)

According to Diana, her blog, Monday Molly Musings, is “a reflection tool that I use to examine my pedagogical practice, document my experiences, and connect what happens in my personal life to implications for teaching and learning.” Diana is active on Twitter at @MzMollyTL and also known as LiraGrim to her colleagues at GamingEDUs.org.

Diana was able to rise to the challenge we set for her of selecting five of her favourite posts, although she admitted it was a bit difficult since she’s been been doing her Monday Molly Musings every week since 2009 (52 weeks x 9 years = a lot of posts!)

We thank Diana for sharing her insightful musings as our first Featured Blogger of 2018. We hope you enjoy this selection of posts from her blog.
Perhaps you might find yourself taking up the challenge of a weekly blog post for 2018???

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