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If you've watched past episodes of Idea Channel, you know we're huge fans of Minecraft.

This totally amazing video game allows you to build your own world from scratch, what's not to like?!?! But it may be good for more than just fun and games.

Some experts have brought Minecraft into the classroom, allowing teachers to customize lessons and students to engage with concepts in new ways.

And while educational games aren't new, Minecraft has some unique advantages that could usher in a new direction in education.

In the future, students across the world may spend their class time punching trees.
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Literary Links:
Classes using the game had significantly higher means than those classes that did not use the game:
www.dropbox.com/s/pzqv0rawreremis/blunt_game_studies.pdf
Teachers documenting positive experiences w/ Minecraft:
minecraftedu.com/wiki/index.php?title=Real-world_Examples

Video Links:
Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQ7bb8bBsQ
MinecraftEdu Thoughts 02 - Probability and Gravity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Ulb1dCcpc
The Physics of Minecraft: Gravity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9_YAXao3I
Minecraft Virtual Classroom #4 - Foreign Language
www.youtube.com/watch?v=36F9X1gZ1ME
A Sad Day on the Oregon Trail:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj2tNbhS_ko
History of Latvia:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcKIeD3RxRQ
Teaching with Games: GLPC Case Study: Joel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTf3j2koJA
Video Game High School:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqR3GVqib4

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