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I went to the Nether! So I have been watching this video about making machines with redstone and I figured I’d try making the first one for this week’s post. However I instantly ran into a problem because I need an observer to make it and to make an observer you need Nether Read more about I went to the Nether![…]
Final Class reflection For our last class we discussed games in education and did a bit of a wrap up for the course. I was especially interested in the topic today because it ties in so closely to my free inquiry. I was actually inspired to play Minecraft for my inquiry because it Read more about EDCI 336 Final Class[…]
I found another mob spawner, so I started by carving out a bigger room for them. Then, I got bored with that and I cracked and turned on coordinates. I’m not too sure how much help this will be but I’ve been looking into how to more reliably get materials in the game and knowing Read more about I found a skeleton spawner![…]
This week in class we talked about blended, online, and multi-access learning environments. Last March when classes went online I was very concerned about being able to maintain focus in a distance education environment. I have been in a distance ed situation before and was extremely frustrated by it the first time, but I am Read more about Week 11: Distributed Learning Discussion Blog Post[…]
I think I have been doing this wrong this whole time! I know it has only been a couple weeks but starting my Minecraft sessions by watching some tutorials and planning out what I want to do has resulted in a much better experience. Not that my goals have been very extreme but I have Read more about Things actually worked out![…]
In class we had a guest speaker, Chantelle, from BC Ed Access. This is a volunteer run organization that helps students with disabilities and their families navigate the BC school system and advocate for equity in BC classrooms. After Chantelle did her presentation the class went into breakout rooms with some questions/prompts to guide Read more about Class reflection for Nov 16th[…]
Here I go again! I started again respawning at my house far far away from my dead body. I also realized that I got back to level one when I died so that was not the best way to find that out. So I had a choice to make, try and go back to find Read more about Starting again.[…]
It’s reading week! No classes Monday-Wednesday this week, so we don’t have a ECDI 336 class to reflect on this week. However, I spent last weekend doing a 24 hour charity event that I streamed so I thought I would reflect on the digital resources I used for that. Myself and six others Read more about It’s Reading Week!![…]
I have been exploring my Minecraft world during my sessions and trying to sort of discover different aspects of the game as I go along. I watched a few videos in September on how to get started, and when I find something interesting I’ll look it up but other than that I’ve been going it Read more about Is this what rage quitting feels like?[…]
This class we spent some time in groups exploring different resources for bringing coding into the classroom. I liked the mix of lecture and group activity used today as it gave me information and then time to try out different apps or services. I started off in a group looking at codemonkey, which is a Read more about Class reflection[…]