Minecraft EDU - Available for Purchase November 1, 2016
Image Source: Minecraft EDU
On the Microsoft MinecraftEDU web site, the following announcement was shared:
On November 1, the full version of Minecraft: Education Edition will be available to purchase. For educators interested in trying the new title in their classroom for free before purchasing, the early access version of Minecraft: Education Edition will still be available for free through November 1.
Some key features appear to include:
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Classroom mode that:
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“enables educators to manage world settings”
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“communicate with students”
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give items and teleport students in the Minecraft world.
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list all students in the world
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world management settings with chat window
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Some neat additions that I had the chance to see at a recent Minecraft EDU:
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Leads and horses
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additional player skins
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pistons (wow)
You can find out more at the Minecraft Education web site. They have tons of great stuff there. While I haven’t been much of a world builder in the past, family members who have spent time and effort love Minecraft. With all the neat stuff you can do (e.g. redstone), I can easily imagine that “Minecraft as a digital lego set” taking education by storm!
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