We write about our adventures using personal narratives. What then? We logoff and we read about the explorers, the colonists, the kings and emperors, the indigenous peoples we meet along the way. We could set up trade routes, moving goods from one city to another, and thus the need to defend them from bandits and attackers in the form of Skellies and Zombies (China’s Silkroad). We could buy/sell/trade goods with different city/classrooms, and over time create global markets. We could conquer, NON-violently!! (conquistadors) Send out small groups to settle in a new parts of the world (Colonization). We can explore and discover new cities (Columbus and the age of exploration). As they build their city each class would learn about government, leadership (elections forming a government, constitution), how to make Laws (Congress), how to build a society (Dawn of civilization). To small? Not big enough? Ok how about this, imagine an entire grade school, class by class, setting up hidden cities all around the world. Can I do this with my mini 30-man classroom laptop server? Yes, but 8 Yankee vs 12 Confederate kids isn’t nearly as effective or impactful as the entire 4 th grade of 150 kids storming & defending the hill together. Suddenly it’s REAL! The kids begin to see it. Now what if we make a hill and ask a group to defend and another group to take it. AKA Higher Ground usually wins (Gettysburg). Imagine the situations and scenarios we could come up with! For example, our 4 th grade studies the Civil War, one of the most difficult concepts we have to teach is how terrain can affect a battle. I can only begin to imagine the things that teachers could do with a huge server. So you asked me, “What specifically would you need in a server platform?” I am so THRILLED you asked! And remember, you did ask. Minecraft EDU Official person! I realized I got gender specific in my previous post, no offence intended.
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