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PUBLISHER: Quarry Books
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781631595615
RRP: £8.99
PAGES: 80
PUBLICATION DATE:
August 29, 2018
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Little Learning Labs: Unofficial Minecraft for Kids, abridged paperback edition: 24 Family-Friendly Creative Building Activities That Teach Math, Science, History, and Culture; Projects for STEAM Learners
John Miller
Chris Fornell Scott
Little Learning Labs: Unofficial Minecraft for Kids–an abridged paperback edition of Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids–offers a variety of creative exercises that explore the game through fun, educational lessons.Activities selected from an Amazon Best Kids’ Books of 2016 pick!Balancing your child’s screen time can be difficult, especially when it comes to wildly popular, open-ended video games like Minecraft. Minecraft offers players an environment focused on exploration, imagination, and creation, but its nonlinear game structure can mean spending a lot of time in the game.You will start the book by brushing up on some common Minecraft terminology and examining the two main modes of game play: creative and survival. You’ll then use this knowledge to venture off onto the six different quests that combine out-of-game and in-game activities and encourage child and adult participation. You’ll even learn how to screencast and narrate your own videos to share with family and friends.Little Learning Labs: Unofficial Minecraft for Kids provides fun, educational gaming goals that you and your child can reach together!
John Miller
John Miller holds multiple and single subject credentials in history and science. He has been a middle school teacher for over 20 years and has taught every subject in grades 6-8. He also holds a Masters degree from San Diego State University in Educational Technology and Instructional Design and is a Google Certified Teacher, San Luis Obispo County CUE (Computer Using Educators) Board President, and a CUE Lead Learner. John is a featured presenter at conferences and workshops around the country. He loves teaching 21st-century skills to his students, and his passions include student blogging, e-learning, Minecraft in the classroom, photography, Apple, and Google. John is a contributor to Minecraft in the Classroom (Peachpit Press, 10/14). He lives in Paso Robles, California.Chris Fornell Scott’s work focuses on classroom culture and environment design. The co-author of Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids and Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids, he is also an authorized Google Education Trainer, Google Certified Teacher, President of Santa Barbara CUE, CUE Lead Learner and a CK-12 Champion. He loves using Design Thinking, Agile project management process in the class, and seeing his students enter the flow of learning. He loves to help others in their educational journey. You’ll find Chris at conferences around the world presenting on classroom culture, technology, and design. He lives in Santa Maria, California.