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Minecraft: Education Edition Is Bringing The Game And Huge Amounts Of Resources To The Classroom

Minecraft on Xbox. Minecraft in your hair. Minecraft in schools. It's everywhere. Games That's the goal of Minecraft Education Edition, a version the most popular videogame in the world that is specifically designed for classroom use. It can be used to teach kids (and adults) about anything, from ancient history with meticulously recreated buildings and places to programming with Redstone.

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It's an expansion and purchaseout by Microsoft of MinecraftEdu, which has been around since 2011. They've even made a trailer explaining all the ways it can and has helped:

It's a brilliant project, clearly. I would have paid millions to have Minecraft used as a learning tool in school at any age. I'd still prefer it if the PCGN style guide and policy documents were taught to me via the medium of blocks instead of awful words. As always, the key is to get people excited about learning so that they enjoy it and take it in.

You will find more information about the program, including a FAQ that explains how much it will cost. It's sitting at $5 per user per year, which doesn't sound like that much until you consider the size of a lot of schools, especially American ones, and how broad the applications of this could be. It's hard to imagine Microsoft giving it away for free. However, these kids will undoubtedly be hooked after they have spent some time using it in class.

Not only schools will have access but libraries and museums will also be able to purchase copies. There are tons of custom-made resources available already, with more in the pipeline if they do well. If things continue along this path, the two billion dollars will be well spent.

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