tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post8500044825393063688..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: Self-Directed & Collaborative Learning via MinecraftMary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-1860773300118004802015-03-21T20:21:56.535-04:002015-03-21T20:21:56.535-04:00I took a look at their video (left a comment) and ...I took a look at their video (left a comment) and their knowledge and appreciation of the text comes through. Back in 2012 I presented about Minecraft and building literary worlds at a conference in Plymouth, England. Hope you're documenting the work:)Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-37625460492031608022015-03-21T15:29:34.469-04:002015-03-21T15:29:34.469-04:00I'm obsessed with minecraft. My students, 8th ...I'm obsessed with minecraft. My students, 8th graders, recreated the island in Lord of the Flies. Amazing watching them reimagine the symbolism in a different medium. They then took us on tours, putting the viewer right in the t POV of a character in the novel. Here's a sample one student put on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXKIVTV96nUAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801050474405925330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-63088838982977090722011-05-14T11:19:26.351-04:002011-05-14T11:19:26.351-04:00Catherine, Thanks so much for your response. Two t...Catherine, Thanks so much for your response. Two things: <br />1. I am beginning a new journal, (re):Mix and would love for you to consider submitting work to it or passing the info on to others. There are posts that explain the first issue (focusing on uncertainty) and how to send in work (visual as well as written). <br />2. I would love your response to a post, Unschool, that I wrote. Your Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-86022269964922589692011-05-14T10:21:57.468-04:002011-05-14T10:21:57.468-04:00Mary Ann, the title of your Blog, alone intrigued ...Mary Ann, the title of your Blog, alone intrigued me. Upon reading, I share the kindred spirit of your passion in exploring 'learning'--the process of learning; its power and empowerment, and its FUN--which recognizes the 'fun' experienced through persistence through 'failure.' I was an art teacher, now superintendent (and am sometimes sad to use past tense for the 'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-57941198875161767562011-05-03T16:03:54.209-04:002011-05-03T16:03:54.209-04:00Great I look forward with it. We struggling to fi...Great I look forward with it. We struggling to figure that out.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-77674682583638685422011-05-03T08:53:47.521-04:002011-05-03T08:53:47.521-04:00Mary Ann, have you or Devon and his friends setup ...Mary Ann, have you or Devon and his friends setup a minecraft server where their friends can join in yet? Even more magical things happen then. I have a post overdue on what my nephew and his friends taught me about Minecraft. Will show you and others in the next day or so.Ian Chia (from Being Prudence)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04764008016738676886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-25066346354668989652011-05-01T17:42:20.544-04:002011-05-01T17:42:20.544-04:00I know of her, Monika, but have not read the text....I know of her, Monika, but have not read the text. Will put it on the to read list and mention it to Dev too. I always know when I have had some presence in a new job when I hear others begin to use words like privilege and occasion.<br /><br />Thanks:)Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-28933156151829707782011-05-01T14:43:56.957-04:002011-05-01T14:43:56.957-04:00have you read Jane McGonigal's Reality is Brok...have you read Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken? if not, i think you will love it. i think your son might as well..<br /><br />privilege uncertainty. <br />i love it.<br /><br />i also love this from your tweet the other day:<br />we cannot cause learning. At best we may occasion it. Y so much of curriculum is fraudulentmonika hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903730727359304285noreply@blogger.com