Many of minecraft younger players have probably used the excuse "It's educational!" to keep playing this blocky game. Today my question is to find out the real educational values of minecraft. Is minecraft training or destroying your brain? I have done some research to find out some of minecraft's core educational values. I will leave the websites I used below. Before I begin I would like to state that some of these views are opinions that could go either way.


     In order to properly answer this question we need to ask ourselves what is the meaning of educational. I searched up the answer. I concluded by looking through many different dictionaries. My final conclusion is that educational means "of or relating to the provision of education". Now that we know that I can state multiple educational values.

Learning that Applies Offline:
One of the most obvious educational values in minecraft is math. The whole crafting system depends on it. A example I can think of is when you need to make some axes to cut down wood for your house. You have came to a conclusion that you will need about 3 axes to obtain all the wood you need. You know that for each axe you will need 3 cobblestone blocks and two sticks. So you then would have to use an equation to find out that you will need 9 cobblestone and 6 sticks. That is just scraping the surface of minecraft's math educational values. If you would like to know more you can go to some of the links at the bottom of the page.

     The blocky game also allows for player to easily learn. Basic english is learned easy and fast in minecraft. As it allows for it's users to need to know commands that must be spelled correctly. This Indie game also has a menu of blocks which allows for a great place for the younger players to learn multiple words. In the game you can obtain a item called "book and quill", because once you have build your house and slay a few creepers you can write a book about it! This allows a great place for players to practice typing, english, and basic writing functions.
Minecraft is a great place for children who are just learning about music. The game has 'notebooks' that let them make their own music. Some players have taken this to new extremes, and created re-creations of popular songs with noteblocks. Basically can teach your child: chords, notes, octaves.
There is a huge list of things that could be put here, but I do not have the time to type it all. If you are interested you can find some information in the links below.

Taking Minecraft Learning to the Classroom:

Minecraft is currently being taken to the classroom. There are over 1500 schools currently teaching with minecraft! Many teachers think that minecraft is a very good way for kinetic (hands on) learners benefit more from minecraft than they do from a lot of of other ways of teaching. The list of things learned with Minecraft at school goes on and on. I guess this proves that along with endless fun possibilities there are also endless learning possibilities.

Minecraft Helping with Fast Integration of Technology:

Along with helping kids in the classroom Minecraft is preparing it's players for the integration of technology. In the year 2020 it is predicted that computer science will be one of the top paying industries. Many jobs will come open for those with a education in computer technology. Minecraft makes players more curious, and drives them to learn more. The game basically gives players a head-start with computers.

     Minecraft has inspired many people young and old to learn an advanced language of coding called "Java". Many players of the game want to learn how to code, because learning Java you can allow you to make modifications to the game(mods) and (plugins).

         Players who want to create their own server must learn about plugins, configuration of files, and much more.

Conclusions:

As you can see Minecraft is proven educational. The game not only allows you to learn things that will help you succeed in school, but it also helps you learn things in real life. One of my favorite things about Minecraft is that you learn, but do not feel like you are learning. I would like to say that I just scraped the tip of the iceberg with this post. It was just to spark a interest. I am hoping that people will look more into the subject. I hope you enjoyed!



Links:
www.careerprofiles.info/jobs-of-2020.html
www.merriam-webster.com/
www.edutopia.org/blog/minecraft-in-classroom-andrew-miller
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23572742
www.edudemic.com/minecraft-in-education-pros-and-cons/
minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_in_education

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