Tutoriales/Minecraft en la educación

Minecraft puede ser una herramienta educativa con la capacidad de desarrollar la cooperación y el trabajo en equipo entre los jugadores.

Beneficios educacionales

Minecraft trae enormes beneficios educativos a los niños; puede facilitar la enseñanza de diversas asignaturas con y sin la intervención de los adultos. El aprendizaje en Minecraft puede incluso ser más rápido que con los métodos ortodoxos de enseñanza, debido a que los niños son más motivados, obtienen más practica, y sienten (mucho más rápido que con otros métodos) que lo que están aprendiendo es útil.

Asignatura	Beneficio
Lectura	Los nombres de los objetos en el inventario son de gran ayuda para enseñar a los niños a leer, ya que cada objeto tiene una descripción y una imagen que van de la mano. Para los niños más grandes, la lectura de la wiki y otras guías en linea, pueden mejorar sus habilidades.
Escritura Archivo:Libro y pluma.png	Los niños pueden usar Book and Quill para mantener un registro, o transmitir información a otros niños. Contribuyendo Minecraft Wiki, los niños más grandes pueden leer y escribir textos informativos en colaboración multimedia!.
Matemáticas 17 + 44	El sistema de elaboración ayuda a los niños en el aprendizaje de matemáticas básicas como sumas (p. ej. "Necesito 3 cañas de azucar para hacer papel), también con multiplicaciones ("Necesito 3 Papeles y 1 cuero para un libro, y 3 libros para una librería, entonces necesito 9 papeles y 3 cueros") y divisiones ("Cuando creo papel obtengo 3 de una vez, entonces 9/3 = 3 veces tendré que crear papel para hacer una librería"). Si los jugadores desean tener Beacon a su máxima potencia, tendrán que calcular matemáticamente la cantidad de materiales ha utilizar(hierro,diamante,esmeralda,oro), que es nueve veces {∑i=1~i=4 (2i+1)2}. esto significa (9+25+49+81)×9 = 1476 = 23×64+4= 23 stacks y 4 piezas de material. Esto no únicamente muestra que se necesitan matemáticas en Minecraft, sino que también se pueden practicar y hasta aprender matemáticas.
Geometría	Mientras el mundo deMinecraft esta echo exclusivamente de cubos, las creaciones de un niño pueden asemejarse a otras formas. Los padres pueden enseñar a los niños estas formas(cubo, paralelepípedo, pirámide de base cuadrada, hipercubo,Note etcétera). Structures made with blocks to resemble shapes and figures can also help children with dimensions - x, length, y, height, z, width, and possible also w, time. Also, counting the number of blocks that were dug out when making a 6x6x3 cave can help multiplication skills and understanding the concepts of volume and area. Also, Minecraft is all about three-dimensional graphing. A Minecraft world is based on x, y, and z coordinates. This very useful method of gaming can be used to learn high-leveled math such as the Pythagorean theorem (e.g.: x2+y2=c2) therefore not only is Minecraft used to learn "child-level geometry", it can also be used to learn fairly difficult geometric concepts very easily.
Music	With the preparation of some Redstone circuitry, experimenting with Note Blocks can teach children about notes, octaves and chords.
Social skills	By setting up a private server, parents can provide a safe environment for children to interact with friends and make playing Minecraft a cooperative event. Using a Local Area Network (LAN, or "home network") will allow children to play in the same room or same WI-FI network with their friends. By using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP, or "voice chat"), a phone call, or the in-game text chat, they can play together wherever they are. It is also possible to set up a Minecraft Realm. A minecraft realm is a server run by Mojang. Minecraft Realms costs $13/Month. You can easily setup a server and invite your child's minecraft friends. You can also set up various minigames for your child to play on or just a default minecraft world. For more info on Minecraft Realms, go to this page. These methods allows children to work together to build, explore, and learn as they develop their social skills, especially teamwork. For older children, contributing to the Minecraft Wiki can be a chance to learn about Internet etiquette and collaboration.
Basic Technological Science	Redstone circuitry provides an interactive environment to build basic logic circuits and combine them for more sophisticated purposes. Feedback is immediate, and the mistakes don't destroy expensive electrical components.
Linguistics Hello! - ¡Hola! - Hallo! Salut! - Γεια σου! - 您好!	Via the options menu, children can select various languages to use while playing Minecraft. If a child can name an item by sight, there is a higher chance that the child will be able to at comprehend at least a few words of a new language very quickly.

Mojang has recognized the educational potential Minecraft offers, and has partnered with minecraftedu.com to provide a 50% discount on Minecraft for educational institutions.

Content suitability

While the mobs (enemies) may be scary or overly frustrating for younger children, singleplayer contains no coarse language, no sexual or drug references, no gore (except on the Strength icon and the killer rabbit), and dead mobs simply turn red, fall over, and turn to dust. There is combat, but it is in the context of survival, not gratuitous killing and is not at all graphic (server mods however, may make players emit particles like broken redstone to represent blood - these, however, are uncommon). There is also a peaceful mode, so younger players do not have to encounter enemies apart from wolves (which only attack if provoked).

In multiplayer, other people on the server may use coarse or inappropriate language when using the in-game text chat. This can be prevented by running a private server or setting up Minecraft realms, where access can be restricted to specific players using the customizable whitelist. You can invite up to 20 players (including the owner, so actually 19) on the customizable whitelist.

You can also turn off chat by going to settings menu and from there to Multiplayer Settings. There you have an option to turn off your chat, you will see no member talk, and you cannot talk. You are also annoyingly prevented from using commands like /home, which can be extremely useful when in danger. This can be prevented by toggling the setting to "Commands only".

Technical ability

Minecraft can be easily set up by a parent for their child to play. The launcher can be downloaded from minecraft.net. The file can be saved to the desktop for easy access, or to any location on the computer. To play the game, open the file, log in, create a profile (optional), and press Play. The launcher saves passwords, so you must manually log out every time you play the game if you do not want your child to play freely.

Setting up a server is much more involved, and will likely require parental assistance through the age of 13.

News Articles

• 5 Ways Minecraft Can Help You Improve Your SAT Score, StudentAdvisor.com (A Washington Post Co)
• Ideas for Using Minecraft in the Classroom by Andrew Miller, Edutopia.com

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