August 6, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here again! I don’t know about you – but something is going on in San Diego with illnesses!! In any case – a lot of educators are interested in learning how they could use LearnToMod to teach subjects other than coding. Though they are interested in learning to code and/or teaching […]
July 20, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here again today and I want to show you a project that one of our high school volunteers, Christian, made without any assistance! He made this project by working through LearnToMod and knowing a bit about Redstone (which there are lot’s of videos and books on it if you haven’t learned it […]
July 16, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here again! I met Paula on Twitter, talking about using Minecraft in the classroom and she shared with me a wonderful story about how she uses Minecraft to teach Music! I thought it was so amazing that I asked if she could write a guest blog post, which she did (thanks […]
July 9, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here again! Today I wanted to share with you the STEM Exhibits Minecraft World that I made to showcase some basic STEM concepts that you could teach with the help of Minecraft! Check it out in the video here (which also explains how to put it in your version of Minecraft!): […]
June 25, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here again! The past month I have been working on a workshop to introduce educators to the world of teaching STEM with Minecraft. This is without LearnToMod specifically, but still very related because everything you can do here you can then expand into LearnToMod in fun ways. Since Minecraft is all […]
June 23, 2015
Hi Everyone! Dr. Guthals here! Recently I have been running workshops on how to use Minecraft in the classroom, not only for modding, but to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in general. One really powerful tool in Minecraft is Redstone. A lot of people have done some pretty incredible things with Redstone, but […]
June 15, 2015
Hi Everyone! Have you been hearing about Minecraft from your students? Are you interested to find out what it is, why it’s so popular, and how you might be able to use it to teach STEM subjects in K-12 courses? ThoughtSTEM is working with Microsoft to introduce teachers to the world of Minecraft in Education […]
June 8, 2015
Hi Everyone! Today I wanted to show you how to get your students making a simple Javascript Mod. As always, when using a new language or application it is good to start with the Hello, World! program (where you make the computer print/say “Hello, World!”). To start, have your students click on Mod at the […]
May 25, 2015
Hi All! This is Carlos once again, and today we will be going over how students can add their classmates to a single private LearnToMod server. In order to do so, they will need to do the following steps: Connect to LearnToMod. Enter their Private server. Open a server by performing command “/open”. Share server number with classmates. Have their classmates […]
May 18, 2015
Hello All! Carlos once again! This time with a fun way to make art with LearnToMod! What is pixel art? Pixel art is something that has become very popular in Minecraft. A player can create basically anything by placing enough blocks in the correct manner. Because the world of Minecraft is made up of only cubes, […]
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