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what if blockland was used in schools for education?
MunkeyCheez:
what if blockland was used in schools for education?
this topic has always been brought up in my mind ever since i purchased the game... what if schools used it?
I think we're all aware of the disadvantages of it, but what about the advantages?
- events: use them to design cool stuff
- vehicles and planes - full of cool
and building. the one who makes the best build gets a golden award or something.
so, would this be a good/bad idea and why?
Trinick!:
Blockland has no educational value whatsoever. Maybe for preschoolers they could let them build cool stuff, but I've never seen a class on 'eventing' which seems like a pointless skill to have for anything other than playing video games.
Pass:
--- Quote from: Trinick! on December 23, 2012, 06:44:41 PM ---Blockland has no educational value whatsoever. Maybe for preschoolers they could let them build cool stuff, but I've never seen a class on 'eventing' which seems like a pointless skill to have for anything other than playing video games.
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i disagree. it could actually be used to teach in some forms architectural design.
MunkeyCheez:
--- Quote from: Trinick! on December 23, 2012, 06:44:41 PM ---Blockland has no educational value whatsoever. Maybe for preschoolers they could let them build cool stuff, but I've never seen a class on 'eventing' which seems like a pointless skill to have for anything other than playing video games.
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my sister's school does a "minecraft redstone club" which has sort of the same concept of eventing
Trinick!:
--- Quote from: Pass on December 23, 2012, 06:45:22 PM ---i disagree. it could actually be used to teach in some forms architectural design.
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Alright, I'll give it that. In an architecture class it may have some value as modelling software, but in reality actual modelling software is more useful and plausible.
--- Quote from: MunkeyCheez on December 23, 2012, 06:45:37 PM ---my sister's school does a "minecraft redstone club" which has sort of the same concept of eventing
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Well, that teaches binary logic and is a club. So, it's pretty different.