HELLO AND WELCOME TO MINECRAFT!
By Trevyn Slusser
Minecraft is a popular Sandbox (think building in a sandbox) based game where you collect resources to survive. When it comes to the classroom, however, it can be so much more. You open up a world with endless possibilities: from rebuilding a dead civilization to walking through the pages of a book; or from teambuilding to studying and building an economic structure. You have TONS of options. For starters, let's talk about the three styles of game play. They are Creative, Survival, and Hardcore. Creative game play gives you all the resources right off the bat, no fuss, no digging and searching. This style of game play allows fly as well, making it easier to build giant beautiful structures and pixel art. All resources are unlimited so there is no fear of running out, either. This style of game play allows you to show fallen empires or content found in textbooks that students can walk around.
Survival is the main method of game play. You start out with nothing, zilch, nada. The clock is ticking towards sunset and you need to get
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