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# Today on KS: Minecraft in the classroom
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/today-on-ks-minecraft-in-the-classroom/
- Published: 2011-05-27T16:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:53:34.000Z
- Description: NHPR’s Jon Lynch speaks with educator Joel Levin about how the block-building indie Minecraft lets him design a wide-open curriculum. It’s a constructive game instead of a destructive game, you know. [The students] aren’t just blasting aliens, and I think that appeals to a lot of people, especially
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NHPR’s Jon Lynch speaks with educator Joel Levin about how the block-building indie *Minecraft* lets him design a wide-open curriculum.

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> It’s a constructive game instead of a destructive game, you know. \[The students\] aren’t just blasting aliens, and I think that appeals to a lot of people, especially kids. When parents see that and they see what their kids are creating, it’s often eye-opening for them. It’s the first time they’ve seen their kids playing a game that’s encouraging these really positive values.

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