Legos on Steroids

Maria Cipollone Catherine Schifter, Ph.D. Rick Moffat

An Exploratory analysis of the constructivist learning in Minecraft

Not news

Ito (2008)

Skill and drill games

Construction games

Enter Minecraft

Millions in revenue

Creativity driven construction

Gamers go edu

Methods

Participants (n=20)ages 14-16

Parents are out of town and kid is being pressured to host a party. He/she agrees and the party quickly gets out of hand.

“A Burning Passion”

“The Hole” and “Flesh-Eating Predator”

Piagetian Lens

Piaget and Inhelder (1969)

This ain’t your object permnance

Emancipation from content