Sad Mods
As a stealth/ games-based/ STEM/ Digital tech teacher/ 21st Century facilitator of many years ... (I think that covers it) it is SO sad that mods are not available. I created many, many servers on MinecraftEDU (yes yes I know this is different from Minecraft EE) that had unparalleled potential and learning outcomes.
One of the servers I added NPC missions and objectives that ran for years, which saw students escape a dying Earth and travel the stars (GalacticCraft Mod), setting up colones on other planets (gravity, air, resources, technology management and learning) ... the learning outcome were so AMAZING and vast it would take me a few weeks to list them all. We had so much learning and content that it is sad they wont be doing it here. We learnt about the solar system, created rockets, fuel, solar power, space stations in this one mod alone. On other servers we created history lessons through the Wonderful world of humanities mod and even created a 'Mystery in Time' quest, using the DOctor Who Mod and the paleontology mod. Also things like lockable doors, laser mod, weather mod, vehicles mod, Instant Massive Structures mod, disasters mod, more animals mod, etc etc were fantastic as it made the platform dynamic and the Swiss Army knife to the curriculum, to suit the needs of a Minecraft educator that can adapt a server to sooooo many possibilities. I think if they built this into the current EE they would find the community are clever enough to use mods that are trusted and suitable for each age group, and develop content that would spread like wildfire. Anyway .... thoughts? Comments?
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Hi David, thanks for posting. Yes Mods have definitely been a point of discussion:
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