Unofficial Minecraft Life Hacks Lab for Kids

Adam Clarke, Victoria Bennett

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QUARRY
01 July 2019

Educational: Design & technology; Educational: IT & computing, ICT; Minecraft; Kids

Series: Lab for Kids

In Unofficial Minecraft Life Hacks Lab for Kids, Adam Clarke (aka Wizard Keen) and Victoria Bennett offer projects and gameplay that will guide you to make great choices as a player and a person.

Minecraft is an amazing game that stimulates your creativity as you build whatever you can imagine, but it's also great for learning about how to be a good citizen and mining positive connections with other players-in-game, elsewhere online, and in real life.

With this book, you'll learn about:

How to set good gaming ground rules, collaborate, and resolve conflicts. Online resources, servers, and organizations that promote and guide positive play. Minecraft projects that promote and guide positive play and positive digital citizenship. Make every build a block party by learning to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly with Unofficial Minecraft Life Hacks Lab for Kids!

By: Adam Clarke, Victoria Bennett
Imprint: QUARRY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781631597220
ISBN 10: 1631597221
Series: Lab for Kids
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 July 2019
Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 8 Notes for Parents, Caregivers, Educators, and Players 10 How to Use This Book 12 Key Tools of a Life Hacker 13 1 Life Hacks: Acquiring Skills 22 Communication Skills 24 Lab 1: The Deck of Who 26 Lab 2: Building Blocks of Connection 27 Emotional Empathy 30 Lab 3: Build a Box Head Buddy 31 Lab 4: Make a Minecraft Empathy Map 34 Leadership and Collaboration 36 Lab 5: Everyone Counts 37 Lab 6: Build a Democracy 38 Problem Solving 40 Lab 7: Mind-Mapping 41 Lab 8: Fail It, Find It, Finish It 42 Building Self-Confidence 44 Lab 9: Positive Poems 45 Lab 10: Build Yourself Up 46 Mastering Self-Control 48 Lab 11: Science Lab 50 Lab 12: Blocks of Time 52 2 Life Hacks: Applying Skills to Projects 54 Be the Change 56 Lab 13: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 58 Lab 14: Global Detective 62 Engage Your Community 66 Lab 15: A Perfect Place 68 Lab 16: Better Together 72 Generation Zone 76 Lab 17: Starting with You 78 Lab 18: Building Memories 82 Support Causes 86 Lab 19: Ad It Up 88 Lab 20: Go for the Goal 92 Build Cultural Understanding 98 Lab 21: The Story of My Name 100 Lab 22: Same, Difference 104 Create Your Own World 108 Lab 23: Movie Maker 110 Lab 24: Eye Spy 118 Extras 127 Resources 131 Contributing Artists and Educators 134 Acknowledgments 138 About the Authors 139 Index 140

Adam Clarke is a professional artist who uses video games, traditional art, and digital technology to inspire and entertain, working internationally with institutions, museums, charities, and other organizations. He is a global speaker on the uses of Minecraft, video gaming, and creative digital technology, and how playing can open to learning and discovery and enable a new generation of creators, thinkers, and agents of social change. He is the creative driving force behind numerous groundbreaking projects, including Playcraft, the world's first play to be performed live onstage and within Minecraft. Adam has more than 25 years of experience delivering inspiring and engaging workshops to all ages, especially children and young adults, and is passionate about using digital and traditional tools to encourage global creative engagement. Victoria Bennett is a poet, creative activist, and full-time home-educating mother, and has facilitated creative experiences for the past 25 years. Her work focuses in particular on how we tell our personal narratives, and she has worked extensively in the field of writing for awareness, advocacy, and healing. She holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has collaborated with Adam Clarke for the last 25 years. She lives in northwest England.