Edutainment is an idiom meaning to place the role of education in entertainment. In the game circle, there are many products that can make players entertain and educate, such as the game "Minecraft", which is popular with players around the world with creative sandbox gameplay. The game development team even launched Minecraft: Education in 2016!
Since the launch of "Minecraft: Education Edition", the real combination of games and education has been widely used in schools in many countries, such as: New Zealand game designer "Whetu Paitai" has created the Māori-inhabited "NgāMotu" archipelago in the game, where students can learn and feel Māori culture, very powerful!
Recently, the Doctor also noticed that in the United Kingdom, some schools have begun to use "Minecraft: Education Edition" to teach students about the "Flood", which has become a hot topic in the community. We all know that the UK is an island nation and flooding is a common natural disaster. As the saying goes, water and fire are merciless, if ordinary people are unfortunate enough to encounter floods, how should they deal with them? Learning about the above in the game is obviously much more interesting than the textbook in the book!
According to microsoft's latest public news, a school in Preston, England, is currently testing a "Minecraft" module called "Rivercraft". The module was developed by Microsoft, the UK Environment Agency and BlockBuilders, a private education team at Minecraft, and the module's natural environment is in Preston.
The so-called play has three modes: "flood management" mode allows students to design their own flood control facilities, flood storage areas and flood control gate valves in the city, and then the system will initiate a flood, we can understand the advantages and disadvantages of various flood control designs, in practice to know all kinds of flood prevention knowledge; "flood prevention" mode can let students understand the causes and principles of floods, and how to minimize the loss of personnel or property through flood risk management; "local environment" mode, Students can learn about wild species in the water through digital exercise books and in-game cameras for ecological surveys.
We can see that the entire game module is quite rich in content, not limited to one level of flood disasters, but in many ways to impart miscellaneous knowledge related to floods. Justin Edwards, a microsoft executive in charge of the learning program, also said that the new module allows young students to learn about flooding on their own and gain insight into how Preston's local flood control system works.
Andy Brown, head of coastal flood risk at the UK Environment Agency, believes that the above learning module can help local residents understand how to deal with disasters caused by climate change, such as floods or coastal erosion. Under normal circumstances, it is quite difficult for students to take the initiative to understand the above boring knowledge, but it is relatively simple to teach through the popular game "Minecraft", which is very meaningful!
It is worth mentioning that the map in the "Rivercraft" module is based on the real-life city of Preston. If you haven't been to the city, it's also nice to learn about floods while stopping by! Finally, the Doctor would like to say that there is no contradiction between play and learning, and Minecraft is definitely a good game!
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