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Welcome to EdTech Shorts with Randall Black. Quick and simple EdTech tips for educators.   Minecraft has taken the world by storm, and Microsoft has created an education edition available to schools. Today on EdTech Shorts, we're gonna learn about Minecraft Education Edition.   Minecraft Education Edition is a   collaborative and versatile platform that educators can use across subjects to encourage 21st century skills.   This makes for an awesome tool to use in the classroom that students are   already using in their leisure time.   Minecraft Education Edition provides an   open canvas for creativity and experimentation for students and for teachers.  

With the additional tools as a part of code connection and the classroom mode for teachers, classroom usage takes on a different experience   than playing Minecraft at home.   To use Minecraft Education Edition, your computers or devices need to meet the following requirements.   For PC, it must be Windows 10 or 10 s.   For Mac, it must be Mac OS or even the old OS 1010.9   Mavericks or higher.   If your system meets the minimum requirements outlined by Microsoft and Apple to run the current version of their operating systems, then it's gonna run Minecraft Education Edition.   Minecraft Education Edition is now also available on the iPad. It must be running iOS 9 or higher and can be found in the iOS app store.  

Minecraft Education Edition is not compatible with Chromebooks or Android devices at this time.   To get started, users need to have an office 365   account provided by their school or district and have a license tied to that account.   If you're an educator in West Virginia, then you and your students are already licensed and ready to go. The West Virginia Department of Education was able to license approximately 300,000   users for this great product.   If you're elsewhere, then you can talk with your technology contact to see about obtaining the licensing for this great classroom tool starting as low as $5 per user per year.   If you wanna learn more about Minecraft   education edition, you can find a list of resources and information over at my personal website by going to randallblack.com/Minecraft.  

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