Near and far : engaging students with place through <i>Minecraft</i>

Hobbs, Laura and Behenna, Sarah and Bentley, Sophie and Stevens, Carly (2023) Near and far : engaging students with place through <i>Minecraft</i>. Geography, 108 (3). pp. 134-140. ISSN 0016-7487

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Abstract

Minecraft is an extremely popular computer game and educational tool. It provides various place-based facilities, with schools, towns and islands recreated, and geology and archaeology made available to explore in-game. In this ‘Spotlight On … ’ article we offer a synopsis of some of the existing resources created using this package. We also look at how Minecraft is used to engage with real-world places and features.