Video games are not just entertainment. Many of them allow you to learn different elements of current or past life. In this sense, for example, the Discovery Tour of Assassin’s Creed Origins aims to make the history of Egypt known to players. And there is a game that goes even further and is probably still more educational: Minecraft.
In 2016, Minecraft: Education Edition made itself available in France. This is a version of the game designed for the world of education and which is intended to be an educational tool. Thus, through the title, it is possible to make young people aware of many societal issues or to transmit knowledge to them, in different fields: IT, art and design, mathematics, languages, etc.
Recently, Minecraft: Education Edition got a brand new mode. Named ” RiverCraft », it is designed to teach pupils and students about the impact of floods, caused by global warming, on certain cities, in particular that of Preston.
Thanks to this mode, students can build their own defenses against flooding, via the so-called “Managing Flooding” part. The second step, called “Flood Prevention”, consists of flooding the area, to measure the effect of the defenses previously installed. Finally, through the “Our Local Environment” part, they conduct an ecological survey to locate and record local wildlife species.
It’s a safe bet that Minecraft: Education Edition will welcome, in the more or less near future, new game modes to inculcate knowledge in young people or raise their awareness of a very specific problem.
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