Missions for Week 2 Declare

Mon Jan 16 through Sun Jan 22, 2023

Week 1 orientation missions will all likely carry on into Week 2 - Declare

Mission 6 - Attend live events scheduled for Weeks 1 - 2

Mission 7 - Reflect on your activities for Weeks 1-2

• Do some background reading (see below; and also this page: Pedagogy_of_Minecraft )
• Post your reflection in one our social spaces, tag it #evomc23, and tell us (on FB, Groups.io, or Discord) where it is.
• Attend our live sessions
• Join us in the game

Why?

On the theory that a student practices and reflects, whereas a teacher practices and demonstrates, we ask you to surpass your role as 'teacher' and do all four!; see slide 22 from Downes, S. (2007). Personal Learning the Web 2.0 Way. Stephen Downes: Knowledge, Learning, Community. Audio available: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/144

What should you be doing?

Read (parts or all of) any of these and write a reflective post 

1. Review our proposal for EVOMC23,
    http://evo2022proposals.pbworks.com/w/page/145719849/EVO_Minecraft_MOOC_2022 
   
2. Smolčec, Marijana and Smolčec, Filip. (2014). Using Minecraft for Learning English, with an introduction by Vance Stevens. TESL-EJ 18, 2:1-15.
   Available: http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej70/int.pdf and http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej70/ej70int/
3. Kuhn, Jeff. (2015). Meaningful Play – Making Professional Development Fun. TESL-EJ 18, 4:1-8. 
   Available: http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej72/int.pdf and http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume18/ej72/ej72int/
4. Teachercraft: How teachers learn to use Minecraft in their classrooms, edited by Seann Dikkers, pdf available here:
   http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/teachercraft-how-teachers-learn-use-minecraft-their-classrooms
5. Kuhn, J. and Stevens, V. (2017). Participatory culture as professional development: Preparing teachers to use Minecraft in the classroom. TESOL Journal 8, 4:753–767. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.359. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesj.359/full
   Pre-publication proof available: https://vancestevens.com/papers/tesol/r1_TESJ_359_review2017oct25_1_archivecopy.pdf 
6. Chien, Y. (2019). The language of massively multiplayer online gamers: A study of vocabulary in Minecraft gameplay.TESL-EJ, 23(3), 1-16. Retrieved from http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej91/int.pdf. Also available: http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume22/ej91/ej91int/ 
7. Find more resources to explore at this crowd-sourced document maintained by EVOMC participants
   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ewaaku-5bsT7n88XAp_LyimLg6V13QPaXXNho0TB5yI/edit?usp=sharing  
   Add your own contributions here

We also have a comprehensive compilation of literature and presentations on EVO Minecraft MOOC and its connection to English Language teaching and learning at our Pedagogy_of_Minecraft page