Minecraft as a compulsory subject at the school in Sweden

ByMakototakeuchi

At the Victor-Riedberg Memorial College in Sweden "Minecraft (Minecraft)It seems there is a movement to make it a compulsory subject.

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Viktor Riedberg Memorial SchoolIs a high school and junior high school opened in 1994 after the Swedish philosopher / writer Victor Riedberg, consisting of three schools, Djursholm, Jarlaplan and Odenplan. The total number of students is about 1,600.

By Bengt Nyman

It is the equivalent of a junior high school first grade (13 years old) class of this school that is trying to comply Minecraft. According to teacher Monica Ekman, children are learning about urban planning, environmental problems, planning for the future, while enjoying with their own world, Mine Craft.

Since Minecraft was released in November 2011, it is a "crafting game" that is prevalent all over the world. Graphics are made of dots, and in the game players can freely create everything including buildings freely. Originally it was a free game, but the official version was 19.95 euro (about 2300 yen), the number of registered users was over 40 million, and it was also sold at Xbox 360, so far 17.5 million product versions It is selling.

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About 180 people are participating in the class, for example boys are getting more knowledge than before they take classes, girls are pleased with making something, art and It seems that it is the same kind as the class of work.

One student receiving a class, Amanda Hillstrom, got interviewed by the Svely TV (STV), "If you want to know how things are made, you can try making it yourself It is the best. " Children are finding their own pleasures without being caught up by guidance policy.

In Sweden, a competition competition is held to collect ideas for improving the future from schools throughout the country called "Future City", but at the Victor-Riedberg Memorial College this step is taken one step further and Minecraft as a compulsory subject That's why I decided to do it.

"Of course, there were guardians who were anxious at first," Mr. Ekman said. However, the school decided to use Minecraft as a tool of education. Actually it was a great success as I tried it, so it will continue in the future.