Tch Talks 13: Teaching and Learning With Minecraft

Tch Talks caught up with Meenoo Rami, Manager at Minecraft Education Edition, to hear more about the ways teachers across the world are unleashing Minecraft for deeper student learning and engagement. Gain insights and discover resources to help you leverage one of the world's most popular games in your classroom.

This is the first in our five-part podcast series, Teaching and Learning with Minecraft. Stay tuned for episodes that focus more specifically on Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity, and Tangible Learning Outcomes.

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Meenoo Rami

Meenoo Rami, author of /em> Thrive: 5 Ways to (Re)Invigorate Your Teaching, is a National Board Certified Teacher who taught students English in Philadelphia for ten years at the Science Leadership Academy and in other public schools in the city. The founder of #engchat, an international Twitter chat for English teachers, Meenoo is a teacher-consultant for the National Writing Project and an instructor in Arcadia University's Connected Learning Certificate Program. Meenoo has also served as a teaching fellow with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she led the portfolio to help teachers refine their practice through collaboration. Currently, Meenoo works as Manager for Minecraft Education at Microsoft where she helps educators, districts, and organizations reimagine game-based learning for classroom practice.

Resources:

• Minecraft Education Edition

• Minecraft Starter Kit

• Meenoo Rami's Tchers' Voice Blog Posts