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Swedish students forced to play Minecraft

09-01-2013 03:57PM

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A school in Stockholm has made headlines after introducing compulsory Minecraft lessons for 13-year-old students, with teachers hoping the Swedish computer game will encourage the children to develop their thinking.

“It’s their world and they enjoy it,” Monica Ekman, a teacher at the Viktor Rydberg school, told The Local.

“They learn about city planning, environmental issues, getting things done, and even how to plan for the future,” she said.

Around 180 students take part in the lessons, learning how to build virtual worlds, complete with electricity grids, water supply networks and indeed anything else that may come to mind.

http://www.thelocal.se/45514/20130109/

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#2 09-01-2013 04:00PM

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Do-more wrote: »

http://www.thelocal.se/45514/20130109/

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