Minecraft: It’s everywhere and I have been living under a rock the past 6 years are my two big take-aways from my first week of this project. My first action step in starting this project was to go back to the beginning and research what Minecraft actually was. One simple search in google of “Minecraft” resulted with 131,000,000 --within one second. Once I started clicking on links I knew I needed a way to organize the articles and history of Minecraft. Enter diigo. “Diigo is a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. Additionally, it allows users to highlight any part of a webpage and attach sticky notes to specific highlights or to a whole page.” (Wikipedia) I also started a pinterest page as I love that research is “pinned” by images and can be categorized by editable boards. However, this is where it got a little crazy! I was shocked at the amount of Minecraft pins that were for birthday parties, bedding, arts and crafts, basically everything but the game. There are definitely pins for that too but I learned that Minecraft is so much more than just the game. After spending a few hours reading, pinning and going down a few rabbit holes I refocused and went back to the actual Minecraft website where I learned what Minecraft was. According to the website, “Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things. It can also be about adventuring with friends or watching the sun rise over a blocky ocean. It’s pretty. Brave players battle terrible things in The Nether, which is more scary than pretty. You can also visit a land of mushrooms if it sounds more like your cup of tea.” I have to say the “adventuring with friends or watching the sun rise over a blocky ocean” caught my attention and made me run for my credit card to start playing! In order to play you need to pay 26.95 to download the game. Stay tuned for next week as I start to build and create!
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Monica Martinez
7/3/2015 05:10:57 pm
Hi Kelly,
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