The Moncton Public Library Minecrafters Club. Presented by: Andrew Lockhart and Beatrice Houston The Moncton Public Library

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1 The Moncton Public Library Minecrafters Club Presented by: Andrew Lockhart and Beatrice Houston The Moncton Public Library

2 Crafting a dynamic gaming program for teens: The Moncton Public Library Minecrafters Club 1. Lit review: defending gaming in libraries. 2. Minecraft is much more than a game. 3. Three levels of Minecraft programs. See your tipsheet. 4. Building a server vs Minecraft Educator s package. 5. Promoting this program is easy. 6. What we learned. 7. Free play on our Minecraft server!

3 The case for gaming Worthy of collection. Promote literacy. Create social connections. Make libraries more welcome spaces for teens. By reaching out to young people with games, librarians have an opportunity to connect the library with something that is relevant in [their] lives. (Gaming Programs/Vanden Elzne & Roush/Library Trends/Spring 2013)

4 Minecraft is It teaches you how to start conversations with your peers. If you don't know how to do something, it can teach you how to admit you don't know it. In a way, it's real soft-skill development. Dr Andrew Przybylski

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6 Minecraft is also Teaching kids: Math Architecture and Engineering. Geography Ecology Chemistry Physics Coding etc! Promoting creativity in a way that other video games and toys are not. Culture building. Top: Social studies class in Coff s Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Bottom: Minecraft LAN Party

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8 Put Minecraft on Everything PC, Mac, Windows: $27 Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4: disc or digital download: $20 ios and Android: $7 Raspberry Pi: free Except Wii and WiiU: not available, no plans to port.

9 Minecraft Program : n00b level Simplest way to offer a program and a good way to start. Unstructured play on whatever devices are available. Console multiplayer. Minecraft crafts. Minecraft papercrafts from pixelpapercraft.com

10 Minecraft Program level 2: 90s LAN party Create a simple network using a router. One computer hosts the game and selects open to LAN in the game options. Players join in multiplayer mode and connect to this game. PC or ipad. Basic multiplayer.

11 Minecraft Program level 3: your very own Server Run specialized server software on one computer Allows more control of the game and what players do Can offer different types of programs to players More stable Potential: persistent world, modified version of the game Top: Brooklyn Public Library Minecraft program. Bottom: Minecraft server program downloadable from Minecraft.net

12 Minecraft Edu Package Officially supported by Mojang. Simplified setup and administration: GUI instead of commands and config files. Modified version of game: added features that you would have to add to Minecraft yourself. Bulk purchasing and discount on accounts: $45 for Server, $20 for accounts (pays for itself after 6 accounts.

13 Promotion Hello Minecrafters, a reminder for our upcoming meeting on Saturday, May 31st. Andrew and I will be back and will be offering a PVP competition for the first hour or so of the club. There will be a prize! If you have not yet registered for the competition and would like to do so, please let me know!

14 Learning curves No gender or age divides. Ground rules for griefing. Teaching the teachers. & Future plans Perpetual library server for drop-in Minecraft. Special guests to talk about advanced Minecrafting.

15 Bibliography Hall, J. (2013, June 1). Minecraft: Is it more than just a game?. Toronto Star (Canada). Retrived from EBSCOhost. Krause, M.B. (2013, October) A series of unfortunate events: The repurcussions of print-based literacy as the only literacy for talented boys. Gifted Child Today. Vanden Elzen, A.M. And Roush, J. (2013) Brawling in the Library: Gaming Programs for Impactful Outreach and Instruction at an Academic Library. Library Trends. Machell, B. (2013, December 7) How Minecraft creator Markus Persson built the world. The Australian. Retrived from Ahmed, S. and Le K. (2013, July 11) What Can a Minecraft Mod Teach Us About the World? The Huffington Post. Retrieved from Oakley, T. (2008) Circulating Video Games. School Library Journal. Retrived from Canadian Reference Centre. Tromba. P. (2013, July) Building Engagement One Block at a Time with Minecraft. Learning and Leading with Technology. Retrieved from EBSCO. Short. D. (2012, September) Teaching Scientific Concepts Using a Virtual World Minecraft. Teaching Science. Retrived from EBSCO. Contacts: Beatrice Houston: beatrice.houston@gnb.ca Andrew Lockhart: andrew.lockhart@gnb.ca