Minecraft has been praised for its focus on creativity, building and exploration. Players learn about construction and architecture and the simple pleasure of self expression. Mods have been developed to assist budding builders to learn about coding, geography and art. Every secondary school in Northern Ireland is now offered an unrestricted copy of the game, recognizing its potential as an educational tool.
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CultureTECH, an annual festival that celebrates the creative and technology industries and has obtained funding from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure for more than 200 schools to get download codes. Each license is for MinecraftEdu an exclusive version of Minecraft that is specifically designed for classroom use. Although it's not unusual to find Minecraft in schools, this is the first time that the game has been distributed across an entire region. Does anyone else wish that they were a student again?
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Minecraft is free for all Northern Ireland secondary school