This is a great story of authentic learning in an immersive game. "Netball Star is on Skype, having a melt-down. Every time she logs into Massively Minecraft, lava kills her. The other kids mount a rescue – frantic voices in Skype fill the house." As the crisis unfolds they solve the lava issue and rebuild the destroyed property. You might ask, what lessons were learned here? Perhaps something practical about not building your house next to a lava waterfall ("lava can be somewhat difficult to manage") but more important, in my mind, skills related to disaster management, communicating and working together in a crisis. And the adults, interestingly, have learned over time to step back and let the drama unfold. "Our parents accept drama is a learning thing and have sort of formed a circle around it. They don’t freak out when the kids do."
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