Minecraft has been heralded for its emphasis on creativity, building and exploration. Learn about the art of building and architecture as well as the pleasure of creating your own world. The game's flexibility has given birth to countless mods that teach new builders about coding, geography and art. Every secondary school in Northern Ireland is now offered an unrestricted copy of the game, which acknowledges its potential as a tool for education.
The organizers of CultureTECH, a festival that takes place every year for the creative and technology industries have received funding from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure to supply more than 200 schools with download codes. Each licence is for a particular version of the game called MinecraftEdu, which is designed specifically for the classroom. While Minecraft is commonly played in schools but this is the first time that the game has been made available to an entire region.MINECRAFT SERVERS Do you wish that they were a student again?
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Minecraft is free for every Northern Ireland secondary school
