Youth engagement agency using #Minecraft within education, planning, and the community. Office at Brighton Youth Centre & work across the UK.
Brighton
Joined June 2014
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Our recent project building the ruins of Corfe Castle for @xboxuk , which can be rebuilt on the multi-platform server! (corfe.ruinsreimagined.com) – at South East, England
A thousand years of history and we've re-imagined it all in @Minecraft's The Wild Update 😱
With the help of @History_Alice and @GrianMC we restored the ruins of @NationalTrust's Corfe Castle back to its former glory ⚒
Our recent educational project, The Investigators, released on @PlayCraftLearn, educates K-12 students on how to navigate difficult digital information environments- building information literacy block by block 💻📚m.youtube.com/watch?v=LWRzts…
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In a world overflowing with information, how do students know what to trust? 🤔
Build students’ #InformationLiteracy skills with InvestiGators, a thrilling journalistic adventure from #MinecraftEdu and @DemocracyFwd. 🐊
Learn more at aka.ms/investigatorsblog
#GlobalMILWeek
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🌐Next week is @UNESCO Global Media and Information Week! Are you excited, because we’re excited?! 🎉🎉
Excited to launch InvestiGators, a new learning experience for #MinecraftEdu that teaches #informationliteracy and #criticalthinking, coming next week.
#GlobalMILWeek
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Our Rivercraft games land an Innovation Excellence award! 🎉
Developed alongside @Microsoft and @BlockBuildersUK, the games teach kids about flood risk reduction, climate change and biodiversity.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/celeb…
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Our #Rivercraft2 games have won the Geography in Government Excellence in Innovation Award! 🏆
Working with @Microsoft, @BlockBuildersUK and the Geography Association, we developed Rivercraft 2 to teach kids about flood risk.
Learn more at gov.uk/government/news/river…
ALT Photo of group of 4 people stood smiling, holding framed paper as acceptance of an award
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The winner in the Excellence in Innovation category is ‘Rivercraft 2’ by FCRM Flood Digital at the Environment Agency #GiG2023
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Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers with #Rivercraft 2 🌍
We’ve developed 3 new #MinecraftEducation games to teach children about #flood risk, climate change and biodiversity, with @Microsoft and @BlockBuildersUK 💻
Find out more: gov.uk/government/news/river…
Stills of our project for @xboxuk and the @nationaltrust. Reimagine Corfe Castle (@CorfeCastleUK) on the multi-platform server: corfe.ruinsreimagined.com – at Cavendish, East
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Think you could do better?
Reimagine your own version of Corfe Castle by jumping into our Minecraft server ➡ Corfe.RuinsReimagined.com
Part 2 of building a minecraft boat for @PRTP, gaining over a million views in 3 days! We are fundraising for The Clock Tower Sanctuary: justgiving.com/fundraising/b… – at Brighton, England
Part 1 of building a real minecraft boat for @PRTP, fundraising for The Clock Tower Sanctuary: justgiving.com/fundraising/b…
We are taking part in this years @paddleroundthepier on July 3rd in the ‘Paddle Something Unusual’ category to raise money for @theclocktowersanctuary. You can help by donating using the link in the bio, thank you! instagram.com/p/CfBvYqMIqAd/… – at Brighton, England
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Recipients of our #IngeniousAwards @Sustrans and @BlockBuildersUK will upskill 15-20 highway engineers from three London boroughs in designing collaboratively for diversity and using Minecraft for engagement. Find out more: raeng.org.uk/news/news-relea…
ALT The Minecraft Street Buliders. Encourage highway engineers to engage with the diverse communities they design for and to raise awareness among young people about highway engineering.
We’re at the Flood and Coast Conference for the next few days showcasing our RiverCraft game with @envagency. Come to our stand to have a play on the game! @ Telford International Centre instagram.com/p/CegfTHxonMQ/… – at Telford, England
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In geography today we used Rivercraft on #MinecraftEdu to learn about how flood defences are used to mitigate flooding. Luckily our walls worked! @DanesfieldSchl @MSEducationUK @BlockBuildersUK @xboxuk @PlayCraftLearn 🌊💻
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Rivercraft is a new Minecraft world inspiring #children to tackle #flooding and #climatechange by using a virtual-world-generating video game showing the destructive impact flooding could have on Preston in England @Minecraft @EnvAgency @BlockBuildersUK
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