This week I have been teaching about Minecraft to teachers in my job as an EdTech Specialist. If you haven't used it, its a pretty interesting little game. If you have a child that is between 7 and 15, just ask how interesting it is. The presentation below is of my work mate, David Lee , who is an Elementary Tech integrationist, and wrote the training we presented to staff members at Korea International School. In this entry, I am going to explain how this new media game, relates to our course objectives. In the reading, " Living and Learning, a New Media Report " from the MacArthur foundation, a few main types of online communities are described. These types are: "Hanging Out", "Messing Around", and "Geeking Out". In "Hanging Out" one extends their real world to an online community, extending themselves across distances (or in the same room). Messing around is best described as "... young people begin to take...