"Minecraft: Education Edition" has now launched in over 50 countries and is available in 11 different languages. The game launched worldwide last Nov. 1, and it allows teachers and students to interact with the game, in and out of the classroom.
It has been in development since January this year and has been in use in over 7,000 classrooms before and during its official global launch. The game is very similar to the original version of "Minecraft," but it implements numerous additions only seen in classrooms.
As said in the official website of the game, it will have separate tools for the teachers, giving them the ability to change the world settings and to alter the creations made by the students in order to properly implement whatever lesson is being taught in the classroom.
Some of these new features not seen in the original game include a Geometry mode, a separate mode to explore how fractions work, another that explores the causes and effects of deforestation, and yet another that dives into alien worlds and how life can be created or sustained in an alien planet.
Players will also have the option of taking snapshots and build a photo album with the pictures they've gathered throughout the school year.
"Classroom Mode offers educators the ability to interact with students and manage settings from a central user interface. We're also continuing to update 'Minecraft: Education Edition' to include new game features from other editions of Minecraft. In the official version, available now, all the latest updates to Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta will be included," reads the official statement from Microsoft.
According to Windows Central, students can get the game with a small $5 fee per year. This will allow them to download the game at home without having to pay the full price for the normal "Minecraft" edition. This will come with all the classroom tools that they interact with at the school.
