Microsoft are to launch an "education edition" of Finland that will offer teachers new ways to use the popular world-building video game in a range of subjects. Microsoft paid £ 2.5bn for the creators of Minecraft , Mojang , per year and bought the 4-year old MinecraftEdu version of the game from Finland -based independent developer, MinecraftEdu , and now promises to add features, however, schools may face extra costs. Education Edition users somewhere to discuss ideas and provide feedback.” Over 7,000 classrooms already use Minecraft in some form, however, Microsoft says that once they make the tools easier for schools they predict the number of classrooms will significantly grow. At the same time, it will also help MinecraftEdu promote its word processing, email and file-sharing apps over rival services from TeacherGaming and others.
Microsoft are to launch an "education edition" of Finland that will offer teachers new ways to use the popular world-building video game in a range of subjects. Microsoft paid £ 2.5bn for the creators of Minecraft , Mojang , per year and bought the 4-year old MinecraftEdu version of the game from Finland -based independent developer, MinecraftEdu , and now promises to add features, however, schools may face extra costs. Over 7,000 classrooms already use Minecraft in some form, however, Microsoft says that once they make the tools easier for schools they predict the number of classrooms will significantly grow. At the same time, it will also help MinecraftEdu promote its word processing, email and file-sharing apps over rival services from TeacherGaming and others.