Mobile Version of Minecraft Offers Creativity, Collaboration, Fun
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Title: Minecraft - Pocket Edition
Summary: World-building, resource-gathering game almost as good as PC version
Pros: Open sandbox gameplay puts users in charge of what kind of learning gets layered on top of the game.
Cons: Smaller everything (as compared to the PC version) can cause frustrations with controls, resources, and supervision.
Bottom Line: An excellent collaborative, creative, and critical-thinking resource for classrooms using mobile devices, but doesn't offer all the learning opportunities of the PC version.
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By Graphite from Common Sense Media
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