Microsoft will release the Minecraft version for schoolchildren

Microsoft in the summer of 2016 plans to present the version of the game Minecraft for schoolchildren. It is reported by Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

To use the game, for each student you will need to pay $ 5. Minecraft training will include special opportunities for teachers who can create projects themselves as part of the game that children will work on.

A game that allows you to design various objects will help schoolchildren learn geometry, develop critical thinking and the ability to work in a team, the creators of the game believe.

According to BBC News, Minecraft has been used in one form or another for several years to study in schools. Four years ago, Finnish Teachergaming created the Minecraftedu version. In 2015, Microsoft bought Finnish development, the amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The American Corporation promised to improve some options for the Minecraft training publication. Teachergaming sold copies of Minecraftedu at seven thousand schools around the world, having earned $ 3 billion, says WSJ.

Video games since the 1970s have been used to study in schools. For example, SIMS, as WSJ writes, helps American schoolchildren learn to cooperate. A popular training tool is also the game Angry Birds, the gameplay of which is based on the laws of physics.

In November last year, microsoft and programming training platform Code.org released a course made in the Minecraft style, which will help children from six to 14 years old understand the basics of programming.

Microsoft bought a minecraft developer, Mojang studio in 2014 for $ 2.5 billion. The game was created by the Swedish programmer Marcus Person, its full release took place in 2011.