Yesterday I was completely blown away by the students in PYP 8. I introduced the project that I am doing for my Masters research using Minecraft to recreate the settings and retell the story of the book they have just completed as a class, and they by far over took my expectations. Every student, even the ones that forgot their device, was thoroughly engaged in their work. The ones who didn't have Minecraft to be building on were going through the book looking for details that the others in their group could then build. The amount and quality of communication within the groups was excellent. I heard one girl say to the other, "Don't make the road perfect, it was a really rough road." All I did was explain to them what the project goal was and put them into mixed Minecraft ability groups and away they went. There was no need for anymore instruction. They were engaged. The book they have read is called Jou...