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Danish Government Puts ENTIRE Country on Minecraft to help Teachers

Geography lessons are virtualized: Danish government creates Minecraft version of ENTIRE country to help teachers.



The entire country was rebuilt by the government's mapping department



Teachers can also use Minecraft lesson plans to make education more accessible.



Published at 18:06 EDT, 25 April 2014



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The entire country has been recreated by the Danish government through the popular computer game Minecraft.



The government hopes that it will make learning more enjoyable for students by being the first nation to fully integrate into the game of blocks Minecraft games.



It even developed plans for teachers' lessons to assist them in navigating this virtual version of their country.



The Ministry of the Environment in Denmark has created a Minecraft model of the country for players to explore.



The model that is downloaded consists of 4,000 billion blocks and requires one terabyte of storage space.



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They can then explore various terrains, such as forests and caves.



Players can also fly up in the air for birds-eye views of the surrounding landscape.



To build cities and towns, players are given blocks and tools.



As players progress, they will earn advanced tools and building blocks in different materials.



The game was originally developed for the PC but there are now Xbox 360 and mobile versions available.



The model is comprised of approximately 4000 billion bricks and takes approximately 1TB (1000 gigabytes) to download the entire nation.



"We have created Denmark online in Minecraft so that young people can plant their trees build a lake, and riding school biogas plants, wind turbines and more," said Kirsten Brosbol (Danish Minister of the Environment).



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"Imagination is the only limit."



This is our method of making a link between the digital and natural worlds.'



It was created by Simon Kokkendorf, Thor Bjorn Nielsen and Geodatastyrelsen (the Danish mapping arm of the Danish government),



They took public information about the country including elevation models and information on roads and structures and 'translated' it into Minecraft's distinctive bricks.



The team also developed an interactive navigation system to ensure that visitors can easily navigate their own neighborhood in the model.



They will also be able to observe the beauty of nature and landscapes in their natural habitat.



'Uou can 'go for an outing' in the countryside anywhere in Denmark and look at any location in Denmark roughly in the same way as with Google Street View,' the Agency stated.



Orestad school in Copenhagen has been testing the system to teach students maths and geography.



Katrin Kristensen, a teacher at the Orestad school, said that in the old days, the teacher would draw an outline of Denmark in the classroom and let the students write down the names of the various regions.



Future Danish schoolchildren and others will be able to keep track of the game animals and plants they have observed in nature.



"Now Denmark is available right here on children's tablets or computers, advancing the idea of using digital solutions to teach.



'We already have good experience using Minecraft in teaching maths for instance.



'With the 'real Denmark that is now available as a Minecraft world that will give us even more opportunities to inspire learning.



'Pupils think it is much more enjoyable when they're working on their own home or street and the like.'
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