{"id":78918,"date":"2022-02-14T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=78918"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:05:19","slug":"how-i-use-minecraft-to-help-kids-with-autism-duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/02\/14\/how-i-use-minecraft-to-help-kids-with-autism-duncan\/","title":{"rendered":"How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism [Duncan]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stuart_duncan_how_i_use_minecraft_to_help_kids_with_autism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from ted.com by Stuart Duncan; with thanks to Dr. Kate Christian for this resource<\/p>\n<p><em>Description:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The internet can be an ugly place, but you won&#8217;t find bullies or trolls on Stuart Duncan&#8217;s Minecraft server, AutCraft. Designed for children with autism and their families, AutCraft creates a safe online environment for play and self-expression for kids who sometimes behave a bit differently than their peers (and who might be singled out elsewhere). Learn more about one of the best places on the internet with this heartwarming talk.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 854px;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/lang\/en\/stuart_duncan_how_i_use_minecraft_to_help_kids_with_autism\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Below are two excerpted snapshots from Stuart&#8217;s presentation:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stuart_duncan_how_i_use_minecraft_to_help_kids_with_autism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78926 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan-Minecraft-Autism-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"Stuart Duncan speaking at TEDX York U\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan-Minecraft-Autism-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan-Minecraft-Autism-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan-Minecraft-Autism-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan-Minecraft-Autism.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stuart_duncan_how_i_use_minecraft_to_help_kids_with_autism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78930 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"These are the words autistic students used to describe their experience with Stuart's Minecraft server\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/StuartDuncan2-Minecraft-Autism.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism &#8212; from ted.com by Stuart Duncan; with thanks to Dr. Kate Christian for this resource Description: The internet can be an ugly place, but you won&#8217;t find bullies or trolls on Stuart Duncan&#8217;s Minecraft server, AutCraft. Designed for children with autism and their families, AutCraft creates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,26,354,472,394,433,498,271,286,18,346,343,347,32,215,848,141,403,500,373,419,46,7,510,228,327,423,216,353,382,62,133,560,279,226,309,405,196,101,836,166,157,393,66,89,188,40,195,38,321,367,49,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-24x7x365-access","category-3d","category-av-audiovisual","category-active-learning","category-attention","category-communications","category-communities-of-practice","category-creativity","category-digital-learning","category-digital-storytelling","category-distance-education","category-education","category-education-reform","category-education-technology","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-emotion","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-ethics","category-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-k-12-related","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-learning-preferences","category-library-librarians","category-love-of-learning","category-microsoft","category-moralsvalues","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-online-learning","category-online-media","category-parents-guardians","category-participation","category-passions","category-platforms","category-play","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-psychology","category-remote-teaching-learning","category-social-learning-networks","category-storytelling","category-student-teachingteacher-education","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-online","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-tools","category-uk","category-united-states","category-vendors","category-web-based-collaboration","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78918"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78931,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78918\/revisions\/78931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}