Hi Everyone
I am Carol Rainbow, online tutor and machinimatographer. I usually work in Second Life but realise the potential for language learning for children through Minecraft - however I have no idea how to use Minecraft - don't even know where I may find my name :-( As I am also very involved in running an EVO session I fear I may not have the time to do this session but it is too good a chance to miss so am going to try. Please forgive me if I miss a lot .

If you are keen on playing survival mode in Minecraft, maybe this short video tutorial on "How to survive the first night in Minecraft" by Filip Smolčec created 2 years ago (then age 9) will help you. I wanted to post it after Jeff Kuhn great introductory video to #minecraft and Vance Stevens asking for help :) P.S. Filip's English has rapidly improved since then. Carol Rainbow, if you have time check the video! #evomc15  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ov4zqysrUs

Hi, dear Participants! I am a freelance Teacher from Uzbekistan. I like this #EVO 2015 session and hope to hang out with ALL of You.

Hi there Everyone, 
I teach EFL in Hungary. For some years my students have been very passionate about Minecraft, so I thought it would be another way to engage them. I hadn't played until Marijana and Filip's webinar a while ago. Then I downloaded MC PE and wow! Since then some of my students have been teaching me how to play and there are some who are my MC study mates. 
I'm really excited about the course, thanks for making it happen :)

Would anyone like to meet at the Minecraft server this Friday for fun and practice? We'll organize some kind of voice hookup. If so, respond to this poll, set at times convenient to both Jeff and me. If you want to meet at other times, you can create a poll and invite us.
http://doodle.com/b4ssyfezv48vc3c5

A neat article about kids using Minecraft.
This comes via Donelle Batty - an excellent Minecraft teacher.
https://plus.google.com/118006465829518367548/posts/LRihKX2NEZB
#evomc15

Greetings fellow teachers and gamers! My name is Kelly Marie Johnston. I teach content-based ESL to fourth and fifth graders at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. Many of my students are obsessed with Minecraft and have, I've noticed, picked up a lot of vocabulary through gaming. I hope to meet them on that platform and facilitate language learning. This is my first time joining an EVO course and I'm looking forward to learning from you all.

How tagging works: Tagboard shows us Google+ and Twitter posts tagged #evomc15 . Shelly Sanchez Terrell just sent a tweet with this tag and the short link lands us on Tamas Lorincz's blog post http://tamasonline.com/index.php/2015/01/13/minecraft-evo-journal/. I'm about to retweet that one :-)

Hi,
This is my introduction.
I teach full time in the UK. I teach English language and academic skills to international students. I like using technology in teaching and learning, but this don't mean I'm obsessive. I am also trying to complete  and EdD which is researching the use of Second Life with international students.
Last year I did the MachinEVO course (and I'm doing it this year) and really enjoyed it; I then used those skills to record my data (SL sessions).
I hope to gain some good ideas for teaching in the Minecraft course.
Cheers
Anne

Here's how to request access to our Google Doc so you can add your name to the server white list

Hi all. The answer is YES INDEED! Please request access to the Google Doc so you can edit it, http://screencast.com/t/7CT6w5lKm5x2. You are welcome to do so (and we were wondering where you were :-)

I have purposely set this document so that we can write here using our Google IDs and passwords (the ones we use to join this community). This will prevent vandalism and allow us to revert in case of need. If people were to write here without credentials we would not be able to revert to points where there were anonymous edits, a little inconvenient if not dangerous.

I hope this is the correct way forward, and please request access to this document so you can provide your MC names and we can whitelist you on our server. Thanks!

My 3-2-1....I am actually known as "Bobbi". Things to know about me!

1. I am a semi-retired Early Childhood Educator.
2. I am married to Vance and we have 2 wonderful sons!
3. I am interested in how people use technology in education.

Hi Everyone! I am looking forward to being involved in this MOOC. Today I am going to buy a USB mouse for my MacBook Pro to improve my ability to play the game!

My apologies, I created an EVENT for Wed Jan 14 1400 GMT before I set up the Hangout on Air for it, and the HoA also created an event here - these are one and the same. There is more information about where this event can be joined here:
 - http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32206114/volunteersneeded
 - http://webheadsinaction.org/live

At these spaces you will be provided a DIRECT LINK to the HoA which will enable you to join it (after our lead host Jeff is in the HoA, to prevent it filling and the host not being able to get in).

The HoA can accommodate 10 people but others can listen to the stream and interact with us live at http://chatwing.com/vancestev. The stream and chat are both embedded at http://webheadsinaction.org/live

This will be the pattern for our HoAs, and we hope you can join us.
http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32206114/volunteersneeded

To get the most out of your EVO experience learning Minecraft, you can enroll in this free MOOC https://www.canvas.net/courses/minecraft-for-educators, running Jan 26 - Mar 10. If you don't enroll (or if it fills) those of us participating there will relay what's going on there back to you.
https://www.canvas.net/courses/minecraft-for-educators