Arcademy, a new Israeli start-up integrating Minecraft Education into school curriculums, will launch in schools across Israel and the United States next year following successful implementations in Petah Tikva, according to Alex Gold, the company’s CEO.
Nine schools in Petah Tikva participated in the two-month program, where teachers and students used the platform for two to four hours a week. All participants reported extremely positive feedback, enabling Arcademy’s rapid expansion, Gold explained.
The company provides teachers with an easy-to-use interface to efficiently operate Minecraft Education in their classrooms. Minecraft Education, launched in 2016, is an educational version of the game designed for classroom use.
During market research, Gold and his co-founders realized that few educators took advantage of Minecraft Education because it was inaccessible and difficult to operate or understand without prior knowledge of the game. They then set out to build a simple platform for teachers of all technology experience levels to run and manage Minecraft Education lessons.
“We are the tool that integrates Minecraft Education into a user-friendly platform so that the teacher can easily find the content relevant to their lesson, and then in one-click they can connect all their students to the game,” Gold said. “We remove the necessity for the teacher to understand how to play Minecraft.”
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