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Minecraft - The Madeleine & EdTech

As thousands of video game developers pour into San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference, your school-age kids may have only one game on their minds -- Minecraft. The game is a global phenomenon. And now, an educational startup is using it to help inspire the inventors and game developers of tomorrow. What could possibly have all so many kids anxiously staring at one screen? Maybe you've heard of it. It's a game called Minecraft. When asked what Minecraft is, School of the Madeleine Principal Ken Willers said, "I don't know if i can explain it! Actually, if we call over one of the kids, I'll let them explain it." "Minecraft is just very addicting because you can do whatever you want," said fifth-grader Aiden Kress. Fellow fifth-grader Walter Acevedo added, "You can build massive structures and it's pretty much, you just let your mind create." It's a virtual world that's been taking the real world by