Computer Games in Education: Spore

I’ve been spending a lot of time traveling over the last four days and my DS has sustained heavy use. I completed Appolo Justice and then picked up a copy of Spore for the DS on Friday. I already had a pre-order copy waiting for me at school but to be honest I couldn’t wait to give this game a go, so I bought a second copy in

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on the Friday of its release. I’m going to give my second copy to my edublogger buddy who hasn’t managed to get his hands on it yet (it will also double up as a congratulations on the new job present!).

Spore has been along time in the making and so far the game has not disappointed. I really like it, the graphics, the game play, the science and the huge educational potential. Spore has lots of educational games related projects in the making as well as just being really good fun to play. I can already see ideas for creative writing, art, technology, physics and evolution projects.

The best bit of news is that I get to download the mobile version on my phone from tomorrow!

Now, who fancies giving me 30 copies of Spore for the DS. So I can try out some of my ideas at Musselburgh Grammar School? We will provide the hardware?

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