Using the game Spore to motivate learners KS3

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• ESafety KS1
• Getting a buzz out of blogging
• ICT support in education (practitioner)
• Introduction to games
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• Learning together developing wikis
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• Multimedia skills and applications
• Researching and evaluating a digital game for the classroom
• Sharing ideas - developing wikis (primary)
• Sharing ideas introducing wikis
• The potential of technology
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• Website development skills and applications
• Working with multimedia
• Wow them with wikipedia
• Writing using multimodal approaches KS1
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About. Learning outcomes
Course schedule
Introduction
Introducing ourselves
Using the course resources in your project
The project
Reflect, evaluate and share with others
Shared learning
Evaluation
Resources
1 Games for learning
2 Exploring Spore
Tutorial videos
3 Exploring Spore in the classroom
References
Acknowledgements

Pedagogical content. On this secondary course, teachers will look at how games^(tool) can be motivational and see particular examples of where the game Spore has been used to motivate learners. The course builds on Futurelab’s ICT⁽ⁱ⁾ research into the use of games. It will support teachers in developing their professional understanding and their practical teaching, and improving learners’ outcomes.

Resource details
Title	Using the game Spore to motivate learners KS3
Topic	[[Topics/Games|Games]]
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Format / structure	Planning Sheet (Word), Tutorials videos and list of questions to reflect on each activity.
Subject	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/Higher|Higher]],  [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
Useful information	The course has been produced by Futurelab in conjunction with Vital.
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	Making games, motivating learners KS2, Introduction to games
Files and resources to view and download	http://www.vital.ac.uk/community/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=17894&direct=1. Users must register with the VITAL website (free registration) before they can access the resource.