I am currently doing a major dance of joy because I have completed my final Scratch educational game. Actually, I completed it early this morning a little before 3 AM. Needless to say, I wasn't in the mood to post at that time!
My final assessment of using Scratch in the classroom? Well, my opinion has not changed since my last post. I am amazingly proud of my final product, but, then again, it did take me 8+ hours to create it (not counting the time I spent deciding what to do and researching how to operate the program), so I'd better be proud!!!...Which leads me to my next point. I already griped about this in my last post, but I'm going to complain again!! This project took me so long. I know it didn't necessarily have to take me that long. I set my expectations too high to begin with, and after I'd taken so long on the first part of the game, the rest of it had to match! Stupid perfectionism.
In short, I can see the benefit of using games in the classroom. I may even use some in my future classroom if I find some that fit with the curriculum. I really enjoyed the Voices of Spoon River game, which surprised me. However, I do not plan on ever making another game. (At least that's how I feel today;-)
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