Media Molecule is prepping a new Teacher Pack for LittleBigPlanet 2 that it hopes will inspire schools to adopt its physics-based platformer as a learning aid for classrooms.

Slated to arrive this May, the Teacher Pack "will feature instructions for teachers and demonstrations of National Curriculum-based in-game levels that other teachers have made," according to Sony. Students will then play through these custom levels using the PlayStation Move, and will hopefully learn a few things as they go along.

“The pack will be a really useful way of starting to track and develop interest and involvement in games-based learning,” explained SCEE senior VP Ray Maguire. “We hope that Media Molecule will have this created by the start of the summer term in May.”

The firm is also running PlayStation Move courses for teachers, encouraging them to use the motion controller in math classes due to its ability to track distance objects and calculate speed. The move is all part of Sony's push to introduce its platform into classrooms. "Consoles don't just play games - they are sophisticated media players," says Maguire. "There is no reason why you can't play open standard educational content such as videos, audio and web-based lessons through a games console like the PlayStation 3."

“And it is not just video games. It is richer content too – including video, Flash and audio. I think there is a great case for a national Digital Curriculum to complement the existing Curriculum.”

Via [MCV]

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