Celebrate National Gaming Day @ Your Library on November 15
No doubt, the kids at your library are wild about gaming-so be sure to showcase your gaming services and programs in support of National Gaming Day @ your library on November 15.Sponsored by the...
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Be sure to showcase your gaming services and programs in support of National Gaming Day @ your library on November 15. Sponsored by the American Library Association, hundreds of libraries across the...
View ArticleThe Library Adventure Game: Using a web-based simulation to teach reference...
Conducting a reference interview that results in locating the information that a patron wants can be difficult. In many instances, service desks are staffed with individuals who are not professional...
View ArticleRated E for Everyone
Gaming in libraries, and especially the introduction of console video games, has dramatically increased in popularity in the past few years. As a result, libraries have been expanding their gaming...
View ArticleBecoming Lore Keepers
If you had asked me six years ago when Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft (WoW), the popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplay Game), launched if I would be spearheading an effort...
View ArticleGame and Music Reviews by Young Adults
Yes, it's football season again, and fans will be clamoring for the latest Madden game—with the added realism of grass stains and snow, players may need to put a tarp down before firing up Madden NFL...
View ArticleSome Ideas for Fall Play: Ease into the new school year with games that...
In this Article More Back-to-School Games Every fall, students return to school a little unsure of what to expect from their classes and their peers. For younger children, excitement mingles with fear....
View ArticleEnergize the Curriculum: Put game-based learning in the palm of your...
Mobile computing and game-based learning are two of the six major trends that will have a huge impact on K-12 learning in the next five years according to projections found in the New Media...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Rights
As marketing for National Gaming Day, November 13, 2010, began at the Haverhill (MA) Public Library, potential participants were enticed by the list of games that would be available. Also in this Issue...
View Article‘Tis the Season: A wonderland of new games for classrooms, libraries, or just...
Meeples in colors and boards that are linen. Bright flashy game bits and knowing I’m winning. Unopened game boxes tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things! The winter season is...
View ArticleWhat Is Systems Thinking?: Interactive Components of Video Games Are Perfect...
In this Article Simulations & EduGames for the Classroom “Why didn’t we do this sooner?” This question was posed by a student at Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, who was failing Diana...
View ArticleMusic and Game Reviews from Young Adults
Everything old is new again: Paul McCartney reinterprets the standards in his own inimitable style on Kisses on the Bottom, while the members of Van Halen reach into the 1970s vault on A Different Kind...
View ArticleExplore, Create, Survive: ‘Minecraft’ is a versatile and fun game with broad...
In this Article How Educators & Authors Use Minecraft “Can you teleport me?” “How do I fly?” “I need a sword.” “What are you building?” These eclectic exclamations are the sounds of a room full of...
View ArticleBoard Games You've Never Played: Unplugged from Technology
Like most good ideas I've gotten on the job, this one was inspired by failure—and by my savvy library director. Failure came in the form of dismal attendance at a summer video-game program. We didn't...
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