Check out this new resource from ALA’: The Librarian’s Guide to Gaming: An Online Toolkit for Building Gaming @ Your Library
Libraries of all types promote the development of these literacy skills in numerous ways: information literacy classes in colleges and universities, gaming programs to promote problem solving and the development of higher order thinking skills, [...]
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Librarians’s Guide to Gaming Toolkit
Scratch: Imagine, Program, Share
Scratch, from the MIT Media Lab, is a programming tool “designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.”
This demo video is all kinds of wonderful. [...]
Wii Bowling for Seniors – Holiday Classic Tournament
Do you have a Wii Bowling program for Seniors? Check out this tournment!
Any library with a Wii Bowling for Seniors program is invited to participate in the Kent Public Library Holiday Classic Wii Bowling Tournament. Your library can enter as many four member teams as you have. Each four member team will record their best [...]
Games @ Lunch Break
Our lunch break today was too short to get any game playing going – school librarians know how to eat quick and network at the same time! But I did get a few games out for people to look at. In honor of ALA’s National Gaming Day coming up on Nov 15, we had [...]
ALSC – Great Technology Programs for Children
If you’re looking for some great children’s programming incorporating technology, visit the Great Technology Programs for Children wiki page.
There are currently about a dozen listings including programs related to reading, storytime, gaming and more. Detailed notes will help you implement similar programs.
Have your own great program? Contribute! This is part of the ALSC [...]
Games in Education Symposium – Aug 19-20
This looks really interesting. Wish I could attend.
The second annual Games in Education Symposium, free to middle and high school teachers, is scheduled for Tuesday & Wednesday, August 19-20th and will take place at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium.
