Gaming in School Libraries? Yes!
Thinking about how gaming might fit in your school library? How it can help engage students and support curriculum? Then check out this post on Why Games Belong in Libraries from Brian Mayer’s The...
View ArticleCartoon Network Game Creator
In an effort to get lots of little notes off my desk, I’ve just spent a few minutes playing with the Cartoon Network’s Game Creator. Heard about it in episode 5 of the Games in Libraries podcast. I...
View ArticleGames @ 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...
View ArticleWii 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...
View ArticleBoard Gaming and the AASL Standards
Beth Gallaway, aka Information Goddess, shared her recent presentation on Board Gaming and the AASL Standards on SlideShare. See her blog post for links to her handouts for these sessions. Sounds...
View ArticleScratch: 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...
View ArticleLibrarians’s Guide to Gaming Toolkit
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...
View ArticleFun Moo Stuff
Moo makes wonderful business cards, postcards, sticker books and more. Their products are fun to create and fun to use. Reading back through their blog today I ran across some fun things to create for...
View ArticleFree audiobook short stories, kids songs and Kahuna Reef video game!
Thanks to Rachel Singer Gordon’s Mashup Mom, I scored some fun freebies today. And you can too! From Freebies on Friday, 4/24/09 Free Big Kahuna Reef game download from Amazon.com Get the Walking...
View ArticleYay it’s National Gaming Day!
Woo hoo! It’s National Gaming Day this Saturday! On November 14, 2009, libraries across the country will participate in the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held! Kids will be...
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