1. Lisa Taylor School Library Media Specialist
Welcome!
Lisa Taylor
School Library Media Specialist

2. ALA TechSource “Gaming, Learning And Libraries Symposium”
Highlights, information
and resources from the first annual
ALA TechSource
“Gaming, Learning
And
Libraries Symposium”

3. ALA TechSource in collaboration with the Association of College and Research Libraries

4. Keynote: Jim Gee 1970-1984 Literacy Gap is identified.
Gee feels that this is only part of the bigger picture/problem that still exists today.

5. Gee also found: Applications Gap Knowledge Gap
Tech Savvy Gap (kids are not afraid)
Innovation Gap

6. “Curriculum in schools is killing innovation”

7. Schools make things that kids are good at, hard.
Undervalue basic principles of learning,
learning is a passionate activity.
Learning of itself is a reward. –Harlowe
Games are designed to combine
learning and pleasure.

8. What can games do?

9. Lower the consequences of failure:

10. Explore and take risks
Fail early, fail often
Performance before competence
Players are powerful, agents/co-designers

11. Players are powerful, agents/co-designers
Problems are well ordered
Cycles of challenge/consolidation/new challenge
Encourage players to think about systems
Empathy for a complex system

12. Let’s look at a few games:

13. 2007 Sessions 3 out of 25

14. ToxMystery: Using a Game to Make Learning about Chemicals Fun for Kids
by Stephanie Publicker
National Library of Science

15. Quarantined: Axl Wise and the Information Outbreak: Creating an Online Game to Teach Information Skills
By Tammy Allgood and Bee Gallegos
Fletcher Library Game Project
Arizona State Unversity

16. Games Students Play: A New Approach to Online Information Literacy Instruction
By Scott Rice and Amy Harris
The University of North Carolina,
Greensboro

17. Before we go, let’s design a game:
Tools
Rules
Skill, strategy, and chance
Single or multi-player?????????????
Card game, video game, role-playing game, online????????????

18. Good bye And Good Luck! LTaylor12@schools.nyc.gov
GAME OVER!
Good bye
And
Good Luck!