Welcome!Lisa Taylor

School Library Media Specialist

Highlights, informationand resources from the first annual

ALA TechSource“Gaming, Learning

AndLibraries Symposium”

ALA TechSource in collaboration with the

Association of College and Research Libraries

http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page

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.

Gee also found:

Applications Gap

Knowledge Gap

Tech Savvy Gap (kids are not afraid)

Innovation Gap

“Curriculum in schools is killing innovation”

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 combinelearning and pleasure.

What can games do?

Lower the consequences of failure:

Explore and take risks

Fail early, fail often

Performance before competence

Players are powerful, agents/co-designers

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

Let’s look at a few games:

2007 Sessions3 out of 25

http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/2007_Sessions

ToxMystery: Using a Game to Make Learning about Chemicals Fun for

Kids

by Stephanie Publicker

National Library of Science

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

Games Students Play: A New Approach to Online Information

Literacy Instruction

By Scott Rice and Amy Harris

The University of North Carolina,

Greensboro

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????????????

GAME OVER!Good bye

AndGood Luck!

LTaylor12@schools.nyc.gov