Check it out and join the CIL community. Thanks again Meredith!
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December 21, 2006
Check it out and join the CIL community. Thanks again Meredith! Information Today’s CIL 2007 takes place at the Crystal City Hyatt, VA from April 16-18 with workshops on the 15th and 19th. With the theme, Beyond Library 2.0, keynote speakers include: December 14, 2006
Just listened to Jenny Levine, TheShiftedLibrarian, and ALA’s Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide and author of their new Library Technology Reports, Gaming & Libraries: Intersection of Services. She also talked about how big gaming is and why it’s important. The myth is that Jenny talked about some of the characterisitics of gamers: Jenny discussed how gaming is content; there are stories in gaming. She gave many examples including the Ann Arbor Public Library which has long lines of teen boys waiting to play games at the library — a new way of looking at and using the libary. A way of building “safe” communities for kids. The MacArthur study on digital learning by Henry Jenkins, MIT, talks about new types of literacies — media, critical thinking, collaboration, etc. — and how schools and education need to change for the digital culture. Jenny talked about the different types of services libraries can offer: We really need to understand the needs of gamers as there are many ways to engage kids and students through gaming. Jenny provided many ideas and examples of different types of games for libraries, both public and academic, from Information Pursuit to Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). Gaming will only get bigger and continue to change how people interact with each other and with games and technologies. Great talk! |
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