03.02.09

Games in Libraries – March 2009 Episode

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:12 pm by snicholson

Happy March!

Download the March 2009 Games in Libraries episode over at The Internet Archive.

You can also listen to it here:

Show notes:

We’ve got a great episode for you this month! There’s some big news – the ALA has presented a call for proposals for libraries to do gaming programs and released the gaming toolkit!

– Beth Gallaway talks about the new ALA Toolkit for Gaming. You can explore the toolkit at http://librarygamingtoolkit.org .

– Jennifer Nelson talks about Scratch, a game creation tool. You can download Scratch at
http://scratch.mit.edu and learn about Scratch day at
http://day.scratch.mit.edu/. Email Jennifer Nelson to be added to the email discussion group for Scratch Day resources at jrnelson@hclb.org

– Scott Nicholson reviews Duck! Duck! Go! from APE Games.

– Jason Puckett reviews Wii Fit and how libraries might use it.

– Kieran Hixon talks about how he supports gaming in several rural Colorado libraries.

– Eli Neiberger talks more about about Little Big Planet. He originally introduced it in December 2008, and continues the discussion here.

– Beth Gallaway provides a reminder about the March 20 deadline for the ALA Verizon Thinkfinity grants for gaming. The Libraries Literacy & Gaming Grant Application is at http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/rfp . Email Dale Lipschultz with grant application questions: dlipschultz@ala.org