05.05.09
Games in Libraries – May 2009
Download the May 2009 Games in Libraries episode over at The Internet Archive.
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Show notes:
-Beth Gallaway presents the 10 winners of the $5000 gaming, literacy, and libraries grants funded by the Verizon Foundation and Thinkfinity.org
- Press release: http://gaming.ala.org/news/
- Liz’s blog post about the grant process: http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1130000713/post/850043685.html
- Best Buy Community Relations Grant: http://209.68.13.147/community_relations/local_donations_rfp.htm
- FunAgain Games Grants: http://www.funagain.com/control/rc?p=grants
-Brian Mayer reviews the board game Oregon and presents how it can teach mathematics in an unusual way
-Scott Nicholson talks about ALA Connect and gaming
Donald Dennis starts a new segment where he presents three podcasts with board game reviews
- The Dice Tower: http://www.thedicetower.com/thedicetower/index.php
- The Spiel: http://www.thespiel.net/
- The Game Kennel: http://www.pulpgamer.com/gamekennel
- On Board Games: http://onboardgames.net/
- Board Game Podcasts: http://boardgamepodcasts.com/
- Eli Neiberger talks about the Wii, Wiimotes, the new WiiMotion Plus, and Nintendo’s incremental upgrade strategy
- Brian Mayer talks about four criteria school librarians can use to select games
- Scott Nicholson presents information about the free upcoming Gaming in Libraries course on You Tube – http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/course/
Talk about this episode over at ALA Connect!
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