Surprise!

I’m bringing you a mid-week guest speaker, as his talk falls right in line with Session 17. Allan works on gaming for older adults, and talks about his experiences with gaming and outreach with seniors.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClass-GuestAllanKleiman/allan.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 17 – Marketing and Partnerships

Today! Join Scott on UStream for a live video chat. I’ll take your questions and talk about games in libraries! Come to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gaming-in-libraries between 3-4 eastern today, Tuesday, June 23!

In this lesson, Scott talks about marketing gaming programs and setting up partnerships between the library and other groups.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClassSession17_383/session17.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 16 – Selecting Games

Announcement! On Tuesday, June 23, I’m going to do a Live video Q&A/Chat at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gaming-in-libraries . Join in to ask questions!

Now that you’ve got the model, here are the last few things you need to think about before selecting specific games.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClass-Session16/session16.m4v

URLs from the video:
http://gtsystem.org
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/gaming/

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Announcement! On Tuesday, June 23, I’m going to do a Live video Q&A/Chat at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gaming-in-libraries . Join in to ask questions!

One of the books I’ve pointed you to throughout the class is the author of Gamers… in the Library, Eli Neiburger

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClass-GuestEliNeiburger/eli.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Today, public librarian Kelly Czarnecki talks about geocaching, which is a great game that has players exploring the library while learning navigation skills.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClass-GuestKellyCzarnecki/kelly.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 15 – Social Game Experiences

Social Game Experiences are those that enable and encourage people to get to know each other better. This weekend, stick around for some great guest speakers!

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesSession15/gamingclass15.m4v

URLs from the video:
BGWS on Say Anything – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=96
WoW Librarians Guild – http://librariesandlibrarians/guildomatic.com

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 14 – Narrative Game Experiences

Narrative Game Experiences are those that immerse players into the game world.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClass-Session14/session14.m4v

URLs from the video:
Wizard’s Play network – http://tinyurl.com/wizardsplay
BGWS on Fury of Dracula – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=29
BGWS on Prophecy – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=86
Werewolf – http://www.eblong.com/zarf/werewolf.html
To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 13 – Action Game Experiences

Today, we’ll talk about the games that many people think of today when they think of what “gamers” play – Action games. (now, you all know better than that by this time, right?)

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClassSession13/session13.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Session 12 – Strategy Game Experiences

Today’s lecture is about the types of games that have the longest history in libraries – strategy games.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesClassSession12/gamingclass12.m4v

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310

Here are the URLs from the video:

IAGO: IAGO: http://abstractgamers.org/
Mah Jongg – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=11
Wizards Play Network – http://tinyurl.com/wizardsplay
BGWS Formula De – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=117
BGWS Puerto Rico – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=80
Bait Games List – http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/36564
BGWS Battlelore – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=54
BGWS Heroscape – http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=10
Age of Booty – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9QMBxQCsow
Battleground Fantasy – http://www.yourmovegames.com/flash/bg2.swf
BoardGameGeek – http://boardgamegeek.com

Session 11 – Knowledge Game Experiences

Today is the first of 5 lessons on different types of game experiences – knowledge game experiences.

You can download it from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamingInLibrariesSession11/session11.m4v

Here are the URLs from the video:
BGWS on Wits & Wagers: http://boardgameswithscott.com/?p=53
Trainers Warehouse: http://www.trainerswarehouse.com/

To talk about this Session, head over to ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/forum/10310