Archive for category Gaming
Game Up Your Unconference
Last weekend I was delighted to head down to the University of Maryland for THATCamp Games, an instance of the popular humanities and technology unconference devoted specifically to games in education. It’s been a while since I attended an unconference — my last one was LibCampNYC in 2009 — and THATCamp Games reminded me how [...]
Posted: 30 January, 2012 in Conference Blogging, Gaming, Teaching.
Tags: educational technology, games-based learning, THATCamp, unconference
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Play The Big Game At ALA In Anaheim
Sure, there is lots of game playing at ALA Annual, but now there’s a real game you can play – and if you like scavenger hunts – this one is for you. The game is for everyone attending the conference. It is called California Dreaming. Now, you can play the game individually, but apparently it [...]
Posted: 5 June, 2008 in Conference Blogging, Gaming.
Tags: ala_conference, california_dreaming
Comments: 5
Serious Games
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest blogger is Michelle Boule, Social Sciences Librarian at the University of Houston. Michelle was one of the planners behind Five Weeks to a Social Library and she is an ALA Emerging Leader. Michelle blogs as Jane on A Wandering Eyre.
I am old enough to remember the Atari, but I was [...]
Posted: 6 June, 2007 in Gaming, Information Literacy.
Comments: 17
