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Gaming Week: Why Library Gaming
December 10, 2007
To celebrate the launch of our School Library System's new game library tomorrow, I thought I would go ahead and declare this library gaming week on Digital Reshift. So why gaming? Based on the available research about gaming, I strongly believe that games are an important part of development. They provide a learning environment that presents a variety of new challenges, supports creative problem solving, and provides support for overcoming failure. As learning centers that provide a variety of instructional, informational, and entertaining resources for schools, it is only natural that libraries also provide games.
More reading:
- Beck, John. Got Game.
- Gee, James Paul. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.
- Levine, Jenny. Library Technology Reports. “Gaming and Libraries: Intersection of Services”
- Neiburger, Eli. Gamers ... In the Library?!: The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages.
Check back each day this week for game reviews!
Posted by Chris Harris on December 10, 2007 | Comments (0)
