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Using Games to Teach and Inspire. Outreach 2.0. What We Are Going to Cover. What Does Outreach 2.0 Mean? Examples of Current Gaming Outreach Outreach Potential of User Created Games in Libraries Things You Can Do in Your Library. Web 1.0 and Library 1.0.
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Using Games to Teach and Inspire Outreach 2.0
What We Are Going to Cover What Does Outreach 2.0 Mean? Examples of Current Gaming Outreach Outreach Potential of User Created Games in Libraries Things You Can Do in Your Library
Web 1.0 and Library 1.0 We Make Content Which a Passive Audience Gobbles Up
Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 Content is Collaborative Everyone Creates and Consumes
Outreach 2.0 Marketing and Library Instruction May be More Effective if It Comes from Peers
Online Games to Teach and Advertise Fun! Students with certain learning styles will retain the information better Advertises services and teaches concepts to patrons who primarily use the library website to interact with the library
Carnegie Mellon University Teach students how to shelve Avoids using valuable staff time for teaching the same thing over and over Easy to evaluate student pages’ understanding of Library of Congress Teach reference Shows what is actually involved with working at a reference desk
Orange County Library Using a Game to Advertise Services Traditional arcade style shooting game with anthropomorphic orange Shows the player the different types of gaming materials available at the library May not teach anyone anything, but shows good will and advertises services
Global Kids Online Leadership Playing 4 Keeps Ayiti: The Cost of Life For More Information: Contact Meghan Deana at info@globalkids.org
Common Game Design Software Used for Teen Programs Gamemaker Youth Digital Arts Cyberschool Scratch
Use These Now Talented Game Program Attendees Proof of Concept (Rough Draft) by thirteen year old for Durham County Library using Multimedia Fusion 2 with tutorials through YDACS
IT or Admin Won’t Let Me Do Squat If You Can’t Install Software on Your Computers and/or Can’t Have a Program – use a Social Software Like PMOG Completely Web Based Requires Almost Zero Technical Knowledge
For More Information Further Reading: “Gaming 2.0” Katherine Makens. Young Adult Library Services; Summer 2007; 5, 4; Research Library Core,pg. 27 http://www.dev-lcg.com/Kathy%20Makens%27%20YALSA%20Summer%20Newsletter%20article.pdf To contact me on PMOG – username is bozette Email me:kmakens@durhamcountync.gov