- at the Gaming Learning Libraries Symposium – this is going to be a different kind of conference #
- @dwfree shared gum with me. I really needed that gum! #
- new learning project http://icue.com/ #
- @utopianlibrary – i have on my I Love Nerds shirt #
- @griffey – I do not get my book until Tuesday night, at least give us a week! #
- I will make a diorama depicting a major scene from HP, once I read it! #
- project NML, new media exemplar library (to be looked up) #
- to remember – Jane McGonigal – game creator (I love bees, cruel 2 b kind) #
- Henry Jenkins is a very smart man #
- http://boardgameswithscott.com/ Scott Nicholson is up next #
- he is very funny #
- “we’ll screw up so you do not have to” speaking of his ludology group (the study of games and play) #
- “gambling may be the way to solve our funding issues” – gambling for late feed #
- @cranklibrarian – haha, very nice #
- @dwfree – yes and that is what I did today actually. I ate so fast I made my stomach hurt. Figures #
- it is like Oprah – Scott just gave everyone in the audience a copy of Wits & Wagers to take home – awesome #
- feeling like poo. I could use some advil and a nap #
- @dwfree is my hero today. first gum and now advil. sweet! #
- Scott keeps talking about a game I have never heard of, Go http://tinyurl.com/5y6ko #
- not really taking good notes as I know we are getting the white paper and also am tired #
- @utopianlibrary – i have never played Othello or Go #
- @utopianlibrary – thxm I am not sure I get why I could only play on certain squares tho, also I sucked at it #
- @dwfree & @utopianlibrary – r u guys playing games tonight? Wanna make a team? #
- also I am hoping to get some pizza tonight or tomorrow, anyone else want to go have Chicago pie? #
- I am good at bowling and ok at tennis #
- http://gamelab.syr.edu Scott’s website #
- white paper is on that web site, sorry, put the url out there with little explanation #
- @utopianlibrary – GH2? #
- we get a break – up next: Eli Neiburger and I get to intro him! #
- @rikhei – hey, no one blames you #
- Eli is talking about what running a gaming program can cost a library – planning is good! #
- “there are more gamers then recreational readers at your library” #
- Eli is a wonderful speaker – i am not really taking notes, just Twittering this one #
- what our kids will say to us when annoyed with our lack of tech skills – “dad, how can you not interface with the core mind?!” #
- “people who knit do not need all those socks” they want to have fun in the library #
- Eli took his son camping… in line for a Wii #
- Super Smash Brothers http://tinyurl.com/yr663f #
- alert – “Polock Dick” is not a good game handle, mwahahaha and it is on you tube http://youtube.com/watch?v=5R9DzRRcG50 #
- advil finally kicking in *sigh* #
- Snorks!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorks Eli replaces bad words in posts from teens with the word “snork” (with permission) #
- @utopianlibrary – come use my plug! #
- “AADL gaming tournaments show that there is still life in the library” from one of AADL’s teens. Cool! #
- gaming tournaments provide positive interactions with library staff. no long sheet of rules. #
- @crankylibrarian – Scott was saying that people do not come to library to knit cuz they need socks, they come cuz they have fun #
- gaming can bring older and younger kids together, and adults! #
- AADL does some really cool stuff #
- libraries have stigma with teens and we need to sometimes be aware of that #
- someone in the back row is talking on her cell phone during Eli’s talk. OMG, stop it already! #
- Eli shows us the rough cut if a video he has been working on #
- aadl’s gaming room is sweet #
- they have kids who travel 2 hours to participate in their tournaments! #
- “There is this big underground room with staff doing staffish things” #
- “i don’t think of the library as being old fashioned anymore” quotes from teens in library #
- GTSystem from AADL that does scoring, brackets, etc, etc, and they are making it available to other libraries http://gtsystem.aadl.org #
- AWESOME! #
- http://aadl.org/aadlgt – site about gt system
http://aadl.org/files/techsource.pdf – slides # - libraries should buy game strategy books and game magazines – this is another way to reach that group #
- @crankylibrarian – she stopped, but I mean it even rang and everything and she answered it! People, *eye roll* #
- that lady’s phone rang again! and she answered it, again! holy crap! #
- ok, off to the gaming tournament #
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