10 Reasons Why Boardgames PWN

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Presenters:

  • Christopher Harris
  • Brian Mayer is a Library Technologies Specialist with the School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES where he provides professional support to librarians in 23 school districts. For the last year, he and the rest of the SLS staff have been exploring the educational potential of games in school libraries. He has written several documents aligning board games with both NY State Educational Standards[1] and the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner [2] He also reviews and blogs about board games for school libraries at Library Gamer: http://librarygamer.wordpress.com



Description: Modern board games are to Monopoly like libraries are to "Shhh!" Avoid the fatal flaws of the console wars and acknowledge the pwnage[3] of board games. Learn the truth about why modern tabletop games are the winning solution for your library.

Intended Audiences:

  • Pretty much any librarian
  • All types of libraries



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