Alignment: How Connecting Games Opens Doors

From TechSource Gaming Symposium

Presenters:

Brian Mayer is a Library Technology Specialist for the School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES System. Both a certified Pre-K through 6th teacher and K-12 school library technology specialist, Brian has worked along with his colleagues to build a fully aligned board game library for loan to their member libraries. During the course of his work, Brian has written several documents aligning modern board games with bothNew York State Curricular Standards and AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Along with the work he does with the school library system, Brian also blogs about modern board games and their place as educational resources in school libraries at Library Gamer.
Christopher Harris (School Library System of Genesee Valley BOCES)

Description: By aligning games to standards, libraries can break down barriers and establish games as valuable resources in a collection. Learn how different types of libraries can work together to meet the learning and social needs of our schools and communities.

Intended Audiences:

• Instructional librarians
• Youth librarians

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• School libraries

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