Library Arcade from Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

Donna Beck Rachel Callison John Fudrow Dan Hood Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

"..don't use force in training the children in the subjects, but rather games.” Plato, The Republic (421 BCE)

Project Overview Why Games Demo & Questions

Why Games?

Public Libraries
Marketing
Academic Libraries
Teaching
2 Distinct Uses

Everyone’s a Gamer Average Game Player Age is: 33 25% -- 50+ yrs. 44% -- 18-49 yrs. 31% -- under 18 yrs From Entertainment Software Assocation , 2007.

Why ( not ) Edu-gaming ?
Cons
Integration
Traditional assessment is boring
Development tools
The "Lame Factor“
Pros
Learning = Fun?!
No consequence for failure
Master skills in demand by today’s employers
Games offer attributes important for learning

Other Library Gaming Projects
University of Calgary
Hardplay (Future)
Arizona State
Quarantined (2005)
UNC Greensboro
The Information Literacy Game (2004)

Gaming & Culture
History
Progress
New Audiences

As Easy as Pong

World of Information

Virtually Physical

Image used without permission from IGN.com http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/795/795126/big-brain-academy-wii-degree-20070608011557637.jpg

Mental Health

http://media.ds.ign.com/media/899/899492/img_4819084.html http://media.ds.ign.com/media/740/740437/img_3448533.html

Arcade @ Home

What About the Web?

March 2006 to Present Project Timeline [Phase 1] Decide to make games/team forms (March 2006 ~ August 2006) [Phase 2] Design and Production of Games (September 2006 ~ February 2007) [Phase 3] Testing and Marketing Begins (March 2007 ~ August 2007)

Our Sites Library Arcade @ www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc
Play the games
Learn about the developers
Take the survey
Planning Blog cmlibrarygaming.wordpress.com/
Find references on gaming
See the survey results
Share your research on gaming

References
Game Player Data- Fact Sheet, Entertainment Software Association, http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php (Accessed November 5, 2007).
UNC Greensboro, The Information Literacy Game (2004).
Arizona State, Quarantined (2005).
University of Calgary, Hardplay (2007).
Pong Screenshot, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Pong.png , (2007).
Pokemon Trading Card image taken from Ebay sale reference, http://mollybol.50megs.com/Mollyweb/Book/Diary%20Pics/pokthur.JPG , (2007).
Big Brain Academy Screenshot, IGN.com, http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/795/795126/big-brain-academy-wii-degree-20070608011557637.jpg , (Accessed 11/05/2007).
Flash Focus Screenshot, IGN.com, http://media.ds.ign.com/media/899/899492/img_4819084.html , (Accessed November 5, 2007).
Brain Age Screenshot, IGN.com, http://media.ds.ign.com/media/740/740437/img_3448533.html , (Accessed November 5, 2007).
All other images taken from their respective Wikipedia.com entries

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