Liz Danforth and Don Dehm will give a presentation at the Arizona Library Association Annual Meeting about gaming beyond traditional board games like Monopoly and Rock Band. They will discuss the wide variety of game types from tabletop and role playing games to digital games on different platforms. They will also discuss the benefits of gaming, including developing academic and life skills as well as using games to explore topics like literacy, mathematics, and digital citizenship. The presentation aims to show libraries how they can use games to benefit their communities.

1. GET LUCKY
Gaming Beyond Monopoly and Rock Band
Liz Danforth etdanforth@gmail.com
Don Dehm don@pulpgamer.com
Arizona Library Association Annual Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona November 15, 2010

2. Lucky?

3. LUCKY!
Preparedness
+
Opportunity

4. DON: Media maven, game designer, entrepreneur, advocate.
We are:

5. LIZ: Artist, editor, game developer, writer...
Hall of Fame 1995
We are:

6. ...and stealth librarian.

7. GAMES
+
BENEFITS
+
FOR WHOM
Beyond Monopoly and Rock Band??

8. Let's
Play!

9. Preparedness...
got game?

10. Preparedness...
got game?

11. So many games
So little time

13. Tabletop games
RPGs
LARPs
Boxed games
Card games
Miniatures
games
Leisure games
Strategy
games
Wargames
Family games
Hobby games
Party games
ARGs
Format

14. Format
FPS games
RTS games
MMOs
Indie games
Embedded games
Traditional games
in an electronic format
Social games
Console
games
PC games
Handhelds
Puzzle games
ARGs, again!

15. Age and Gender

16. Intensity of
Engagement

17. Luck or Strategy

18. Number of Players

19. Time Commitment

20. Themes

21. Content Style

22. Cost

23. Let's
Play!

24. Opportunity
More than just the
game

25. Academic and life
skills"Games are the most elevated
form of investigation."
- Albert Einstein

26. #@X&$%@(%?!

27. Social Computing
Sharing knowledge
Computer Skills
Problem solving
Cooperation
Creative Arts
Accountability
Time management
Economics
Civic engagement
Language
Critical thinking
Scientific method
Global awareness
Flexibility
Collaboration
Social awareness

28. Integrity and
honesty
Reading for
pleasure
Creative
activities
Cultural
competence
Planning and
Decision making
Achievement
motivation

29. Creative
activities

30. Teachable
moments

32. ...using the game to explore:
Writing/Literacy
Mathematics
Digital Citizenship
Online Safety...
...and projects and lessons intended to develop 21st-Century skills.”
http://wowinschool.pbworks.com
“An after-school program
targeting at-risk students ...

33. Transmedia
“...storytelling across multiple forms of media with
each element making distinctive contributions to
a fan's understanding of the story world.”
– Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture

35. Serious Games and
ARGs

36. Appreciatio
n

37. Community

38. Community is
us
Los Altos Public
Library
Monterey Public
Library
San Jose Public
Library

39. Gaming is
all of us.
“Gaming
can make
a better world.”
– Jane McGonigal

40. etdanforth@gmail.com
Twitter: @LizDanforth
Slideshare: Liz Danforth
http://www.lizdanforth.com
don@pulpgamer.com
Twitter: @PulpGamer
Twitter: @DonDehm
http://www.pulpgamer.com
Questions?

41. Picture Credits: Creative Commons-licensed content
Slide 1: (Monopoly) http://flic.kr/p/7qbhHU, (guitar) http://flic.kr/p/6cM1vb
Slide 2: (dice) http://flic.kr/p/Brnou
Slide 3: (badge) http://flic.kr/p/6pVmw4, (knocker) http://flic.kr/p/4Rbk93
Slide 8: (werewolf) http://flic.kr/p/78TSqc
Slides with sphere and variations: http://flic.kr/p/LAjsT
Slide 10: (chess) http://flic.kr/p/4B9WJX
Slide 15: (monkey) http://bit.ly/a2QuXo, (orangutan) http://flic.kr/p/21zxY3
Slide 16: (girls) http://flic.kr/p/81fmFg, (chess) http://flic.kr/p/6DwQge
Slide 21: (wrestling) http://flic.kr/p/nfMex, (up the wall) http://flic.kr/p/52LnUR
Slide 23: (papillon) http://flic.kr/p/7e7m24
Slide 25: (graduates) http://flic.kr/p/ikv4u, (probability) http://flic.kr/p/5X7uCT
Slide 30: (surprise) http://flic.kr/p/4xGRpo
Slide 34: (Gandalf) http://flic.kr/p/Ui2Bg
Slide 36: (gallery) http://flic.kr/p/6vKEnZ, (butterfly girls) http://flic.kr/p/3EFpzN
Slide 37: (chess) http://flic.kr/p/6DwQge, (epic geeks) http://flic.kr/p/3aRdrL,
(professional players) http://flic.kr/p/8rzT43
Slide 38: (Monterey Public Library) http://flic.kr/p/7gshGC, (Los Altos Public Library)
http://flic.kr/p/8UPXD, (San Jose Public Library) http://flic.kr/p/8i6MEk,
My thanks to all who make their images available!