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<h2>Teaching information literacy to a generation of gamers<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>Friday, Feb. 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. <br>
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus <br>
TEB (Technology Education Building), Room 215<br>
705 N. Killingsworth Street<br>
Portland, OR 97217 <br>
For directions and parking information, see <a
href="http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/" target=1>http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/
</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Workshop description:</b><br>
Video games are as important to contemporary teens and young adults as
television and the radio were for their predecessors. In three parts, this
training will explore how video games affect the ways that students access and
interact with information. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'>·<span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Video
games as medium:</b> First, we will examine how games communicate with
and teach their players.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'>·<span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Gamers
and info literacy:</b> Second, we will discuss some key learning principles
encountered by gamers and link these with practical classroom techniques for
information literacy instructors. This part of the presentation will include guided
discussions and sharing of the classroom experiences of the attendees. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'>·<span
style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b>Hands-on
learning:</b> Third, attendees will have the opportunity to experience
teaching and learning with video games first hand, using the popular game
Portal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This
training is presented by information literacy instructors who work in academic
libraries and most of our examples and scenarios are drawn from our personal
experience in the classroom (and in the games.) However, we predict that most
librarians who are curious about teaching, learning, and the current generation
of gamers will find applications and connections to their professional
practice. Please come and bring your curiosity and experiences with you to
share!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong>Presenters:</strong><br>
Nicholas Schiller and Carole Svensson are frequent collaborators and co-authors
of work on the connections between video games and library instruction. They
presented together at the 2008 Lita Forum and co-authored a chapter in the
forthcoming Neal Schuman title : Teaching Gen M : A Handbook for Librarians and
Educators. In March, together with Serin Anderson, they will be
presenting their research on games and learning at the 2009 ACRL conference. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Nicholas is the library instruction coordinator at WSU<strong> </strong>Vancouver.<strong>
</strong>Carole is the A<strong> </strong>ssistant<strong> </strong>Library
Director at UW Tacoma, and Serin is the<strong> </strong>Budget &
Collection Resources Librarian<strong> </strong>at UW Tacoma.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Cost:</strong><br>
Student/retiree rate: $30.00<br>
Regular rate: $40.00<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Registration:
</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:
normal'>Register at <a href="http://www.portals.org" target=1>http://www.portals.org</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Roberta Richards, MLS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Library CE Outreach, Reference Librarian<br>
SY LIB 202, Portland Community College<br>
PO Box 19000<br>
Portland, OR 97280-0990<br>
rrichard@pcc.edu<br>
phone: 503-977-4571<o:p></o:p></p>
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