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GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge - Free, Online Tournaments

Posted By Christopher Harris Mar 22, 2021 09:22 AM
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GeoPlunge and HistoryPlunge are two physical games from LearningPlunge. They have participated in past ALAPlay gaming events and are used in my School Library System. We purchased copies of GeoPlunge for all of our fifth grade classrooms in hopes of reviving a local geography tournament...then COVID ...

GameRT Election Results

Posted By Christopher Harris May 03, 2016 01:22 PM
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Congratulations to new and returning members of the GameRT leadership team. John Pappas - President Elect Diane Robson - Member-At-Large Sara Rizzo - Member-At-Large Rachel Vacek - Member-At-Large Before you know it, I will be asking for nominations for the next election...so ...

RE: Eisner Graphic Novel Grant Jury Members Needed

Posted By Christopher Harris Feb 14, 2016 02:47 PM
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Thank you! Rmodem art, an appointment email should be coming soon. Sara, thank you as well for volunteering. I certainly appreciate everything you already do for GameRT so I hope you are okay with my appointing a new person.

Eisner Graphic Novel Grant Jury Members Needed

Posted By Christopher Harris Feb 12, 2016 01:42 PM
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GameRT needs to supply one additional member to the Eisner Graphic Novel Grant Jury. Any interested members? Please let me know so we can get you appointed.

RE: Gaming in Orlando

Posted By Christopher Harris Feb 09, 2016 10:00 AM
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Transportation is an issue. LITA Happy Hour doesn't do transportation but I think they try to be in walking distance or near one of the shuttle bus hotels. Player1 is 8 miles away (by far closest from the list!) but would require personal transportation. The other option is to look at a closer spot that ...

RE: Gaming in Orlando

Posted By Christopher Harris Feb 08, 2016 07:29 AM
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It sounded like fun! Sadly, transportation could be an issue to that one and some of the others. Player1 Video Game Bar however is much closer to the convention center area. I have reached out to them to see about our gathering there. Does Sunday night work for most folks?

RE: Gaming in Orlando

Posted By Christopher Harris Feb 08, 2016 07:10 AM
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Great idea! I will look into seeing if we can do something with one of them. Chris

February Board Meeting - Feb 10th 1:30 - 3:00 Eastern

Posted By Christopher Harris Jan 29, 2016 02:02 PM
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All are welcome to attend virtually at http://join.me/geneseesls for the GameRT Board Meeting on Feb. 10 1:30 - 3:00 Eastern. Agenda items to follow. Thanks, Chris

Post-Midwinter Newsletter

Posted By Christopher Harris Jan 14, 2016 08:47 AM
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Hello all, I am starting to pull together the post-midwinter newsletter. If you have any really cool gaming stuff you would like to share, please let me know! Upcoming events? Great new games? Programs that worked for you? Research done or read? Also, please note that we are still looking ...

GAME: Gaming As Meaningful Education - a GameRT/AASL event

Posted By Christopher Harris Jan 08, 2016 06:54 AM
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GAME: Gaming As Meaningful Education - a GameRT/AASL event

Posted By Christopher Harris Jan 08, 2016 06:54 AM
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It's on! AASL (school librarians division) and GameRT are co-sponsoring the AASL National Gorum this fall on gaming and learning. The event will be held September 23-24 in Rochester, NY including wonderful evening at The Strong National Museum of Play. I am very excited to be co-chairing the conference ...

RE: ALA Annual Conference Ideas

Posted By Christopher Harris Dec 03, 2015 10:31 PM
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Thank you so much can for your interest, and a huge thanks to MAry Ghikas for being on top of things with her answer! The GameRT will be running a pre-conference program at the 2016 Annual Conference as well as at least one concurrent session still to be determined. As Mary noted, the RT board is working ...

Return Overdue Books for Loot in Fallout 4

Posted By Christopher Harris Nov 17, 2015 10:02 AM
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From The Digital Reader Bethesda Software built in a nice nod to libraries as part of the loot acquisition system in Fallout 4. Apparently collecting and returning overdue books to the library gives not only some caps, but also tokens that can be redeemed for special loot. So even as the world ...

Games in School Libraries - TV News Coverage

Posted By Christopher Harris Sep 17, 2015 06:20 AM
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A nice news report out of Morgantown, WV about a high school class using Freedom: The Underground Railroad in the library to learn about slavery and the abolition movement. Freedom was designed by none other than our GameRT Vice-President, Brian Mayer. A great example of libraries hosting games for learning, ...

RE: Newsletter - Yes

Posted By Christopher Harris Sep 17, 2015 06:16 AM
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Now I know how those Kickstarter people feel as they write another update promising something coming soon. I do have some solid news to report, though. The template from ALA Production Services is done and I will be sending the content on to our new staff liaison, Tina Coleman, next week. Hopefully the ...

Latest Anita Sarkeesian Video

Posted By Christopher Harris Sep 01, 2015 06:36 AM
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In her latest video from the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series, Anita Sarkeesian explores the concept of women as rewards in video games. In this powerful review of popular games, Sarkeesian presents compelling and chilling examples of disturbing design choices. As more of a tabletop and computer ...

Notes from GenCon

Posted By Christopher Harris Jul 31, 2015 08:22 AM
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Hello from GenCon, where about 60,000 dedicated fans of (mainly) tabletop gaming have gathered in Indianapolis, IN for four days of gaming bliss. My GenCon actually began a day early with Trade Day, a series of workshops for retailers as well as educators and librarians. Librarians were well represented ...

Newsletter - Yes

Posted By Christopher Harris Jul 17, 2015 08:54 AM
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Hello all, Just an update to say that the newsletter is coming...but not today. In order to ensure that we do this right the first time, following ALA procedures and working within established systems to create a newsletter with long-term viability, it will take a bit longer. Right now, ...

RE: Closed Facebook Group

Posted By Christopher Harris Jul 08, 2015 07:15 PM
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Grin. Thus the inclusion of my email signature in my last comment. I love the reply by email. I think the concern is that many members may not have subscriptions turned on for the RT within Connect. Question: if we get people to turn on subscriptions in Connect via a newsletter call to action, will those ...

RE: Closed Facebook Group

Posted By Christopher Harris Jul 08, 2015 05:45 PM
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A mailing list could be created perhaps as a subscription offering for members to discuss and share, many other groups use these. Connect (and the coming replacement) will still have to be the major sites for the business of the round table, but an email list might be more approachable for casual members/users. ...