Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco

So, you are considering spiffing up yourlessons in info lit as you are embedding them into cotaught learning activities…then read on. This book is not a list of actual games with annotations like Annette Lamb would write for her column in Teacher Librarian, but it is about the theory behind gamification with lots about they whys and how’s of getting involved in this whole idea. I would recommend it for those non-game player teacher librarians out there who are intrigued, but want go get their head around this concept before launch. So, spend a couple of hours with this author; then, get a group of students to have a discussion about gamification, and then ask them if they would be your team of selectors and testers. Better to enter this strategy prepared than face a disaster and try to back up. You won’t go wrong with this author’s guidance as you get started and test your wings.… (more)