ALA TechSource Gaming Symposium
April 19th, 2007 by Christopher HarrisI have been practicing rocking out on Guitar Hero II and may just about be ready to challenge Jenny Levine….on the easy level at least. Since I was not able to make it to Computers in Libraries, I have a bit more time to max out my 1337 guitar skillz.
The big showdown (or as I like to say, when I totally pwn Jenny like a n00b) will have to wait until the upcoming ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium being held in Chicago this July (22 to 24). With a keynote from James Paul Gee, that most amazing professor of gaming (as learning), and a host of other greats like Liz Lawley and Eli Neiburger this is sure to be a great symposium!
I will be presenting on interactive fiction, which is a new name for those classic text adventures like Zork. There are some great utilities out there to help you create your own text adventures. These tools can also be used in schools to create interactive fiction as a way to meet ELA standards for reading, writing, and thinking.
Registration is open now, and I certainly hope to see some of you there!