Games in the Curriculum
- Bibliobouts A new game for teaching information literacy skills that can be integrated into or supplement existing information literacy instruction programs.
- InfoLit 101 Teaches students how to narrow a research topic, use databases, select keywords, distinguish between book and journal citations, and evaluate sources.
- I'll Get It Assist people who enter the library in search of information. Students get annoyed and leave if you don't help them quickly.
- Primary and Secondary Sources Answer all questions correctly to become a millionaire.
- Infometer For each question, choose one of the best sources to find the information. In each case, more than one source is considered a good answer. Get all 7 questions right to win the game.
- Within Range Shelve books in correct order to learn how information is organized and categorized using the Library of Congress Classification system.
- Citation Game Drag and drop the pieces to correctly format either APA or MLA citations. This new version has additional citation types and reflects the 2009 MLA changes.
- Citation Tic Tac Toe Students must correctly identify a citation's source or style to win each square.
- Ready Reference Do you know your reference resources well enough to earn one million dollars?
- Industry Islands Help brewery owner Nina Espanoza do basic research on the beer industry. Resources covered: Gale Virtual Reference Library, S&P NetAdvantage, Hoover’s Online, library books
- Developing Student Research Skills with Games Think Fast. A rapid-fire, multiple choice question/answer game.
- Library Squares. A tic-tac-toe style game from TILT.
- Guess the Google. Presents a montage of Google Images associated with a particular word, you must guess that word.
- IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project
- Power Searching Teaches how to use synonyms tp know which words in a free text phrase will be most appropriate for searching.
- Piraanha challenge http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/challenge/Q2Q/Q2Q_Piranhas.swf
- Earthquake challenge http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/v1n3/Keyword_Challenge/Q2Q_Earthquake.swf)
- Diamond challenge http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/Keyword_Challenge/Q2Q_Diamond.swf
- Buffalo Challenge http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/Keyword_Challenge/Q2Q_Buffalo.swf
- Create Your Own Games Wisc-Online has created templates to allow others to enter content into a variety of game formats. Games can be added to web pages and course management systems. To get started sign in to Wisc-Online and select the GameBuilder link. Visit http://www.wisc-online.com for step-by-step instructions. Sample games are at Game List.
More Games for Finding Effective Search Terms
- Soccer challenges http://21cif.imsa.edu/tutorials/challenge/soccerchallenge/Nyms_1Tutor.swf
- Snowsport http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/nyms/snowsports/Nyms_snowsport1.swf
- Query Assessment http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/assessment/v1n0/query_assessment.swf
- Internet Search Challenge http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/SC_rollercoaster/SC_010.swf
- Good apple/bad apple http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkitp/challenge/evaluation/badapple/badapple_index.swf
- Info Lit Game at UNCG http://library.uncg.edu/game/ Description: A game for 1-4 players. The game covers the following categories:
- Category 1 - Choose Your Resource
- Category 2 - Searching/Using Databases
- Category 3 - Cite Your Sources/Avoid Plagiarism
- Category 4 - Library Wild Card
Gaming Literature
Doshi, A. How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy. Computers in Libraries v. 26 no. 5 (May 2006) p. 14-17 HTML Version
Alexander, B. Games for Higher Education: 2008. New Horizons. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 4 (July/August 2008). PDF Version | HTML Version
Alvarado, R. Overcoming the Fear of Gaming: A Strategy for Incorporating Games into Teaching and Learning. Educause Quarterly v. 31 no. 3 (2008) p. 4-5
PDF Version | HTML Version