Archive for the 'Innovation' Category

Marc Prensky – Don’t Bother Me Mom, I’m Learning

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

“Libraries should change their names to THE FUTURE!” Fascinating keynote by Marc Prensky, author and educator. There’s a metric ton of stuff to process here, but the primary concept I think is worth extracting is that gamer behavior comprises an increasingly larger part of contemporary culture. It’s shaping the way people think, and developing skills [...]

Give that Library a Medal!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

So, how was your weekend? I got into work this morning to find out that MPOW was chosen for a National Medal for Museum and Library Service, as presented by IMLS. Okay, so I didn’t find it out this morning. But I found out I could finally talk about it! It’s all very exciting, as [...]

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