Presentation given at SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Annual Conference, June 2013.

1. Do you Hunger for Games?
Gamification in Information
Literacy Instruction
Amanda Mitchell
SUNY Delhi

2. What is gamification?

3. What makes a good game?
From http://www.epicwinblog.net/2013/04/why-people-play-games-and-human.html

4. Some non-academic examples

5. Some academic examples
Passport– in beta, from
Purdue University

6. Some library examples
SCVNGR in use for library
orientation at UC San Diego
University of Huddersfield, UK

7. Concerns and Naysaying

8. Delhi examples… let’s play!

9. Research Feud Sporcle games:
Round 1: You are researching recreational drug use among college students.
Name a term you would use to search for this (show marijuana image)
http://www.sporcle.com/games/MatildaQ/research-feud-round-1
Round 2: Your speech is about young drivers texting & driving. Name a term
you would use to search for people who are ages 13-19.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/MatildaQ/research-feud-round-2
Round 3: You are researching all of director Steven Spielberg’s works. Name a
general term for those works (“films” and its synonyms)
http://www.sporcle.com/games/MatildaQ/research-feud-round-3

10. Now it’s your turn…