Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning Through Modern Board Games

Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning Through Modern Board Games
ISBN-10
0838910092
ISBN-13
9780838910092
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
134
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
American Library Association
Authors
Christopher Harris, Brian Mayer

Description

A much-talked-about topic gets thorough consideration from two educator-librarians, who explain exactly how designer board gameswhich are worlds apart from games produced strictly for the educational market can become curricular staples for students young and old.

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