Registration for PLAY MAKE LEARN 2024 is officially OPEN!! Please help us disseminate this information far and wide with your networks. We've had more and more librarians join the conference each year; it's a second-to-none opportunity for library practitioners to work with and learn alongside designers, museologists, researchers, artists, makers, and more – at the beautiful Memorial Union in Madison, WI!
- I specifically want to highlight a unique and valuable pre-conference session being led by WI libraries' own Dusty Karls (Youth Services Librarian, La Crosse Public Library). Dusty is a stellar games-based library services expert and advocator, and shows immense leadership throughout the state on the subject. Details about Dusty's pre-con are as folllows:
- Title: Roll with it...Gaming in Libraries Workshop
- Date & Time: Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Central Time
- Description: Games are a multifaceted (and often, underutilized) way to engage with patrons of all ages at your library. In this workshop, we’ll discuss collection development and policy creation for video games, board games, TTRPGs (tabletop role-playing games), and other kits within the library of things. We’ll also strategize the development and implementation of gaming clubs, from casual board game meet-ups, and running Dungeons and Dragons campaigns, to after-school video game clubs and more! There will be time to showcase some games and playtest others during the workshop, including some interactive games and ideas to use for your collections and programming. You will learn how to…
- Design and implement a collection development strategy for games of all types and formats, for all ages,
- Strategize policies and best practices for game circulation and programs,
- Build and grow programs using the games in your collection,
- Take away a base knowledge of popular games and "play-alikes" as well as first-hand experience playing a few titles
- Note: The minimum of 10 participants must be made by July 5. After this date if the minimum is not met, the session will be cancelled and participants notified with a refund.
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Registration is Open for Play Make Learn July 18-19, 2024 Register by May 31 for Early Bird Rates! |
The Play Make Learn (PML) Conference promotes high-quality learning opportunities for educators, researchers, developers, designers, foundation leaders, policy makers, museum and library professionals, and school leaders who are dedicated to promoting making, gaming, and playful learning. We aim to engage our audience in cutting-edge learning science ideas and experiences; communicate state-of-the-art design, education, and research; demonstrate new and upcoming games and technology; and network to spark new projects in the following themes: playful learning, games for learning and positive social impact, making and makerspaces, STEAM education, arts integration in formal and informal spaces, and research/practitioner partnerships.
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When: July 18-19, 2024 Where: Memorial Union | 800 Langdon St. | Madison, WI |
We’re excited to announce Pre-Conference Sessions are back! These additional sessions will take place July 17, 2024. Please visit the website to learn more about session options. Pre-Conference session registration is an additional fee. |
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Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are able to provide scholarships for a limited number of people in need of financial support. Complete the scholarship application here. |
GEE! Learning Game Awards are back! |
Submissions due June 1 Enter to win the coolest award in learning games! Finalists get free registration to Play Make Learn, a GEE! Award badge for your website, and the chance to showcase your game. In the spirit of James Paul Gee, we’re looking for digital and analog games that are fun, educational, and novel. Send us your best! |
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