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Hi All,
Thought I’d share this bit of news about the UK introducing Nintendo games into schools to help kids with tech skills. I think that this type of “hyperlinking” can be introduced into libraries as well.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/news/super-mario-help-pupils-jump-tech-skills-gap-nintendo-back-digital/

Michael Stephens replied 1 month, 1 week ago

@mdabney That is an excellent example – and a brilliant way to help kids get skills. I totally agree about libraries. If you look up library gamification, you may find some interesting stuff. 🙂
Tiffany Song replied 1 week, 2 days ago

That’s wonderful news to me! I would love to see more gamification in the future. It sounds like a lot of fun. A library I worked at is now adding Nintendo Switch consoles so kids have something to play on.
- Melina Dabney replied 1 week, 1 day ago
  
  That’s great! Our library recently got Switches as well, based on popular request! 🙂
  - Tiffany Song replied 1 week ago
    
    That’s awesome! As someone who owns one, I definitely appreciate that libraries are helping the patrons out by purchasing them! They’re not cheap so this is a great way to give them open access to something fun.

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