PLAY TWO GAMES AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING!
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Games have proven physical and mental benefits!
-- Families that game together stay together
-- Online games with distant friends strengthen social bonds
-- Games can improve mood...even more powefully than medication
-- They hone fine motor skills
-- Games keep the mind sharp and fend off mental decay, especially in seniors
-- Create your avatar: Games help you define and become your best self
* * * Game designer Jane McGonigal even used gaming to recover from
severe depression after suffering a concussion! * * *
You can see her popular TED talks here and here.
McGonigal argues that playing games can increase several types of resilience: mental, physical, emotional and social. Play can make a person stronger.
It can also make a library stronger, according to Justin Hoenke, teen librarian at the Chattanooga Public Library (and 2013 Library Journal Mover & Shaker). Gaming "can bring a whole new group of people to your library," Hoenke says. "Do you think they used the library before you had games? Nope. They can get all they want on the Internet...Everybody craves human interaction. Gaming in the library can give that. I think something like Minecraft really teaches teens playing it how to think creatively about the world. I also think it teaches them about community."
Resources:
Hoenke, Justin (2013). Personal interview via web chat. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B94-uXN3n60aV28zUDY5MThoOGM/edit?usp=sharing
McGonigal, Jane (2012 June). “The Game That Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life." http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html
McGonigal, Jane (2010 February). “Gaming Can Make A Better World." http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
Malcon, Costa (2010)."Alphabetical Poster." http://maiconmcn.tumblr.com/post/1669091480/alphabeticalposter
Toleando, Phillip (2002). “Gamers." http://www.mrtoledano.com/gamers
Gallagher, Danny (2013, March 10). "7 Health Benefits of Playing Video Games." The Week. http://theweek.com/article/index/241121/7-health-benefits-of-playing-video-games
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