Progress?

Well, I came in on Wednesday eager to get going on this instruction idea. My first concern was to make sure I had proper permissions from CBS to use the Survivor idea as a frame for the library instruction game I wanted to develop. I sent an email to designatedagent@cbs.com, which was the only address I could find on the web site that seemed appropriate to offer legal permissions and such. Unfortunately, at this posting, Monday, 11/19/07, there has been no reply.

In other respects, the project is coming along nicely. I've gathered articles for a lit review outlining the use of games in adult education. I also did a Google search on the use of Survivor ideas in library instruction. There are a few others doing it, though not in the same way. From what I can tell, most are calling it Library Survivor, and are using it as a format for drop-in instruction. None appear to be using a blog to frame the game.

Last week I also worked behind the scenes within this blog to set up the perimeters for playing the game. My next steps are to write a few challenges and place them within the blog with links to hints, etc. Then some more brainstorming to time the session properly. Then, the conference proposal!