Resources
Bergson-Michelson, Natasha (January/February 2010). Search Engine Results as the First Defense of Authority, Knowledge Quest, 38(3), 8-13.
Eureka: 501 Adventure Plots to Inspire Game Masters.
Games in Education: Research. Great research and readings links.
Gamification. A website that applies game design thinking and game mechanics to non-game applications.
Jacobs, Alan (February 27, 2012). Google-Trained Minds Can't Deal with Terrible Research Database UI. The Atlantic. Available: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/google-trained-minds-cant-deal-with-terrible-research-database-ui/253641/
Klopfer, Eric, Osterweil, Scot & Salen, Katie (2009). Moving Learning Games Forward (PDF). The Education Arcade.
Kohn, Alfie (1999). Punished by Rewards. Mariner Books.
Kirk, Terri & Harris, Christopher (September/October 2011). It's All Fun and Games in the Library. Knowledge Quest, 40(1), 9.
Koster, Raph (2004). A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Paraglyph Press.
Landgraf, Greg (2011). Summer Reading Levels Up. American Libraries, 42(11/12), 44-45.
Mayer, Brian & Harris, Christoper (2010). Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning through Modern Board Games. ALA Editions.
McGonigal, Jane (2011). Reality is Broken. Penguin Press.
Prensky, Marc (2007). Digital Game-Based Learning. Paragon House.
Salen, Katie, Torres, Robert, Wolozin, Loretta, Rebecca, Rufo-Tepper, & Shapiro, Arana (2011). Quest to Learn: Developing the School for Digital Kids. MacArthur Foundation.
Schell, Jesse (2008). The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. Morgan Kaufmann.
Squire, Kurt (2011). Video Games and Learning: Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age. Teacher College Press.
Squire, Kurt & Jenkins, Henry (2006). Harnessing the Power of Games in Education (PDF).
Suits, Bernard (1978, 2005). The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia. Broadview Encore Editions.
TL-DR: Where gamers and information collide. This is a great blog for educators and librarians who want to create games.
Watkins, Katrine & Elser, Kathleen (1/1/2006). The Google Game. School Library Journal. Available: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6296500.html