There was an interesting discussion in the comments on my post about DDR for fines, during which I promised to post a few links for those interested in reading more about gaming and education and gaming and libraries. I highly recommend reading these in order to understand why this is a legitimate service for libraries and how DDR for fines is just one small step into a new world of connection, literacies, and learning.

• Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century from the MacArthur Foundation - everyone should read this one


• Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Learning from the Federation of American Scientists - another thought-provoking, discussion-starting report


• Unlimited Learning: Computer and Video Games in the Learning Landscape from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association
  
• Teaching with Games from FutureLab