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Project Description: Involve these young patrons as creators of the kinds of games they enjoy playing.

Target Population: Youth age 10-18

Project Design: Participants will learn about four categories of gaming from gaming experts: computer animation games, card games, board games, and role-playing games, then work in teams to create games. Then, they will participate in a Game Fair using the Science Fair model, and compete in the Chicago Toy and Game Fair Young Inventor Challenge.

Project Goals:

· Improve reading and writing proficiency while following and creating instructions and descriptive;
· Improve collaboration skills while taking games from concept to reality;
· Develop information literacy skills to identify appropriate approaches, sources and tools for the games they envision;
· Use reading, math, science, literature, history, logic, storytelling and myriad other skills to demonstrate and play their games;
· Improve communication skills when demonstrating and discussing their games.

The Library will partner with:
· Girl Scout Troops
· Chicago Toy and Game (Chitag) Fair
· Support from other library departments (webmaster, computer services)