Comments on: another successful DDR night

By: MarionHose

MarionHose — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:55:11 +0000

This is such a good idea! Thanks. We booked with a local rental company ( http://www.amusitronix.com/Dance_Revolution.php ) and they came and set it all up. I was a little surprised that their set-up was actually better looking that the arcade version. The kids had great fun and we saw plenty of fresh faces in the library. Anyone who did not have a library card already was signed up for one and many of the new kids have come back again the use the library “for real”.

By: theanalogdivide » Blog Archive » User Comments from Game Night

theanalogdivide » Blog Archive » User Comments from Game Night — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:36:18 +0000

[...] laptop that we had available for kids attending our game night. (Inspiration is due to Aaron Schmidt.) You can also see the photos at MPOW’s Flickr [...]

By: theanalogdivide » Blog Archive » Game Night!

theanalogdivide » Blog Archive » Game Night! — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:19:55 +0000

[...] area in the corner so kids with a DS or PSP could go head-to-head. Per Aaron Schmidt’s suggestion, we set up a sandbox laptop for kids to leave their own comments. (see the next post for the list [...]

By: Waterford, Ireland » "Self-plagiarism is style"

Waterford, Ireland » "Self-plagiarism is style" — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:00:02 +0000

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By: Sorvea

Sorvea — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:46:32 +0000

Thanks for this Idea, I’ve been thinking of hosting a DDR party night at my house for some time. Think it will be fun, thanks!

By: ddr king

ddr king — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:26:32 +0000

YOU ALL SUCK BECAUSE I AM THE BEST AT THIS GAME

By: lis.dom » low tech library 2.0

lis.dom » low tech library 2.0 — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:03:55 +0000

[...] Michael Stephens reiterates that library 2.0 is more than technology, to which, I imagine, some of us are saying, “Well, thank goodness!” Not all of us have us have huge budgets to send people to conferences or the space/time/staff support/equipment to hold DDR nights or coworkers who are hip to (or interested in being hip to) the latest hot tags on del.icio.us. Many of us are still operating in .98 beta. [...]

By: Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Cool things I found this week

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:47:06 +0000

[...] Aaron Schmidt’s description of his successful Dance Dance Revolution night at his library and how, yes, games can turn gamers into library patrons. [...]

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:42:55 +0000

I’m glad you’ve had a great success too. Wouldn’t you agree that it is pretty easy to throw together and a major bang for the buck?

By: Richard Glady

Richard Glady — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:41:31 +0000

The Scottsdale Public Library System had an impromptu DDR session at our Palomino Library, co-located with a high school. I also used the PS2 and had only one metal dance pad…but that dance pad was busy from the second I got the PS2 turned on at 2:45 until we kicked the last kid off at 5:00. At one point, there was 4 teens waiting their turn. They couldn’t wait until I returned with the set-up.

By: Beth Gallaway

Beth Gallaway — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:56:45 +0000

This is a fantastic program, Aaron. What a clever way to collect comments and feedback, and you directed them into great activities while they were waiting for their turn. I like that you only do 2 player at a time – I find with 4, it’s hard to see the screen.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:51:30 +0000

Cool. I especially like how you used the kids’ “down time” to record some reviews.

By: a message from the library at walking paper

a message from the library at walking paper — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:06:37 +0000

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