These are my slides from the 2010 Computers in Libraries conference. Thanks to Alex Hylton and Will Kurt for their great work and we can't wait to keep collaborating!

1. Information Discovery
with Surfaces
Gretchen Caserotti Computers in Libraries, 2010
@gcaserotti

2. Why?

3. “Playing is Doing”
-D.W. Winnicott

4. Through Play
Kids learn social skills
like group work,
collaboration and
conflict resolution.
Kids learn life skills like
creativity, innovation,
invention and
communication.
Kids learn 21st
Century Tech Skills

5. Learning
Libraries place for
learning and
discovery
Intuitive vs.
Learnable
Adults are child’s
first and forever
teachers.

6. Apps Darien Library Media
Touch Tones
Raw Image Visualizer
Scatter Puzzle
Tiles XNA Scatter
Ribbons Falcon Eye
Postcard Grand Piano
Photo Paint Paddle Ball
Finger Fountain Chess & Checkers

7. New App
G GIRAFFE

8. Built to Last?

9. Built to Last?

10. “ The real act of discovery consists not in
finding new lands,but in seeing with new eyes.”
-Marcel Proust

11. Thank you!
Gretchen Caserotti
gcaserotti@darienlibrary.org
@gcaserotti