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Longfellow Librarian Recognized for Being Tech Leader
Matthew Winner was named a 2013 Mover and Shaker by the Library Journal for his work using video games in library education.
Video games in the library? It sounds unorthodox, but one Columbia elementary school librarian is using them to teach his students math while having a great time.
Matthew Winner, a librarian at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, was named a 2013 Mover and Shaker by the Library Journal for his work using technology in the school's library.
Winner, along with Meghan Hearn, started wiilearning.wikispaces.com to teach other teachers how to use the Nintendo Wii console in their classrooms.
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He also started the Level Up Book Club, a resource for other librarians to guide them to books about using video games in the library and writes at busylibrarian.com, a blog documenting his various interests.
In describing his use of technology in the classroom, Library Journal wrote, "Winner is enlightening educators with both his endless enthusiasm and his shared lesson plans."
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