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consultant, speaker, instructional and user experience designer, developer, educator

Specialty: serious games


Photo: Ken Bendiktsen
Email: becker [at] minkhollow [dot] ca

Blog: The Becker Blog

Director and Educational Officer at Mink Hollow Media

Adjunct Professor

School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University (BC, Canada)

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  • Bloom Gone Digital Misses the Mark (2010/07/25 13:09)
    Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches. ref: Bloom’s Wow. Where do I begin? I could easily write thousands of words on what is wrong with this taxonomy. Understand that this is nothing personal – I do not know the author … Continue reading
  • Another Attempt to Fix Broken Education by Simply Making it More (2010/07/24 10:43)
    I’ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation – TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn’t so … Continue reading
  • In-Depth Game Reviews: Mathblaster (2010/07/22 20:41)
    When I was working on my PhD (2003-2008), I found it very hard to find any decent reviews of educational games. There are plenty of reasons for this, including: Teachers aren’t, for the most part, gamers and so really have … Continue reading
  • Why can’t EdTechs get along with IT, and how that effects Education (2010/07/21 15:26)
    Why do so many people in Ed Tech denigrate people who actually know tech? Isn’t knowing tech supposed to be a good thing? Do people with Education degrees feel that they are somehow better than the rest of us because … Continue reading
  • Rare Breeds (2010/07/12 19:26)
    For those who are unaware of this issue (that’s MOST people these days) there are a great many breeds of domestic livestock that are in danger of vanishing. That’s right folks, cows, sheep, chickens, and the like come in various … Continue reading

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