- My name is Katrin Becker. This is my blog. It is about Digital Games, Educational Technology, Computer Science, Academia, and sometimes Rural Life and other notions. Comments are welcome but will be edited as necessary to maintain relevance.
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Are Books a Sign of Intellingent Life?
I’ve seen a number of articles recently relating children’s success in school with the number of books in the house when they were growing up. Class Struggle – Power of books my wife grew up with. Books in home as … Continue reading
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Video Game Violence….
does NOT necessarily cause violence, according to a new study: Grand Theft Childhood, by Lawrence Kutner & Cheryl B. Olson (more here: http://www.gamecouch.com/2008/02/interview-dr-cheryl-olson-co-author-of-grand-theft-childhood/) In 2007, results from a breakthrough Harvard video game study found that children used video games to … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Ethics, Teaching & Learning, Trouble in River City, Violence
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