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		<title>Are Books a Sign of Intellingent Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen a number of articles recently relating children&#8217;s success in school with the number of books in the house when they were growing up. Class Struggle &#8211; Power of books my wife grew up with. Books in home as &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/08/03/are-books-a-sign-of-intellinget-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Becoming a University (Part I)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had an interest in Mount Royal for some years. When I was teaching at the U of Calgary I found MRU&#8217;s transfer students to be hard-working and quite capable. Last year I even taught there as a &#8216;temp&#8217; (I &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/04/13/on-becoming-a-university-part-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Tips, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 30 years of teaching, I have found a number of things that work well, most of the time. Of course, I also keep trying new things and every now and then I come across something new that has potential. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/21/classroom-tips-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with Google Docs (Part 2B)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/20/fun-with-google-docs-part-2b/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fun-with-google-docs-part-2b</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Contact: The Google Docs Tutorial Week Three of Term: Jan 25-29 Part One looked at how Goggle Docs compare to traditional word processors as utilities for creation and submission of student assignments. Part Two (this one) talks about the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/20/fun-with-google-docs-part-2b/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with Google Docs (Part 2A)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/15/fun-with-google-docs-part-2a/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fun-with-google-docs-part-2a</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Collaborative Editing Exercise Using Google Docs Part One looked at how Goggle Docs compare to traditional word processors as utilities for creation and submission of student assignments. Part Two (this one) talks about the collaborative editing exercise I did &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/15/fun-with-google-docs-part-2a/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Difference between a College and A University? (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/12/university-college-chart/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=university-college-chart</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I did a bit on the differences (or some of them) between colleges and universities. I also did a comparison between them and high school. Somehow it disappeared, so here it is again. What are some of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/12/university-college-chart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are students LESS tech savvy than they were 5 years ago?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am teaching a first year communications course for engineers. Most of the students seem to be making some real progress. As always, a few need very little guidance from me and others won&#8217;t listen to what I say no &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/03/11/are-students-less-tech-savvy-than-they-were-5-years-ago/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstruction and Takeaways (games)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Lessons Professors Can Learn From Video Games - Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education Nice article. via 5 Lessons Professors Can Learn From Video Games &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education. The author suggests we might &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/deconstruction-and-takeaways-games/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Students fail at writing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students failing because of Twitter, texting &#8211; Canada &#8211; Canoe.ca &#8220;Thirty per cent of students who are admitted are not able to pass at a minimum level,&#8221; says Ann Barrett, managing director of the English language proficiency exam at Waterloo &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/students-fail-at-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with Google Docs (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/31/fun-with-google-docs-part-1/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fun-with-google-docs-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, this is just too much fun. It also has the potential to shift how we work together in some interesting and fundamental ways. This is the first of a multi-part post outlining my experiences with Google Docs in the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/31/fun-with-google-docs-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Introductory Programming: We&#8217;re Doing It Wrong (still)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read Mark Guzdial&#8217;s excellent post on some of what&#8217;s wrong with how we teach introductory programming courses. Question Everything: How We Teach Intro CS is Wrong The notion that we should be modeling expert behaviour when teaching programming is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/10/03/teaching-introductory-programming-were-doing-it-wrong-still/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>All Videogames, All the Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I&#8217;m a big fan of Serious Games, but I&#8217;m also quite sure that this is one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. What is important is balance. I suppose it may be difficult to make sure &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/09/21/all-videogames-all-the-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Schools of CS using only &#8220;useful&#8221; laguages&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/08/16/on-schools-of-cs-using-only-useful-laguages/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=on-schools-of-cs-using-only-useful-laguages</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an older post I&#8217;ve been hanging on to, and since I have forgotten why I was hanging on to it, I no longer see any reason to keep it private. This stems from a post Mark Guzdial did &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/08/16/on-schools-of-cs-using-only-useful-laguages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Class Laptop Use Shown to Lower Test Scores&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intellagirl posted a note about this article today and I was curious, so I read it too&#8230; She suggested that the article had entirely missed the point, and she is absolutely right! The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 16, 2009 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/03/16/inclass-laptop-use-shown-to-lower-test-scores/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Difference Between a College and  University?</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2008/11/28/college-and-university/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=college-and-university</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OR: Growing Pains: How to Evolve from a College into a University And, in particular, how to become a university of which everyone can be proud. I&#8217;ve been pondering this question as I am now at an institution (which I &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2008/11/28/college-and-university/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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