- 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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How are You Helping the Planet?
We are making a mess of our planet. Whether you are a “believer” in the so-called ‘settled science’ of Climate Change or one of those heretics that the Movement derisively refers to as a ‘denialist’, most people would agree, however … Continue reading
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New Year’s Resolutions
We make them every year – at least, many of us do. The whole notion has been so maligned that some of us have taken to keeping them private. What’s wrong with making New Year’s resolutions? It’s as good a … Continue reading
Divinely inspired? Get a grip….
I have often suspected that many Americans see their Constitution as a ‘sacred’ document, written by ‘prophets’. I have now seen it admitted on a semi-public social site – this person said they had always believed the founding fathers to … Continue reading
Discovering stuff (a.k.a. Seeking) is one of our most powerful motivators.
That explains a lot. But, how much of it is useful (i.e. productive) and how much is mindless chasing of lights? And what does this say about people who seem to have little or no interest in seeking? AND how … Continue reading
Verschränkung: The Internet is a Schrödinger Device
The Internet is a Schrödinger device. On the interweb, after a while, things are simultaneously there and gone. They might be there, or they might not, depending on some earlier random event. On Kindle, when we look in the box, … Continue reading
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Be professional enough to do a decent literature review…
SHEESH! I get a lot of papers to review in Game Studies; Serious Games; Educational Games., etc. I used to learn a lot from reading these papers. Not anymore. Not only is much of what I read “old news” (i.e. … Continue reading
Refereeing as an Art
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Chinese Fortune Cookie Advice.
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