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	<description>On being an academic, a farmer, a scientist, an educator, a mom, ...</description>
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		<title>Fail: How NOT to do user experience design (II)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/08/fail-how-not-to-do-user-experience-design-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/08/fail-how-not-to-do-user-experience-design-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doing it Right on the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps I should be more forgiving of people who really don&#8217;t know how to use &#8220;technology&#8221; yet. I try very hard to do that &#8211; when it is someone like my mother who&#8217;s never really had any need or use for it besides being able to surf the web and communicate with family.
BUT, we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstruction and Takeaways (games)</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/deconstruction-and-takeaways-games/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/deconstruction-and-takeaways-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:57:31 +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 be in the &#8220;third level&#8221; of video games inside the ivory tower, one where people are
recognizing that games are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students fail at writing.</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/students-fail-at-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/02/03/students-fail-at-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
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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 University.
&#8220;What has happened in high school that they cannot pass our simple test  [...]]]></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/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/31/fun-with-google-docs-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:31:27 +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 classroom and in my own academic publishing.


In late November, a colleague (Thanks Rod!) said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Game Jam is this weekend</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/29/global-game-jam-is-this-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/29/global-game-jam-is-this-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.globalgamejam.org/
Live video can be found at http://www.globalgamejam.be/livewall/
The local Calgary site begins at about 4 PM today; others have  started,  of course, as the various time zones join up.
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		<title>Are You a FaceBook Tramp?</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/21/are-you-a-facebook-tramp/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/21/are-you-a-facebook-tramp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doing it Right on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure there are people who study this and publish about it. To them: forgive me. I am not really interested enough to track down and read the literature. I mean no offense. It&#8217;s just that I&#8217;ve noticed a few things that I find amusing&#8230;
I&#8217;ve been on FaceBook for about 2 1/2 years and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My old alma mater confirms its rightful membership among the ranks of the despicable.</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/15/my-old-alma-mater-confirms-its-rightful-membership-among-the-ranks-of-the-despicable/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/15/my-old-alma-mater-confirms-its-rightful-membership-among-the-ranks-of-the-despicable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bullying & Mobbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s thoroughly disgusting when a University fires someone who has worked for them for more than 35 years. Their &#8216;crime&#8217;? Getting sick as a result of being abused at work.  Despicable! (note: I am NOT talking about Mount Royal).
What will be done about it? Probably NOTHING. This is not new for this institution.
I quit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Calgary takes another lap around the metaphorical toilet bowl on its way down.</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/15/university-of-calgary-takes-another-lap-around-the-metaphorical-toilet-bowl-on-its-way-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I put this together some months ago, but in light of recent events, I felt like posting this now.

The U of C is going through another round of DEEP cuts.
The primary reason for the cuts, says Weingarten, is poor market performance caused by the economic downturn which has adversely affected return on endowment funds used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drive Home</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/13/the-drive-home/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/13/the-drive-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live about 15 minutes from the city limits. That means that part of my drive includes highway, secondary highway, and country roads, paved and not.
One of the things I love about the drive home is that during the last 30 minutes or so of the drive there are only 2 intersections with traffic lights. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR could have had a MUCH better ending.</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/09/avatar-could-have-had-a-much-better-ending/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/09/avatar-could-have-had-a-much-better-ending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOILER ALERT:
If you haven&#8217;t seen the movie yet and don&#8217;t already know how it goes (and can&#8217;t guess) then DON&#8217;T read this post. I won&#8217;t tell you exactly how it ends, but guessing will be child&#8217;s play after reading this.
Don&#8217;t get me wrong; I loved this movie. I&#8217;m listening to the soundtrack right now. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How important is it for teaching faculty to actually know how to teach (and to actually care about the success of their students)?</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/08/how-important-is-it-for-teaching-faculty-to-actually-know-how-to-teach-and-to-actually-care-about-the-success-of-their-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Mark for once again posting something that makes me think (and that gives me an opportunity to tough on a favorite topic: the importance of teaching quality in higher ed).
Boredom vs. Failure Part 2: The New Demographic
From Mark&#8217;s post: &#8220;What’s striking about these four results is the huge difference for students with low knowledge.  Doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it wrong to buy publications from grad students and pass them off as your own?</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/06/is-it-wrong-to-buy-publications-from-grad-students-and-pass-them-off-as-your-own/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/06/is-it-wrong-to-buy-publications-from-grad-students-and-pass-them-off-as-your-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently it is in China &#8211; if you get caught.
Chinese academia ghost-writing &#8216;widespread&#8217;
This BBC article claims that &#8220;More than $100m (£63m) changes hands in China every year for ghost-written academic papers, according to research by a Chinese university.&#8221;
As I see it, the only thing that really distinguishes this crime from the all too common practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are You Helping the Planet?</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/04/how-are-you-helping-the-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are making a mess of our planet. Whether you are a &#8220;believer&#8221; in the so-called &#8217;settled science&#8217; of Climate Change or one of those heretics that the Movement derisively refers to as a &#8216;denialist&#8217;, most people would agree, however grudgingly, that we need to change how we use the world if we want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/02/new-years-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/02/new-years-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We make them every year &#8211; at least, many of us do. The whole notion has been so maligned that some of us have taken to keeping them private.
What&#8217;s wrong with making New Year&#8217;s resolutions? It&#8217;s as good a time as any, and a date that most of us can easily remember.
It&#8217;s a time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another nail in the coffin&#8230;.and another step away from being natural.</title>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/11/28/398/</link>
		<comments>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/11/28/398/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people seem to believe that every natural place should be available for recreation, and that all other uses should defer to them. People who try to raise animals ethically and naturally repeatedly come under fire, but I don't see all of North America going vegan any time soon, so eventually, the ONLY way left to raise animals for meat will be through factory farms.]]></description>
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