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	<title>The Becker Blog</title>
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	<description>On being an academic, farmer, writer, scientist, educator, designer, mom, ...</description>
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		<title>Bloom Gone Digital Misses the Mark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches. ref: Bloom&#8217;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 &#8211; I do not know the author &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/25/bloom-gone-digital-misses-the-mark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/25/bloom-gone-digital-misses-the-mark/</link>
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		<title>Another Attempt to Fix Broken Education by Simply Making it More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen this before. Summer Vacation is once again under attack in the U.S. See: The Case Against Summer Vacation &#8211; TIME. There is no question that formal education is broken in the U.S. (To be fair, it isn&#8217;t so &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/24/another-attempt-to-fix-broken-education-by-simply-making-it-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/24/another-attempt-to-fix-broken-education-by-simply-making-it-more/</link>
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		<title>In-Depth Game Reviews: Mathblaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t, for the most part, gamers and so really have &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/22/in-depth-game-reviews-mathblaster/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/22/in-depth-game-reviews-mathblaster/</link>
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		<title>Why can&#8217;t EdTechs get along with IT, and how that effects Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do so many people in Ed Tech denigrate people who actually know tech? Isn&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/21/why-cant-edtechs-get-along-with-it-and-how-that-effects-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/21/why-cant-edtechs-get-along-with-it-and-how-that-effects-education/</link>
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		<title>Rare Breeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who are unaware of this issue (that&#8217;s MOST people these days) there are a great many breeds of domestic livestock that are in danger of vanishing. That&#8217;s right folks, cows, sheep, chickens, and the like come in various &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/12/rare-breeds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/12/rare-breeds/</link>
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		<title>My Stampede Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Calgary Stampede, called the &#8220;Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, started this Friday. It is one of the things for which we are world famous. It always starts on Friday with a parade. People in Calgary get time off work &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/12/my-stampede-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/12/my-stampede-experience/</link>
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		<title>All Simulations are Educational????</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had more than one educator tell me that they thought all simulations were educational. If you are looking at simulations designed to be educational, then, sure &#8211; it&#8217;s a tautology. But coming from CS and having some experience with &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/10/all-simulations-are-educational/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/10/all-simulations-are-educational/</link>
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		<title>A Programming Language does NOT count as a second language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I still think learning several is good for you. Hello Worlds (why humanities students should learn to program) « Matthew G. Kirschenbaum. (May 23, 2010) While I do agree with some of what he says, his misconceptions convince me &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/10/hello-worlds-why-humanities-students-should-learn-to-program-%c2%ab-matthew-g-kirschenbaum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/10/hello-worlds-why-humanities-students-should-learn-to-program-%c2%ab-matthew-g-kirschenbaum/</link>
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		<title>Knowing &#8216;X&#8217; does not imply knowing &#8216;Y&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this spring, I had a lovely conversation with a fellow game researcher and enthusiast (Jostein Hassel) about how digital games are related to non-digital games. I learned a lot from this conversation (more on that in an upcoming post). &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/knowing-x-does-not-imply-knowing-y/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/knowing-x-does-not-imply-knowing-y/</link>
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		<title>Ed Tech is an Interdisciplinary Field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So why is it possible to get an Ed Tech degree by taking ONLY Education courses? It shouldn&#8217;t be. IT  (Information Technology), Education, Management, &#8230; are all APPLIED disciplines – if all you know is the one of these, you &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/edtech-is-an-interdisciplinary-field/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/edtech-is-an-interdisciplinary-field/</link>
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		<title>Designing Things You Don&#8217;t Understand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because you use some application or piece of software does not mean you know it. There is a reason why race car drivers often start out as (professional or amateur) mechanics: In order to get the best performance out &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/designing-things-you-dont-understand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/designing-things-you-dont-understand/</link>
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		<title>Why Interdisciplinary Teams Often Don’t Work (though they could&#8230;.)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this the other day (thanks! to Bonnie Bracey Sutton) Building an Interdisciplinary Identity in a (Mostly) Non-Interdisciplinary Academic World &#8211; ProfHacker &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education. There are a few things in here that really struck &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/why-interdisciplinary-teams-often-don%e2%80%99t-work-though-they-could/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/09/why-interdisciplinary-teams-often-don%e2%80%99t-work-though-they-could/</link>
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		<title>On the Concept of Scientific Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/08/on-the-concept-of-scientific-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/08/on-the-concept-of-scientific-research/</link>
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		<title>Garbage &amp; the Duck Pail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I woke up to the sounds of the dogs barking and the magpies squawking. When I looked out the window I saw that something had torn open a garbage bag and scattered the contents all over the place &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/04/garbage-the-duck-pail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/04/garbage-the-duck-pail/</link>
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		<title>Without a Rooster: The Urban Chicken Movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Urbane Chicken movement claims to be about &#8220;the right to grow food&#8221; and &#8220;sustainability&#8221;. To that, I say: Pfffth! Calgary Food Policy Council: 2010 Local Food &#38; Urban Ag Predictions for Calgary. Sustainable? Sure,&#8230;. I’ll buy that. We have &#8230; <a href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/03/without-a-rooster-the-urban-chicken-movement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/07/03/without-a-rooster-the-urban-chicken-movement/</link>
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