- 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.
Quote for the Day
“Carpe Diem - Seize the day
Carpe Noctum - Seize the night
Sharpei diem - Seize the Wrinkle Dog.
Carpin Denium - there's a fish in my pants”Posts Gone By
tags
Academia American Society Anti-Games Apple Artificial Intelligence Becoming a University Bullying & Mobbing cats Computer Science Decorative Media Principle Distance Education dogs Doing it Right on the Web Education Educational Technology Entertainment Ethics Fail Games Games in Society Game Studies General Google Docs Higher Education Information Technology Instructional Design Interdisciplinarity Internet Life in General Living with Nature lols Methodology Programming Rural Life Serious Games Silliness Society Software Industry stories Teaching & Learning Technology Trouble in River City User Experience Violence Virtual LearningTop Liked Posts
Powered by WP Likes-
Recent Posts
- Computational Literacy and Literacy vs. Competency
- Decorative Media Trap Example: The Elements: A Visual Exploration
- A Stellar Example of Ed vs. Fun: Virtual Frog Dissection
- Where I’ve Been This Week (weekly)
- Flip This: Bloom’s Taxonomy and the notion of Productive Failure
- Where I’ve Been This Week (weekly)
- Struggle continues to plug embedded programming gap
- Where I’ve Been This Week (weekly)
- Gamasutra – Features – The Top 10 Things The Game Industry Can Learn from Film Production
- Anne Murphy Paul: Why Floundering Makes Learning Better | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
- Where I’ve Been This Week (weekly)
- Dr. Seuss’ Yertle The Turtle Banned At One Canadian School | The Mary Sue
- Learnlets » Kapp’s Gamification for Learning and Instruction
- Where I’ve Been This Week (weekly)
- Question of the Day: What is the most important ” ingredient” to create and sell a successful educative video game????
Meta
Worth A Read…
Bullying & Mobbing
Education
Friends & Others
Games
Informatics
Rural Life
Tag Archives: Miscellaneous
Growing up does not mean forgetting how to be joyful.
Growing up is not about getting serious – it’s about putting the joy and wonder of childhood into context, and remembering to still have fun. That’s not all it’s about but that’s certainly an essential ingredient. Fred Penner built a … Continue reading
Shock therapy makes a quiet comeback – we have self-serve…
Shock therapy makes a quiet comeback – Health – Mental health – msnbc.com. Interesting. Those of us with experience with rural electric fences (a.k.a. hot wire) have suspected for some time that shock therapy can help depression. The reason for … Continue reading
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
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
