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		<title>The Value of the Designer Who Codes &#124; Inc.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.&#8221; via The Value of the Designer Who Codes &#124; Inc.com. If you want to design applications you need to understand how they &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2012/01/03/the-value-of-the-designer-who-codes-inc-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democratizing Programming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came across a great quote by Chris Crawford&#8230;. &#8220;What we need is a means of democratizing programming, of taking it out of the soulless hands of the programmers and putting it into the hands of a wider range of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2011/10/23/democratizing-programming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem with Taxonomies in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following a discussion on one of the education forums that is discussing the utility of Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy, and others. There are complaints that Bloom&#8217;s is out of date, that we know so much more now than we did &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2011/06/23/the-problem-with-taxonomies-in-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What do programming languages and educational technologies have in common?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite a lot as it turns out. They are both tools used to solve problems. Both are complex. Both inspire cult-like emotional attachments to specific tools. Practitioners in both fields are still looking for the panacea that will allow people &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/10/16/what-do-programming-languages-and-educational-technologies-have-in-common/">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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