{"id":2032,"date":"2012-03-12T11:50:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T17:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2012-03-12T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T17:50:34","slug":"cool-texting-of-the-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/03\/12\/cool-texting-of-the-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool &#8211; Texting of the Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textingofthebread.com\/\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/110610FanArt.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/textingofthebread.com\/\">T<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/textingofthebread.com\/\">extingoftheBread.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How come no-one told me they&#8217;d re-skinned this again?!<br \/>\nI *still* think <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Typing_of_the_Dead\" target=\"_blank\">Typing of the Dead<\/a>was one of the best typing tutors ever made, but this one might actually less push-back from teachers (assuming of course, teachers even acknowledge the value of learning how to text).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2032'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2032);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2032);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2032);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>TextingoftheBread.com. How come no-one told me they&#8217;d re-skinned this again?! I *still* think Typing of the Deadwas one of the best typing tutors ever made, but this one might actually less push-back from teachers (assuming of course, teachers even acknowledge &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/03\/12\/cool-texting-of-the-bread\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[342,76],"class_list":["post-2032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-games-gaming","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-wM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3900,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/06\/10\/teachers-surveyed-on-using-games-in-class-games-and-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":2032,"position":0},"title":"Teachers Surveyed on Using Games in Class | Games and Learning","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Teachers Surveyed on Using Games in Class | Games and Learning. 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