{"id":2187,"date":"2012-05-21T10:42:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T16:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T16:58:59","slug":"decorative-media-trap-example-the-elements-a-visual-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/05\/21\/decorative-media-trap-example-the-elements-a-visual-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorative Media Trap Example: The Elements: A Visual Exploration"},"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:\/\/periodictable.com\/ipad\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Poster3.233.jpg\" alt=\"The Elements: A Visual Exploration\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/periodictable.com\/ipad\/\">The Elements: A Visual Exploration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looks great. Basically a picture book<strong><em>.<\/em><em><\/em><\/strong> You&#8217;d think that for the price ($13.99) it would be more interactive and that it would include everything one would normally need from a table of elements &#8211; like the ion charge, for instance. It&#8217;s not like they have to invent this information. For this price, I should not have to buy another app (or book) just to look up facts.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the classic examples of what I see as a disturbing trend &#8211; HD. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I love clear, crisp pictures. What I DON&#8217;T like is having to run updates as overnight jobs because they are so bloated that they take forever to download.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2187'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2187);\" 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(2187);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2187);\">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>The Elements: A Visual Exploration. Looks great. Basically a picture book. You&#8217;d think that for the price ($13.99) it would be more interactive and that it would include everything one would normally need from a table of elements &#8211; like &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/05\/21\/decorative-media-trap-example-the-elements-a-visual-exploration\/\">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":[9,14,24],"tags":[120,41,389],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-decorative-media-principle","tag-education","tag-educational-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-zh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1097,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/10\/13\/the-decorative-media-principle\/","url_meta":{"origin":2187,"position":0},"title":"The Decorative Media Principle","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been looking around at a lot of educational sites and I keep running into the same thing. 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