{"id":3351,"date":"2013-04-23T13:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:47:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:47:58","slug":"can-you-do-design-what-you-dont-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/23\/can-you-do-design-what-you-dont-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you design what you don&#8217;t practice?"},"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>Is it possible to be really good at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>music composition if you can\u2019t play an instrument (or sing)?<\/li>\n<li>writing if you don\u2019t read?<\/li>\n<li>game design if you don\u2019t play games?<\/li>\n<li>instructional design if you\u2019ve never taught?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What about this one:<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible to be a good Educator if all you\u2019ve ever taught is teaching?<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3351'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3351);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>1 person likes this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3351);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3351);\">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>Is it possible to be really good at: music composition if you can\u2019t play an instrument (or sing)? writing if you don\u2019t read? game design if you don\u2019t play games? instructional design if you\u2019ve never taught? What about this one: &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/23\/can-you-do-design-what-you-dont-practice\/\">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":[9,12,14,24],"tags":[41,389,16,393],"class_list":["post-3351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-instructional-design","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-S3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4883,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/29\/7-ways-to-use-games-in-the-classroom\/","url_meta":{"origin":3351,"position":0},"title":"7 Ways to Use Games in the Classroom","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"There are many ways to use games in the classroom.\u00a0Games can be used as: Content -\u00a0The content of the game directly addresses some curricular need. 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