{"id":3793,"date":"2014-01-18T17:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:47:54","slug":"where-ive-been-online-jan-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/01\/18\/where-ive-been-online-jan-18-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Jan 18, 2014)"},"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><ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tay.kotaku.com\/improving-the-world-of-educational-gaming-1470215261\">Improving the World of Educational Gaming<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;Expand<\/p>\n<p>Quick, name as many great educational games as you can!<\/p>\n<p>Chances are your list topped out around four or five and they were all decently dated games from your childhood. Math Blaster, Oregon Trail, Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Mavis Bacon Teaches Delicious Typing, etc. There always seems to be one educational game or series that stands out from our days of hammering away in computer class., but even back in the days of blasting math and dying of dysentery there didn&#8217;t seem to be many quality educational titles to choose from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/gaming\">gaming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/serious_games\">serious_games<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyummylife.com\/Refrigerator_Oatmeal\">Overnight, No-Cook Refrigerator Oatmeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/breakfast\">breakfast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/oatmeal\">oatmeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/recipes\">recipes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/food\">food<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3793'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3793);\" 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(3793);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3793);\">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>Improving the World of Educational Gaming &#8220;Expand Quick, name as many great educational games as you can! Chances are your list topped out around four or five and they were all decently dated games from your childhood. Math Blaster, Oregon &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/01\/18\/where-ive-been-online-jan-18-2014\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[353,12,14,81],"tags":[274,117,277,275,276,76],"class_list":["post-3793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-2","category-games","category-general","category-information-technology","tag-breakfast","tag-food-safety","tag-gaming-education","tag-oatmeal","tag-recipes","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Zb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3618,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/08\/games-the-key-to-girls-stem-education-news-northeastern\/","url_meta":{"origin":3793,"position":0},"title":"Games the key to girls\u2019 STEM education | news @ Northeastern","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Games the key to girls\u2019 STEM education | news @ Northeastern. 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