{"id":3810,"date":"2014-02-15T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T00:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:54:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:54:39","slug":"where-ive-been-online-feb-15-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/02\/15\/where-ive-been-online-feb-15-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Feb 15, 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:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/02\/02\/high-school-fantasy-geopolitics\/\">How a High School Teacher Is &#8216;Gamifying&#8217; World News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">&#8220;A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school students in Minnesota are interacting with the news.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Eric Nelson, a Social Studies teacher at North Lakes Academy Charter School in Forest Lake, Minn., developed Fantasy Geopolitics after recognizing that his attempts at getting his students to engage with the class weren&#8217;t quite hitting the mark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\">tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/websites\">websites<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/ted\">ted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/resources\">resources<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/gamification\">gamification<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/technology\">technology<\/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-3810'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3810);\" 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(3810);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3810);\">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>How a High School Teacher Is &#8216;Gamifying&#8217; World News &#8220;A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school students in Minnesota are interacting with the news. 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