{"id":5359,"date":"2015-08-16T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2015-08-14T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T14:45:55","slug":"worth-a-read-can-an-immersive-video-game-teach-the-nuances-of-american-history-mindshift-kqed-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/16\/worth-a-read-can-an-immersive-video-game-teach-the-nuances-of-american-history-mindshift-kqed-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth a Read: Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/mindshift\/2015\/08\/07\/can-an-immersive-video-game-teach-the-nuances-of-american-history\/\">Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shipyard-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe most encouraging to see is the games being launchpads for really in-depth conversations in which kids at varying academic levels feel equipped to participate and draw on their experiences with the game and the learning materials,\u201d said Leah Potter, an instructional designer with Electric Funstuff. \u00a0Farber says they are great for inculcating his students with the idea that everything is connected and that changes in one arena of life affect what happens everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5359'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5359);\" 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(5359);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5359);\">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>Can an Immersive Video Game Teach the Nuances of American History? | MindShift | KQED News. \u201cThe most encouraging to see is the games being launchpads for really in-depth conversations in which kids at varying academic levels feel equipped to &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/16\/worth-a-read-can-an-immersive-video-game-teach-the-nuances-of-american-history-mindshift-kqed-news\/\">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":[9,379,24],"tags":[389,76,393],"class_list":["post-5359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-game-design","category-teaching-learning","tag-educational-technology","tag-serious-games","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1or","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5240,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/08\/04\/quiz-yourself-how-good-are-you-at-teaching-the-art-of-learning-mindshift\/","url_meta":{"origin":5359,"position":0},"title":"Quiz Yourself: How Good Are You at Teaching the Art of Learning? | MindShift","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A different way to present material. 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