{"id":5504,"date":"2015-09-01T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2015-08-30T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T20:44:10","slug":"my-interview-on-calgary-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/01\/my-interview-on-calgary-now\/","title":{"rendered":"My Interview on Calgary Now"},"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>Last year I was invited to do an interview for a local TV station. I know this isn&#8217;t a big deal for many of my game colleagues, but I don&#8217;t get on TV very often so for me it&#8217;s kind of cool. I recently found it on YouTube, so here it is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cNqH3w3aMc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPUaLMSsdX4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xpdZqrZ4a8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-5504'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(5504);\" 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(5504);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(5504);\">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>Last year I was invited to do an interview for a local TV station. I know this isn&#8217;t a big deal for many of my game colleagues, but I don&#8217;t get on TV very often so for me it&#8217;s kind &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/01\/my-interview-on-calgary-now\/\">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":[3,9,12],"tags":[389,127,342,76,393],"class_list":["post-5504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-educational-technology","category-games","tag-educational-technology","tag-game-design","tag-games-gaming","tag-serious-games","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1qM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":959,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/07\/22\/in-depth-game-reviews-mathblaster\/","url_meta":{"origin":5504,"position":0},"title":"In-Depth Game Reviews: Mathblaster","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When I was working on my PhD (2003-2008), I found it very hard to find any decent reviews of educational games. There are plenty of reasons for this, including: Teachers aren't, for the most part, gamers and so really have no idea what makes a good game. The culture of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7821,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2026\/03\/25\/on-learning-through-playful-experiences\/","url_meta":{"origin":5504,"position":1},"title":"On Learning Through Playful Experiences","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a podcast interview I did recently. https:\/\/www.universityxp.com\/podcast\/160 In this episode of Experience Points, serious games expert Katrin Becker explores why \u201cgood enough\u201d may be more powerful than perfection in gamified learning. She argues that focusing on defined criteria rather than comparison increases student agency and supports a wider\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assessment&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assessment","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/assessment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/good-enoughs-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2008\/03\/10\/video-game-violence\/","url_meta":{"origin":5504,"position":2},"title":"Video Game Violence&#8230;.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"does NOT necessarily cause violence, according to a new study: Grand Theft Childhood, by Lawrence Kutner & Cheryl B. 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