{"id":8556,"date":"2015-02-10T10:11:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2016-04-16T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T14:01:32","slug":"episode-106-the-magic-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-106-the-magic-circle","title":{"rendered":"Episode 106 &#8211; The Magic Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nMatt Farber &#8211; The Magic Circle<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8781\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8556-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t want a generation of children to be content consumers. They need to be the next generation of content creators.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8558\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-106-the-magic-circle\/mattpic\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mattpic.jpeg?fit=400%2C400\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mattpic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mattpic.jpeg?fit=400%2C400\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8558\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mattpic.jpeg?resize=240%2C240\" alt=\"mattpic\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mattpic.jpeg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/mattpic.jpeg?resize=170%2C170 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Educator (and high school pal) <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewfarber.com\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Farber<\/a> joins the show to talk about his new book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1433126702\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1433126702&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=77FKZLIQ3LTUK7OC\">Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1433126702\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. We talk about edutainment&#8217;s bad rep, developing good games for students, getting getting buy-in from faculty, administration and &#8212; most importantly &#8212; students, the subjects that benefit most from game-based learning, and why Pandemic is the best game he&#8217;s ever used to teach. I also vent about how primitive the technology was when Matt &amp; I were in school, compared to having 3-D printers in the classroom nowadays. Oh, and we get around to dismissing Roger Ebert&#8217;s claim that games are not art! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A project isn&#8217;t good if it&#8217;s each student doing his own thing and glue-sticking it to poster-board.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewfarber.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8557\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-106-the-magic-circle\/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-8-39-43-am\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?fit=623%2C503\" data-orig-size=\"623,503\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 8.39.43 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?fit=525%2C424\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8557 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?resize=525%2C424\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 8.39.43 AM\" width=\"525\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?resize=620%2C501 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?resize=440%2C355 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-10-at-8.39.43-AM.png?w=623 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went out for pizza after. There are perks to recording a podcast at Chez Virtual Memories!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8782\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8556-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_106_-_The_Magic_Circle.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-stars-have-anemia\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Stein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-from-billiards-to-bach\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Kalkavage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-war-is-a-self-licking-ice-cream-cone\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Martin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-good-housekeeping\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Rivera<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewfarber.com\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Farber<\/a> teaches social studies at Valleyview Middle School, in Denville, NJ, and is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1433126702\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1433126702&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=77FKZLIQ3LTUK7OC\">Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1433126702\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. He is a blogger for Edutopia and KQED\/MindShift, a member of the GlassLab Teacher Network, and has playtested for the Institute of Play and BrainPOP. He is a past recipient of a Geraldine R. Dodge Teacher Fellowship, which sent him on an Earthwatch expedition, and the North Jersey Director for the New Jersey Council of the Social Studies. Mr. Farber holds a Master&#8217;s Degree in Educational Technology from New Jersey City University, where he is currently an Educational Technology Leadership Doctoral Candidate. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Laura, son, Spencer, and Weimaraner, Lizzie. You can find him on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewfarber\" target=\"_blank\">@matthewfarber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>The Glass Bead Game<em>\u00a0by Thievery Corporation. The conversation was recorded on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photos of Mr. Farber by <a href=\"http:\/\/amyrothphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Roth<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Matt Farber &#8211; The Magic Circle &#8220;You don&#8217;t want a generation of children to be content consumers. They need to be the next generation of content creators.&#8221; Educator (and high school pal) Matthew Farber joins the show to talk about his new book, Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-106-the-magic-circle\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 106 &#8211; The Magic Circle&#8221;<\/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":[61,22,1183],"tags":[1442,3318,3312,3306,3297,3300,3295,3303,3311,3313,3287,3307,3316,3293,3309,3289,3286,3305,3288,3299,3304,3285,3317,625,3290,3302,3298,3308,3296,2568,3291,3310,285,3294,3301,3319,1394,3292,3314,3315],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis","category-art","category-podcasts","tag-ayn-rand","tag-bioshock","tag-cards-against-humanity","tag-choose-your-own-adventure","tag-colombia-exchange","tag-common-core","tag-cones-of-dunshire","tag-ebola","tag-exploding-kittens","tag-forbidden-island","tag-game-based-learning","tag-glas-lab","tag-gone-home","tag-hanabi","tag-henry-jenkins","tag-jim-gee","tag-kriegspiel","tag-lee-sheldon","tag-lev-vygotsky","tag-magic-the-gathering","tag-matt-leacock","tag-matthew-farber","tag-myst","tag-nabokov","tag-oregon-trail","tag-pandemic","tag-pokemon","tag-problem-based-learning","tag-project-based-learning","tag-rebecca-mead","tag-richard-bartle","tag-robot-turtles","tag-roger-ebert","tag-settlers-of-catan","tag-simcity","tag-suzie-boss","tag-thoreau","tag-ticket-to-ride","tag-tracy-fullerton","tag-walden"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2e0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9065,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-137-scott-mccloud","url_meta":{"origin":8556,"position":0},"title":"Episode 137 &#8211; Scott McCloud","author":"Gil","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #137: Scott McCloud - Tumblings \"I want to be working, making comics, and knowing that the thing I'm doing right now is the thing I should be doing and I shouldn't feel guilty about doing it. 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