Biography & projects
Biography
Born somewhere in the seventies in Delft (the Netherlands), grew up in Schoonhoven (again: the Netherlands) and then went to study in Utrecht (still The Netherlands). At the very bottom of the page you can download my CV.
Projects / where to find me
Besides the magazine, blogs, reviews of games and interviews with schools, I do all kinds of other projects:
- NOT 2025, 23 Januari, at the booth of Leren Leren Nederland
- article in the educational journal JSW #3 (2024) about FiloSprook – download the article (in Dutch)
- Workshop Learning with Games in cooperation with Spellenwereld Assen
- Participant network Schule und Spiel in Dortmund led by Uwe Rosenberg
- Workshop on games in language and Nt2 lessons, ISK Utrecht
- Games library compiled for a primary school specialising in gifted education in Leiden (The Netherlands).
- Input provided for article Waarom spelen zo belangrijk is (Why play is so important) – Dutch article
- Development of short games for Taaljacht, method for language, spelling and grammar
- Explore European cooperation with Vives Hogeschool SpellenLab, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (Game Lab), Edge Hill Univeristy en Asmodee Game in Lab
- Conference Game Didactics – workshop Develop your own educational game
- TBG – commissioned by the European Union, in collaboration with Games and Learning
- Board game coaching – workshop for beroepsvereniging NT2
- Workshop Using board games in training and workshops for a trainer network in Antwerp
- Game as motivator in language lessons – workshops for Taaljacht, the new language method of publisher Zwijsen
- Conference Game Didactics – information market
- Conferentie Game Didactics – workshop together with Games and Learning
- Blogs about games on the website of Margriet magazine (a Dutch magazine for women)
- Games Expo 2021 and 2022 – Education Market
- Workshop ‘Alles uit de kast’- using games from home in your training, workshop or meeting – for Way2Play
- Games in the classroom for first-year vocational tudents – commissioned by Education Service CentreOnderwijs Servicecentrum MBO Rijnland, locatie Woerden
- Consultancy project Games in the learning line arithmetic – primary school Gummarus read more in this blog
- Jury Game Author Prize Netherlands 2020
- Contribution to the learning module Expressief Talent in Zorg & Welzijn – The learning module can be found on gratis open leerplatform van Zorg & Welzijn, under the course name Expressief talent of KETZ. Do create an account first to log in.
- Workshop Analogue games in the classroom – voor conference Gamedidactics van de Hogeschool Utrecht
- Developing Escape the City with Belduna
- Panel games in education during Dutch championship Paco Sako 2019
- ‘Ask me Anything’ for plus classes of primary school Hildegaert – pupils were assigned to create their own game and were allowed to ask all their questions about it for an hour
- Game development De Milieustraat – in cooperation with Games and Learning, in cooperation by the municipality of The Hague
- Workshop Games in the classroom – for various primary schools
- Games in the classroom – for various primary schools
- Several playtests for the board game Oranje Zal Overwinnen
- Workshop Games in an educational setting – Congress For Every Mentor
- Femcademy – co-organiser, website builder and workshop leader of two workshops: The importance of games, at home and at school / board game Intervision
- Lectures for Post-hbo opleiding Hogeschool Utrecht / Marnix Academie – Spellen inzetten in de les hoogbegaafdheid / remedial teaching
- One of the participants of the International Panel ‘Games in Education’ of Haba
- NOT 2019 – presentation Pen & Pion