I gave a presentation at Respawn Game developers Conference 2015 in Cologne Germany titled: “Designing Games, Play or Motivation?” Here you find the recorded podcast to listen to it >> The slides (prezi) are…
I was invited to Doctors2.0 in 2015 in Paris to explain more on the game “Coach4Life” we developed for the Dutch Kidneyfoundation with Little Chicken and Cfag as a tool to motivate…
2 of june I will be talking on the conference for special education about the value of play, topics as inclusion, low treshold, context facilitation, motivation will be addressed:
This article inspired me: “42 Benefits of Doing Jigsaw Puzzles – Thinking Skills and Problem Solving” to write this: “I love it when a plan comes together” …we say we hate clichés,…
A Dutch tv program: “De Kennis van nu” (the knowledge of now) on the importance of play, how research has shown the great importance of play, by animals, human: “De kennis van…
Who is Ellis? I like to see this necklace as a representative of Ellis, in a magical circle, alone, but not lonely, in a world which is hers and she belongs to, sharing…
The morning talkshow: “Koffietijd” (=coffeetime) featured Coach4Life (which I co-developed) The kidneypatient Irene is my favorite tester involved in the beta testing (since she was clever enough to cheat by altering her Iphone time…
As a consultant and in the role of the ambassador for the player, I was involved with developing this app in 2013 and 2014. The Dutch Kidney Foundation (Dutch: Nierstichting) has teamed up with…
I truly think that play is a very autonomous activity since “playing a game is the voluntary effort to overcome necessary obstacles” (bernard suits). The voluntary aspect of play is most important…
I participated in the conversation Social & Design in Doornakers, in an innovative care center and talked about implementing technology in care for elderly. I briefly spoke about my experience last 20…