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Srebrenica and the Dutch Wikipedia

With the case against Ratko Mladic underway, the collective blind spot developed by the Dutch for the massacre of Srebrenica is again taking central stage in news coverage.  The argument for a supposed blind spot may be backed up...
By Bram van der Kruk on 06/03/11 3

Digital text and Language Learning

The replacement of printed text by digital text might strike us as another carefully manufactured revolution, but those who have had a lifelong use of communications and media technologies surrounding them  might not be as intimidated by this transition...
By Bram van der Kruk on 10/16/10 0

Wikipedia for Experts

I am in the process of creating an English Wikipedia page for the school I work at, Het Amsterdams Lyceum. The state I initially found this Wikipedia page in is illustrative of the reasons many teachers believe forms of...
By Bram van der Kruk on 09/30/10 0

The Real Bubble of Virtual Worlds.

With the world economy  recovering from the greatest financial crisis in modern times, researching its effect on the virtual economies that people playfully or laboriously engage with in online worlds would be interesting, relevant and difficult.  The supposed correlation...
By Bram van der Kruk on 09/26/10 1

Book Review: “What do you mean, no internet?!”

What do you mean, no internet?! Is a collection of argumentative essays written by 28 3rd year Media Production students . In 2009 over three hundred students wrote these essays to fulfill the requirements of their Media and Society...
By Bram van der Kruk on 09/19/10 0

No school like the old school

Schools are complicated places, they not only mirror society’s obstacles and challenges but also represent our collective hopes for youth, education and knowledge. Teaching is to an extend an individual enterprise in that many teachers adopt a style of...
By Bram van der Kruk on 09/08/10 2

Play and learn

In this post I will try to describe the way videogames have helped pave the way for information visualization as a tool for digital native learners by consistently  tracking and visualizing achievements. I will also try to show how...
By Bram van der Kruk on 05/20/10 3