I've decided to start a new blog:

http://www.joostrobben.nl  (please copy and paste in your browser as for some reason this link doesnt work, the adress is correct!)

This blog will be written in Dutch. I've decided to use Wordpress as this will give a lot more freedom to generate my posts and receive comments on it. Unfortunately MSN Spaces still wants people to login when they like to comment. This is absolutely not helping me to create an open learning environment for me in which i can benefit the most of all the peer feedback that i can get in my writing on the web.

I'm not sure about the continuance of this blog, we will see how things develop.

To all non Dutch speaking readers, thanks for reading this blog so far. Especially during my master thesis period this blog has been of great value for me.

all the best, Joost

I'm sure you have seen these movies before:

 
Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

 

These movies that are made to explain tough or new concepts into plain English are made by a company called Common Craft and are therefore most often called "common craft movies".

In my opion, the proces of desiging such a movie is a great way to learn more about concept itself. Wouldnt it be great to have your students script, design and film such a movie about one of the concepts you are trying to teach them?