Wow. Project Dream School kicked off and it was truly amazing having that many beautiful minds available to think along. We met at a beautiful place, De Havixhorst chateauhotel and restaurant located on the countryside of Meppel. And it the weather was just perfect, the most beautiful day of the year so far.

Project Dreamschool at PICNIC’10 was incredibly fruitful. Instead of a written summary of the event, which is quite a challenge, we have a full visual summary. Everything that has been talked about, thought of, etc. has been captured in these fabulous visuals by visual philosopher and story sketcher Dennis Luijer and

In one day at PICNIC ’10, we have developed creative and renewed solutions to realize a dream school. Visual thinkers joined the conversations and continuously sketched the solutions. With 150 people, coming from a global network of pioneering thinkers, visionaries and innovators, we made it happen. Thank you for joining us and PICNIC!

Just live, the temporary website for Project Dreamschool and the Dutch version as well. A simple website, where visitors are invited to share what their dream school is. Meanwhile we’re building the actual website. Created together with Thomas Jacobs.

In Bright #35 een groot artikel gewijd aan Project Droomschool:

De beste school voor Nederland en misschien wel voor de wereld; dat is de ambitieuze inzet van Project Droomschool. In Meppel verrijst een compleet nieuwe school waar een nieuwe visie op onderwijs wordt gerealiseerd. ‘De tijd van de eenheidsworst is voorbij.’

De mooiste ontmoetingen vinden

Today we had a great session at Knowmads to lead to a subject they will be working on as an assignment. The new Dream School Foundation board was there (Roel, Ellen and myself), together with special guests Jorn Bartlema, Thieu Besselink and Itay Talgam. It was a true roller coaster ride

These beautiful Project Dream School cahier journals, designed in collaboration with Martine Eyzenga, just came in! Made from paper waste and recycled paper. Kindly supported by Zwaan Printmedia and Antalis. Available for free (bundle of three, 80 pages each, each cahier with its own colored staples) for those who participate in

Today we had the privilege to have the second gathering for Project Dream School at the VIP Centre at Schiphol Airport with again a great group of people. Since the first meeting a lot has happened. A meeting to help Peter with his dream turned into a project with a lot

Now live, a 18 minute impression of the Project Dream School kick-off. Featuring Sir Ken Robinson, John Moravec and Jeff Jarvis. Created by Albert Brunsting. Thanks Albert!

Wow. Project Dream School kicked off and it was truly amazing having that many beautiful minds available to think along. We met at a beautiful place, De Havixhorst chateauhotel and restaurant located on the countryside of Meppel. And it the weather was just perfect, the most beautiful day of the year so far.

A story
I once was invited to give a talk about technology and its impact on younger people. More importantly, its impact on society in the north of the Netherlands, where I live. Focused on how we can use that technology also to stop migration from villages to cities, keep young people in small communities, use technology to help solve local issues and more. My ride to that location was Peter, who turned out to be a principal of a school. Just like any other first meeting, it was kind of awkward, making conversation, etc. But is was nice. I did my talk, and then we drove back home.