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About Me

Location:
Belgium, Mechelen
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Advertising & Marketing, Copywriting
I am:
Blogger, Brainstormer, Consultant, Idea generator, Marketer, Student
Languages:
Dutch, English, French
My website links:
Cuadie - Blog

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I'm passionate about

advertising and multimedia.

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Advertising, multimedia, copywriting, psychology,

Movies & Soundtracks.

People don't know that I'm good at

dancing. Not really a bonus as a communications specialist.

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  • A reply on Talk: Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

    Jan 18 2011: I agree that games can have great insights. I know for a fact that the Korean army for example used the game Starcraft to broaden their strategic insights. This is game with so many external factors that you have to readjust your plan/strategy constantly and makes you a flexbile thinker. These are good games. Modern Warfare, not so much. But gaming as a hobby can still be viewed as a threat towards education cause it does consume an aweful lot of time (again: I speak out of own experience) :)
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    A comment on Talk: Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

    Jan 17 2011: I don't agree with a lot of your statements. I'm a boy/man and gamer myself (21 years old), still in school and a frequent gamer.

    - I had to write poems as well, it wasn't a punishment, it's just not easy for boys in general to talk about feelings. That's partially because of our strong masculine society, that made this taboo.
    - More boys expelled: that's just nature. Hormones are a crazy thing. Combining it with macho-society and lot's of violence in media doesn't help as well. But it's completely normal and not something to be too concerned about. Also ADHD has been over diagnosed severely these last 10 years or so.
    - I live in Europe and maybe it's different in the USA, but over here we do have a substantial amount of male tutors.
    - As a gamer, i don't feel offended when teachers talk with discontent. They're right. Compared to education, games have a limited value. They are entertaining and can be educational, but they shouldn't consume all our time.

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