About me

I'm a teacher by education and trade, but if you ask me how I define myself, I'm first and foremost a role-player, and I have been for the last some 17 years. I've written several award winning role-playing games, some of which are published - one even translated into the Finnish language!
Using role-playing as a teaching method has always seemed natural to me. While studying teaching, I was introduced to Steve Bell's "Storyline Method", to which I owe a lot. Role-playing is really only the next obvious step from storyline. 
Unfortunately, a lot of teachers are still sceptical towards alternative methods, even if they are in fact more efficient than traditional ones. There's a credo in education which seems to manifest itself everywhere: No pain, no gain.
I don't hold to that. I think that education should be challenging, but also fun, inspirering... It's all a question of how it's presented.