Finally! There are so many online coding courses, but as a teacher that’s not what I need. I need a pedagogical angle to coding. This course helped me to understand how to plan and structure my coding teaching. — middle school teacher, Finland This online course proceeds at participant’s own pace and takes ~25 hours […]
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It is time for Online Teacher Professional Development 3.0
The year of 2020 has seen a massive increase of online teaching around the world. At the same time, the role of online pedagogy is as essential as ever. As teachers have come to notice, top-notch teaching practices are needed to truly engage students who are taking part of education through their computers. At the […]
Programming teaching and teacher training starts in Japanese schools
The Covid-19 pandemia has forced schools to partly move to remote teaching, but despite the special circumstances the schools in Japan are rolling out the new 2020 curriculum as planned. One of the major updates in the curriculum is related to computer programming. Coding will be taught starting in elementary school. It’s a major step […]
AI Curriculum receives top scores from independent evaluators
Our AI Curriculum, launched in China in early 2020 and spreading across the Nordic countries, has been independently evaluated by Education Alliance Finland.
Get off the piggy train – learning for real life
To keep school relevant and motivating for students, learning goals should be connected to real life. In programming teaching we see too many “piggy trains” where one just happily follows instructions. Coding should be taught for real life, meaning that teaching should be connected to the students’ interests, projects, and phenomena.
Code School Finland expanding to after-school education across China
Private sector education companies, teachers, and students across mainland China will leverage Code School Finland’s coding, robotics and AI teaching materials and teacher training.
Code School Finland delivers a complete solution for K-9 AI education in China
We are joining forces with STEM Research Center of Ministry of Education to bring AI to Chinese public schools. More details: Education Management Information Centre and Chinese Education Information website.
Code School Finland awarded for Authentic Finnish Educational Travel Product
Visit Finland organized an “Authentic Finnish Educational Travel Product” contest during the summer months and the top products have now been selected among 26 participants. The selection was made by a jury consisting of experts from Visit Finland and Finnish National Agency for Education. The products were evaluated based on their attractiveness, authenticity, uniqueness, adaptability […]