Antti, Principle of Elementary School: “I can recommend this workshop to other schools too because it helped to unify the skill and knowledge level of the teachers and it gave a lot for them to take to their classes.” “This was a good place to start and we will now keep on working with programming […]
“Hands-on experience and practical advice for my own teaching”
Saara-Sofia, Teacher: “It was really interesting and nice to get real hands-on experience. Now that I’ve learned programming by trial and error I feel that I am also able to teach others.” “The focus of the workshop was on doing rather than on theory. It was good that there were three code teachers helping us so […]
“It’s good to learn coding so that I can help my classmates.”
Tilda, 4th grader: “I have been coding for a year now and Scratch is the best! My mom and I make projects together. I also like the micro:bit and to make projects with it.” “I have already built a micro:pet and a milk cartoon monster. It’s good to learn coding so that I can help […]
“Computer program helped me study math”
Otto, 3rd grader: “When I was studying the multiplication table I made a program with Python that checked my answers. I made it show a smiley face when the answer was correct!”
“Coding is easy because it’s just about giving commands”
Saimi, 1st grader: “Coding is so much fun especially if you get to program a robot, because I can decide what it does and where it goes. Better yet if it is the Candy Robot that gives out candy!” “Coding is not difficult because it is just about giving commands. I like to give commands. […]
“It’s more fun to make games than to just play them”
Aatos, 8 years: “The most fun thing in Code School has been making games and I like Kodu Game Lab best. You learn coding when you make games. I want to learn coding now before I’m adult because it’s more fun to make games than to just play them. If I made a game that […]
”Everything has been fun!”
Lauri, 9 years: “I have learned to use Scratch and the basics of coding. Everything has been fun and nothing has been boring. I have liked coding with Scratch the most.”
Education Expertise from Finland
The latest PISA scores from 2015 ranked the performance of the finnish school kids once more as one of the highest among the participating countries in science, reading and mathematics. This is the position which Finland has had since the beginning of the PISA testing. In recent years this has brought a lot of publicity […]