Date and time Tuesday 25th May at 13:00 CET / 14:00 EET / 19:00 CSTDuration: 30 minutes Studying future skills, such as problem solving and collaboration skills, ICT and media literacy helps ensure success in life no matter what the future is like. This webinar is to raise awareness on how schools in Finland teach […]
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Free live webinar: Three keys to successful coding education
What to consider when organizing coding education in your school? You can reach impressive learning results without straining your teachers with the right pedagogy and high-quality tools.
Improve teachers’ ability to teach coding without improving teachers’ coding ability
A recent case study on teachers’ perceptions before and after taking the 21st Century Coding Pedagogy online course shows that participants’ confidence levels about teaching coding increased. They felt better equipped to teach coding, although they did not get any additional training on coding content knowledge.
Case study: training teachers into 21st century coding pedagogy online
Related to a recent training program with participants from Malaysia and Hungary, I prepared a research study about how attending our course would change the participants’ perceptions and attitudes towards their own role as a coding teacher. Sign up to receive full details.
South African kids return to classrooms for learning coding and skills for the changing world
In preparation for the nationwide roll-out plan of coding & robotics announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa and the department of basic education, forward-looking schools are already running coding courses in classrooms.
Case Study: Project-based learning (PBL) online
We taught programming&working-life skills to students in Malaysia using project-based learning approach entirely online. Experiences and results now available via a case study.
Role of game development in education
Is gaming a waste of time? The future of the game industry looks bright. Being a consumer of games can awaken the passion to work in the field some day. Introducing game development in education can motivate children into STEAM subjects. In this article, we look at game development in K-12 education and focus on Unreal Engine 4 (UE4).
Assessment for the Shanghai Youth Coding Competition
Code School Finland was in charge of the assessment for the biggest coding competition in Shanghai, the Shanghai Youth Coding Competition. On stage 1 of the competition, students from grades 1-9 participated in Scratch competition. Scratch is a graphical programming environment which is especially suitable for younger students. Middle and high school students had also […]
