• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Code School Finland

Teach for the Future

  • For schools
  • For teachers
  • Edutravel
    • Future Skills for students
    • Teach coding and robotics in K-12
  • About
    • Showcases
    • Pedagogy
    • Solution
    • Research
    • Team
    • Our story
    • Contact information
  • Blog
    • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • English
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
You are here: Home / Archives for Articles

Articles

Why coding in school?

March 6, 2020, Tarmo Toikkanen

To delve into this question, I will use ask 5 consecutive “why” questions to find the root cause. This is a popular technique in software companies as well.

Filed Under: Articles

Interview with Head of Operations, Tarmo Toikkanen

February 28, 2020, Tarmo Toikkanen

Tarmo Toikkanen

Tarmo Toikkanen is a design researcher of learning as well as a seasoned teacher trainer in Finland, Europe and Asia. Why have you joined Code School Finland? The national curriculum in Finland in 2014 presented a unique way of addressing programming in primary education: a mandatory element of all teaching as part of transversal competences. […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: interview

Code School Finland becomes Google’s Education Partner

September 4, 2019, Kaisu Pallaskallio

4.9.2019 Code School Finland becomes Google’s Education Partner in Finland Google has opened learning space Google Digital Garage in Helsinki at Kluuvikatu 5. Digital Garage is open and free to everyone. The focus is in teaching digital skills to job seekers, students, entrepreneurs, children and families. The newly opened learning space is part of the […]

Filed Under: Articles, News, Updates

Coding in Finnish curriculum

April 2, 2019, Kaisu Pallaskallio

Since its roll-out began in 2016 coding is a mandatory, cross-curricular activity that starts from first year of school for every child in Finland. In the national curriculum for primary education coding is not a subject on its own, but rather it is viewed as a medium for getting things done, a tool for learning and […]

Filed Under: Articles

Our teaching philosophy

October 24, 2018, Code School Finland

The Finnish Code School clubs and training are designed to respond to the needs of each individual participant. Our goal is to enable our students to execute tasks independently and by experimenting. This goal is best achieved through age-appropriate, motivating hands-on projects and exercises that support algorithmic thinking and the use of different devices and […]

Filed Under: Articles

Coding in curriculum

September 14, 2018, Code School Finland

Why and how should coding be part of our curriculum?What’s the best way to support our teachers for coding skills?How to assess learning and how to provide personal learning paths?How to teach coding on different grades?How to inspire student interest? KEYS TO SUCCESS Online materialDigital material is always up to date and available. You will […]

Filed Under: Articles

What is AI about?

August 22, 2018, Code School Finland

The most innovative learning event of the year is getting closer and we at Code School Finland are working day in day out to get everything ready in time. We don’t mind the hard work though, since we are passionate about it. Our workshop focuses on one of the most interesting subjects right now, namely […]

Filed Under: Articles

Are you too old to start a coding hobby?

May 8, 2018, Code School Finland

Is it, as they say, that you cannot teach new tricks to an old dog? Is it really so that there is no point in getting a smartphone for your grandmother, not to mention a computer? This is how we often think. Fortunately the world is changing – as is our opinions and the dogs […]

Filed Under: Articles

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to page 6
  • Go to page 7
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search

BLOG

Photo of art project.

Teacher experiences with creative coding: My students loved it!

June 6, 2022

HELP International School (HIS) campus.

Learning leadership and accountability by solving customer problems

May 25, 2022

Downloadable feature comparison sheet.

Code.org vs Scratch – which is better for your school?

May 6, 2022

Knotion students learning to code with Bobo the Robot.

Preparing students for future work life with Knotion in Mexico

April 25, 2022

More...

Footer

Code School Finland

Helping teachers and schools to teach digital skills for the future. Finnish educational expertise since 2014.

Company

  • Courses
  • For schools
  • Educational travel
  • Blog
  • About

Social

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
Contact

Copyright © 2017–2022 · Code School Finland

  • English
  • Suomi
  • Svenska