In English; https://padlet.com/matlaakso/footprints In Finnish: http://www.matleenalaakso.fi/2017/04/footprints-across-europe.html

1. Footprints across Europe
Erasmus KA2
Akaa, Finland 4.-5.4.2017
Matleena Laakso
Blog: http://www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-english.html
Twitter: @matleenalaakso
Picture: jobhaug CC0, pixabay.com

2. Tuesday at 9-14
• Getting to know each other
• Education System in Finland
– Todaysmeet and Padlet
• ICT in education
– Best tools for learning
– Kahoot and Quizizz
• Expectations for tomorrow

3. Wednesday at 9-13
• Two examples of pupils weekly timetable
• ICT in education
– NMC reports: global and Nordic countries
– Quizlet live and some other apps for learning
– Sharing with open licence
• Getting to know QR codes, virtual and augmented reality
• What did you learn?
What was important for you? (Notegraphy)

4. In addition to these slides
you will find information and
several links from Padlet:
padlet.com/matlaakso/footprints

5. Ateneum – Finnish National Gallery
Picture: Htm CC BY-SA, commons.wikimedia.org

6. Easy-to-use chat: todaysmeet.com
This chat is available for one month: todaysmeet.com/footprints

7. padlet.com/matlaakso/footprints
• ”Digital flipchart”, good tool for both individuals and groups
• Sign in padlet.com and create a Padlet  Share link to
others, they do not need to sign in.
• You can add text, pictures, links,..
• Pc and mobile app (iOS, Android)
Add notes and usefullinks and write yourcomments!

8. Education
System in
Finland
Picture: Finnish National
Agency for Educations:
www.oph.fi/english/education_system_education_policy

9. Some key factors of Finnish education
This slide is copy from Sanna Ruhalahti’s presentation: https://
www.slideshare.net/SannaRuhalahti/finnish-education-presentation-cavan-institute/7
• All have equal access to high-quality education
• Its free and publicly funded
• Rights to educational support
• Lifelong learning - no dead ends
• Educational autonomy and local authorities
• Quality assurance based on steering, no controlling
• Highly educated teaching personnel
• Good and well supported education & training

10. What is so special about
Finnish education?
Finnish National Board of Education 2016: http://
www.oph.fi/download/180148_Compulsory_education_in_Finland.pdf
• Teaching is a very popular profession
• No inspections
• No national exams
• No teacher evaluation
• Teachers feel valued by society
• Short school days
• The amount of homework is low
• Number of lessons in art, music and physical education have
been increased

11. School timetable (3rd class, 9 y)
This is a weekly timetable for the whole year. This pupil is learning German and
will have English next year. Most pupils have just one foreign language at this
age. Swedish starts at 6th class.
Finnish
Math
PE
Finnish
Math
Finnish
Environment and
natural sciences
History
Finnish
Math
Math
Environment and
natural sciences
Art
Art
Religion/ethics
PE
PE
German
Music
German
German
Textile and
technical work
Textile and
technical work
Finnish
Kuva: Iina 7 v, CC BY-SA

12. School timetable (9th class, 15 y)
This is a weekly timetable for the whole year. Lessons take 45 minutes. During
8-9th classes pupils have three optional subjects. At 9th class history is
replaced with social sciences and for example music and art are now optional.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
German Social studies German
Math Finnish Swedish Social studies Social studies
Mother tongue
and literature
Mother tongue
and literature
Pupil
counselling
Biology/
Geography
Biology/
Geography
Germany Religion Computer
science
Swedish English
Biology/
Geography
Math Computer
science
Physics/
Chemistry
English
PE Home
economics
Math Physics/
Chemistry
PE Home
economics
Math

13. The Matriculation Examination
www.ylioppilastutkinto.fi/images/sivuston_tiedostot/Ylioppilastutkinto/ytl_presentation_english_update.pdf
First arranged in Finland in 1852
•2000s: 35 000 (about half of the age group)
•Arranged biannually (spring/autumn), in all Finnish upper secondary
schools at the same time.
The examination consists of at least four compulsory tests
•Candidate’s mother tongue (Finnish, Swedish, Sami)
•Three other compulsory tests from the following group:
– second national language
– a foreign language
– mathematics
– one test in the general studies battery of tests(sciences and humanities)
•Additional (optional) test(s) may be included in the examination

14. The Matriculation Examination
www.ylioppilastutkinto.fi/images/sivuston_tiedostot/Ylioppilastutkinto/ytl_presentation_english_update.pdf
The purpose is to discover:
•whether the students have assimilated the skills required in the
curriculum for the upper secondary school and
•whether they have reached the adequate level of maturity.
Passing the Matriculation Examination entitles
the candidate to continue his or her studies
at university.
•Admission to Finnish universities is also
possible without passing the Matriculation
Examination. These candidates are eligible
to apply in a separate quota.

15. Digitalization of tests
has changed the pedagogy
Digitalization project (2016-2019)
•From paper format to electronic exam
•Digitalization of the whole process
Picture: Matleena Laakso, CC BY

16. Continuing teacher education
is encouraged
See for example: http://
www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/27467_Finnish_edu
• At most levels of education teachers are required to participate in in-
service training every year. Teachers participate actively.
• It is offered by different providers who can apply for funding.
– Public funding can be applied from the Ministry of Education and
Culture, the Finnish National Board of Education, EU funded projects,
education provider etc.
• Wide variety of free trainings for teachers
• Also compulsory trainings
• Training and other development work often
done in projects
• Online-learning and webinars have increased
• Shorter trainings as for example 10 years ago

17. My year 2016
http://www.matleenalaakso.fi/2017/01/tyovuosi-2016.html
• Webinars 45 (previous years 24 – 8 – 5 – 5)
• Face-to-face training 43
• The most famous blogpost related to Pokémon GO
• 10th Pepi-training (3 days + webinars)
• Article: Why share with open licence?
• Guide: How to activate university lectures?
• How and where I learn?
– Facebook groups
– Other social media tools
– Blogs and books
– Conferences: ITK and
BETT Show,..
My year 2014: The cities where I worked & AC

18. Micro-revolutions in the open
networks of teachers in Finland
Rongas, Konkarikoski & Honkonen-Ratinen (2014):
https://
www.academia.edu/7495473/Micro-revolutions_in_the_open_networks_of_teachers_in_Finland
• Small linguistic region and uniform way of working
• Several teacher-networks, founded on voluntary activity

19. More information
• Finnish education in a nuttshell
– http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure
• Finnish national agency for education
– http://www.oph.fi/english/education_system
• Facebook group: Finnish primary
education and schools (Ask us anything)
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/1783038135348137/?fref=ts

20. Top tools for teaching and learning
https://answergarden.ch/459614
•Write the name of each tools as
an individual message
•If your answer is already written by
someone else, just click it and submit
•Refresh to view all answers

21. Top tools for teaching and learning

22. answergarden.ch
Create a new AnswerGarden just by writing your theme or question
and then clicking Create. All other options are voluntary.
No signing in.
Create

23. 1. YouTube
2. Google Search
3. Twitter
4. PowerPoint
5. Google Docs/Drive
6. Facebook
7. Skype
8. LinkedIn
9. WordPress
10. Dropbox
Top Tools for Learning 2016
Jane Hart: c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools
TOOL: “any software or online tool or service that can be used for your own personal learning or for teaching or training”
11. Wikipedia
12. Yammer
13. WhatApp
14. Prezi
15. Kahoot
16. Word
17. Evernote
18. Slideshare
19. OneNote
20. Slack

24. My best social media tools
Kuva: Anne Rongas CC BY
1. Facebook
2. Blogger and other
blogs
3. SlideShare
4. PowerPoint
5. Twitter
6. Adobe Connect
7. Google Search
8. Padlet
9. AnswerGarden
10.QR codes
Matleena Laakso:
bit.ly/parhaat16

25. Finns in social media
Harto Pönkä: https://harto.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/suomalaiset-sosiaalisessa-mediassa-q12017

26. Social media tools mostly used
in Finland by 13-29 years
Suomessa asuvien 13-29 -vuotiaiden nuorten sosiaalisen median palveluiden käyttäminen ja läsnäolo (2016)
made by ebrand Suomi Ltd & City of Oulu (CC BY-NC-ND): www.ebrand.fi/somejanuoret2016
1. WhatsApp 88 %
2. YouTube 85 %
3. Facebook 81 %
4. Instagram 72 %
5. Spotify 66 %
6. Snapchat 60 %
7. Facebook Messenger 56 %
8. Skype 35 %
9. Twitter 25 %
10. Steam 19 %

27. One address for one course

28. New Media Consortium
• Horizon-reports (schools, universities,
libraries and museums,.. also regional reports)
– https://www.nmc.org/publication/
• Twitter: @nmcorg
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/NewMediaConsortium
• YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NewMediaConsortium
Cover photo of NMC Outlook: BigStock Photograph

29. Key Trends
Accelerating Technology Adoption
NMC/CoSN Horizon Report, 2016 K-12 Edition
cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf
• Coding as a Literacy
• Students as Creators
• Collaborative Learning
• Deeper Learning Approaches
• Rethinking How Schools
Work
• Redesigning Learning
Spaces
5 yr.-
3-5 yr.
1-2 yr.

30. Significant Challenges
Impeding Technology Adoption
NMC/CoSN Horizon Report, 2016 K-12 Edition
cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf
• Authentic Learning
Experiences
• Rethinking the Roles of
Teachers
• Advancing Digital Equity
• Scaling Teaching Innovations
• Achievement Gap
• Personalizing Learning
Solvable
Difficult
Wicked

31. Important Developments
in Educational Technology
NMC/CoSN Horizon Report, 2016 K-12 Edition
cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf
• Makerspaces
• Online Learning
• Robotics
• Virtual Reality
• Artificial Intelligence
• Wearable Technology
1-2 yr.
2-3 yr.
4-5 yr.

32. 2017 NMC Technology Outlook,
Nordic Schools
Significant developments in
technologies supporting teaching,
learning, and creative inquiry in
primary and secondary education
across Denmark, Finland,
Norway, and Sweden
http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-
technology-outlook-nordic-schools-
EN.pdf

33. Key trends cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-technology-outlook-nordic-schools-EN.pdf

34. Significant challenges: cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-technology-outlook-nordic-schools-EN.pdf

35. Important Developments: cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-technology-outlook-nordic-schools-EN.pdf

36. Esityksessä UShumor.com luvalla
ushumor.net/funny-comics-in-2013/funny-comics-in-2013

37. kahoot.it

38. kahoot.it
An easy tool for tests
•Only teacher needs to sign in (getkahoot.com)
•You or your students can easely create your own quizzes
(private/public)
•There are millions of public quizzes you can use as they are or
dublicate and edit them
NOTICE
•There can be several right answers
but you can choose just one of them
•Your get more points if you give the
right answer quicker than others

39. What is new in Kahoot?
• Blind Kahoot
• Ghoast mode
• Team Mode
• Enable 2 Step Join
• Kahoot Jumble

40. Create your own Kahoot
Sign in and create your own Kahoot or
dublicate a Kahoot from Public Kahoots.

41. quizizz.com

42. Create your own Quiz
• Sign in  Create
• Play live or homework

43. pixabay.com/en
All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under
Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them
royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications.

44. quizlet.com

45. Quizlet is good both for
practising and testing vocabulary
• Seven types of tasks/tests and games
• Pc and mobile (iOS, Android)
• Quizlet Live (12+ terms)

46. Creating a new Quizlet
Sign in  Create  Set title  Write the words (pairs) and choose
language. It can also be mathematics or chemistry. 
Choose who can edit and view quizizz.  Create
You can also use
pictures (Flickr, CC)

47. Random name pickers
• www.classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine
• www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/index.php

48. Timers
www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers

49. Make your own animations
• www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/index.html
• Works only on PC, not on mobile device

50. Social media is about sharing
Sharing is an important part of the culture
Kuva: Scott Maxwell, CC BY-SA

51. NMC Technology Outlook – Nordic Schools
www.nmc.org/publication/2015-nmc-technology-outlook-scandinavian-schools/ (CC BY)
http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-technology-outlook-nordic-schools-EN.pdf (CC BY)

52. #openeducationwk #jaajotain
Open Education is about free and
open sharing. Free, meaning no
cost, and open, which refers to the
use of open licenses that allow
everyone to reuse and modify
educational resources.
Open Education Week is
celebrated as Jaa jotain -päivä in
Finland.
•In English:
www.openeducationweek.org
•In Finnish: jaajotain.wordpress.com

54. • International and non-commercial
Creative Commons licenses are the
standard for sharing free content online.
• The most used license in the world
– The Finnish National Board of Education
recommends each teacher to use them.
• creativecommons.org
Picture: creativecommons.org/licenses, CCBY

55. This slide is a variation from Tarmo Toikkanen tarmo.fi CC BY-SA –licensed content: Tekijänoikeudet ja Creative Commons datan avaajille:
www.slideshare.net/tarmot/tekijanoikeudet-ja-creative-commons-datan-avaajalle
Creative Commons -terms
By combining these terms you get the licenses on the following slide

56. Unoffical recommentation for
learning materials is CC BY-SA

57. A Shared Culture
• Producer: Michelle Meier, Priscilla Cohen
• Director: Jesse Dylan
• License: CC - Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike
• https://dotsub.com/view/a4f2e36b-6730-466d-92ce-f90697ad86f2 (3:20 min)

58. I used materials
with open licence
during the past
month
I have never used
materials with
open licence
I shared my open
materials in web
during the last
month
Primary and
secondary
13 % 48 % 22 %
Vocational 16 % 43 % 45 %
UAS 31 % 19 % 63 %
Universities 36 % 19 % 48 %
Copyright and education
Kopiosto ry:n tekijänoikeus ja opetus -selvitys (2015)

59. With QR codes you can bring mobile
contect to printed material
QR Code (=Quick Response) is
usually a link to a web page.
It can also open a text or audio
message or contact information.
You can read the QR codes with your
mobile devices
•QR Code Reader (Google Play)
•QRReader (App Store)
Kuva: Matleena Laakso, CC BY

60. Make your own QR codes
• http://goqr.me
• Choose the type of QR code, add the content and create.

61. Map full of information about Finland
The idea is from Petra Larvus
• German lesson: "Helsinki ist die Hauptstadt von Finnland.”
Kuva: Petra Larvus CC BY-SA

62. Augmented reality
“Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or
indirect view of a physical, real-world
environment whose elements
are augmented (or supplemented) by
computer-generated sensory input such as
sound, video, graphics or GPS data.”
(Wikipedia)
Pictures: Matleena Laakso, CC BY

63. quivervision.com
Three Quiver apps (iOS, Android): Quiver, Quiver Education, Quiver
Fashion
Ruudunkaappauskuvia sovelluksesta ja sen verkkosivulta

64. Print the cards: arflashcards.com
AR Flashcards (iOS, Android)

65. Elements 4D (iOS, Android)
Learn chemistry with 36 elements
Print and make the cubes: daqri.com/elements4D-mobile

66. Stars, planets, satellites, airplanes,..
Sky View Free (iOS, Android)
Sky Map Pro
(iOS, Android, Windows)
Flightradar24 (iOS, Android)

67. Anatomy 4D
Anatomy 4D (iOS, Android)
daqri.com/project/anatomy-4d

68. Virtual reality
“Virtual reality (VR) typically refers to computer technologies that use virtual reality
headsets to generate the realistic images, sounds and other sensations that
replicate a real environment or create an imaginary setting.” (Wikipedia)
Picture: Lisa Castaneda & Tom Swanson: Vision Summit 2016, Screencast from Timo Ilomäki´s livereporting

69. What did you learn?
What was important for you today?
notegraphy.com or iOS, Android
•Do not download MOOD Keyboardia!
Write the text
1.Choose the layout and color
2.Share your picture

70. • Learn about CC-licensies: creativecommons.org
• CC BY-SA (terms for these slides):
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
• Link to this presentation:
www.slideshare.net/MatleenaLaakso/footprints-across-
europe
• You can also contact www.matleenalaakso.fi/p/in-
english.html to get more rights.
Licenced under Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
International License (CC BY-SA 4.0)