Reclaimed – “The Nokia Formula”
A picture of the classroom we were in today will be coming soon. A neat concept, it has two SmartBoards and a television using an xbox connect. Today is our last day for awhile with Kirsti Lonka from University of Helsinki. This had been a week full of learning, both content and soft skills. Her…
Reclaimed – Site Visits and Mölkky
Well if I continue to write short books as posts I’ll never keep up so please forgive the next few for being shorter. We started the day with site visits. We met in Ihana Kahvila, which is the best coffee shop I have been in in Helsinki. Main floor is a University shop and down…
Reclaimed – Class is in session?
I put the question mark there because there are some unique aspects to the space and proceedings in class. As I mentioned before I am at the Helsinki Summer School and engaging in a course titled: Designing Teacher Education for the Future; what can we learn from the Finnish experience? Before attending this class I…
Reclaimed – Opening Day
Today I picked up a walking tour book from the information desk and toured the oldest part of the city. Beginning at Senate square I was taken through approximately 56 destinations from the “Dome Church” (Helsingin tuomiokirkko) past the senate building, through Katajanokka (a small island by the harbour) and back into the city…