23.04.14
Paivi Pukkila

Study counselling 

The main statment was "Counsellors do not give answers and it is not therapy". Students should not ask everything they sould be able to devise their own individual study plan, identify problems relaiting to their studies. 

There is no counselling from 1 to 6 grades in Finnish schools it starts from 7 grade. Counsellors have high level of autonomy so they can decide themselves what and how to do in counselling. However they sould follow some rulls and plans. 

Counselling can be one of the reasons of success on PISA. 

Tutoring is the one of the way of counselling when second grade (upper secondary school) students can be consalled by counsellor to help first grade students. Sometimes students can counsell each other.
It was very exciting to know what it feels like. We have counselled each other and have been counselled as well by collegs. We was using catalytic style of intervention that mostly was realized by asking open questions and giving right directions for counselled person. 

Assessment of learning and competence

It is important when assessment is based on the curriculum's objectives and descriptions of good perfomance rather than when  assessment is based on comparing students  with each other. However creating competetive environment is also important to move students' progress forward. So teacher sould find balans between two ways of assessment. 

Taitaja2014 in Lahti

It was one of the amazing educational event I have ever seen. before I have attended International seminar "Workbased Learning as a Sustainable Practicein Vocational Education and Training" combined with the Finnish National Skills. I visited Taitaja 2014 in Lahti that is Finland's biggest annual event in vocational education. About four hundred students take part in the competition. Taitaja2014 held at the Lahti Fair Centre and it is organised by Salpaus Further Education.  In the Taitaja national skills competition, young professionals compete in 45 different skill categories like avtomomile technology, printing technology, ventilation technology etc. 

Pedagogical model

eLearning/mLearning and pedagogical model

Jukka Niinimäki

1. Web as distribution tool  and product is at center

2. Web as learning environment and learning process is at center

I have made up Pedagogical model by combining different approches like Flipped class, Problem based learning with mobile tools. 

2.04.14

Some concepts from Jouni Enqvist:

1. Authentic learning is basic idea when students are interested in what they are learning and more motivated to learn new concepts if what they are learning is relevant and they are applicable to their lives outside of school.

2. Scaffolding in education - it refers to a variety of techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and independence in the learning process.

3. Relevance in education -  the term refers to situation when learning is connected to an individual interests or it is connected to real-world problems.
4. ZPD (Zone of proximal development)

New web site:
http://www.freewebarcade5.net/media/the-scale-of-the-universe-2.swf
http://www.webelements.com/
http://www.nclark.net/Biology
http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.hamk.fi:2048/ehost/search/basic?sid=d50aeb6a-119d-4b86-b294-8a7f2884dbfd%40sessionmgr4005&vid=1&hid=4106
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

1.04.14

Jouni Enqvist

21st Centuty skills 

We were talking about  a list of skills well-known as "21st Century Skills" (http://www.imls.gov/about/21st_century_skills_list.aspx) and discussed how much they are appropriate to different subjects. I found out that not every skill is suitable for every subject but in different degree they can be used by teachers and students. 

STEM integration

How to motivate students to learn? If students know why and what they are  learning  they will be more motevated.  Students should be able to transfer their knowledge and skills from one subject to another. So it can be possible by making connections across disciplines. 

LUMA Luonnontiede ja matematikka

Also it was interesting to found out about levels of integration like sequenced, parallel, partial, enhanced and total. 

Some usefull websites were offered by Jouni Enqvist:

 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm - is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/discussions/ - math forum 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - is the award-winning source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

http://www.hippocampus.org/ - is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content--videos, animations, and simulations--on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge.

http://eu.ixl.com/ - IXL is  about helping students learn maths

http://www.learnerstv.com/ - is a comprehensive site providing downloadable Video lectures, Online Tests.