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How Finland is fighting fake news in the classroom

How Finland is fighting fake news in the classroom | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Media Literacy Index, compiled by the Open Society Institute in Sofia, has found that Finland is the most resilient to disinformation ..."

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Solu: the Finnish pocket computer that wants to take over the world | Technology | The Guardian

Solu: the Finnish pocket computer that wants to take over the world | Technology | The Guardian | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Three ambitious engineers from Finland are bidding to change personal computing with a new portable computer and operating system ..."

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Finland's latest educational move will produce a generation of entrepreneurs - Singularity Hub

Finland's latest educational move will produce a generation of entrepreneurs - Singularity Hub | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Last Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the iPad, a device heralded for triggering the broad adoption of tablet computers and for further ..."

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rodrick rajive lal's curator insight, April 7, 2015 3:13 AM

I am reminded of Dennis Litky's 'Big Picture' concept in education after reading this article which describes a radical shift from traditional approach that lays stress on the teaching of all or every subject to one which focuses on the 'topical approach'! This shift in focus is bound to have  a far-reaching impact on the very fabric of the society. I am forced to wonder why we are saddling our students with unnecessary bagage by forcing them to learn subjects which don't mean a thing to them. Does the teaching of three different languages at the grade eight or grade nine level in India have any benefit for a student who is going to be an Engineer? Isn't one language enough? Why are you forcing a student to learn Maths when he or she is not interested in Engineering or vectors? Is our priority breadth or depth? The new policy of Education for India will have to address these issues if it is to be effective at all!

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Finland dumps handwriting in favor of typing

Finland dumps handwriting in favor of typing | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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Finland ranked world's most literate nation

Finland ranked world's most literate nation | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Report pooling studies of ‘literate behaviour characteristics’ from around the world puts the Nordic country first, 16 places ahead of the UK ..."

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Highly trained, respected and free: why Finland's teachers are different - The Guardian

Highly trained, respected and free: why Finland's teachers are different - The Guardian | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Extensive training is the basis for giving teachers the autonomy to work the way they want ..."

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Finland scraps cursive handwriting in favour of typing skills

Finland scraps cursive handwriting in favour of typing skills | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Cursive handwriting will be scrapped from the Finnish education curriculum and replaced by lessons in keyboard typing, it has been announced ..."

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Pearson Australia's curator insight, February 12, 2015 8:26 PM

A great example on how technology is changing education. However how does this impact upon childrens' motor development and coordination?

Ezequiel Scott's curator insight, October 3, 2015 1:05 PM

It is a new trend on education?