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Evrim Baran

The Best School in the World, Finnish School exhibition at CerModern, Ankara - 8 views

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    My students from last semester shared with me recently. This exhibition at CerModen gives some demonstrations and information about Finnish schools and the learning and teaching environments created within those schools. Finnish educational system has been quite popular around the world because of the students' success in international PISA scores. Please consider visiting this exhibit. Perhaps we can initiate a conversation here and I think Matti's insights would be valuable.
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    I think visiting the exhibition will be useful to understand Finnish perspective on education and how and why they are successful. Also there is a seminar about this topic, I wish I could attend the seminar but I have to attend my serious games and simulation course.
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    I think that the most important fact in the backround of the succes in Pisa is the equality on education in Finland. Together with expertice of Finnish teachers and effective teacher education they have grounded the PISA succes. If you have interest to familiarize you to the Finnish core curriculum, you 'll find the english version of the document here: http://www.oph.fi/english/sources_of_information/core_curricula_and_qualification_requirements/basic_education We have started the process to renew our curricula: some information about this: http://www.oph.fi/english/102/0/ops2016_renewal_of_the_core_curriculum_for_pre-primary_and_basic_education
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    I think Finnish education system, which ranks in top 5 in PISA 2009, deserves to be examined in more detail. In that sense, Matti, would you mind if I asked you a couple of questions about Finish Educational System? :) As far as I understood, the core curriculum in Finland is determined by the government (please correct if I am wrong). Are there any institutions or schools that design their own curricula, or do all educational institutions have to follow the core curriculum developed by the government? In addition, who are responsible for the books that are used in schools? Are they also provided by the government or does the government buy them from private companies? And lastly, what about technology? How technology is used in Finnish schools? Who provides resources? Do teachers go through any educational process for technology integration in classrooms? If it is more convenient to answer, I would be glad if you provided me links or resources that I can find answers, thank you in advance, PISA 2009 Scores: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/46643496.pdf
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    I "ll willingly answer your questions: "The national core curriculum is determined by the Finnish National Board of Education. It includes the objectives and core contents of different subjects, as well as the principles of pupil assessment, special-needs education, pupil welfare and educational guidance. The principles of a good learning environment, working approaches as well as the concept of learning are also addressed in the core curriculum. The present national core curriculum for basic education was confirmed in January 2004 and it was introduced in schools in August 2006. The education providers, usually the local education authorities and the schools themselves draw up their own curricula for pre-primary and basic education within the framework of the national core curriculum. These curricula may be prepared for individual municipalities or institutions or include both sections." That means, that every municipalities and public schools, as well as private schools have to make their own curricula. In these curricula they can more detailed to determine´the aims and contents of their own. Local characteristics and emphasis are so possible, but any contradictions with the national core curriculum are possible. Still, the level of the national core curriculum is partly quite common, and the requirements can be fullfilled in many alternative ways. You'll find this information in briefly in: http://www.oph.fi/english/sources_of_information/core_curricula_and_qualification_requirements The books used in our schools are published by the private companies, for example WSOY, OTAVA and SANOMA PRO. http://www.wsoy.fi/etusivu http://www.otava.fi/oppimateriaalit/ http://ratkaisut.sanomapro.fi/web/guest/briefly-in-english For example, SANOMA PRO "offers one of the largest Virtual Learning Environments for K-12 learning to schools and students. This service is called OPIT, and it was launched in 2002. At the moment there are over 170.000 active users. The success of
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    Thank you for those valuable information. In Turkey, our curricula and books have been being revised by Turkish Ministry of Education in line with constructivist perpectives. Additionally, the government has decided to produce "enriched books" which are electronic versions of traditional books including multimedia materials to introduce educational technology to the new education system. Still, who will produce the books are under discussion. That's why I decided to examine different education systems in the world to have an idea about successful decisions and implementations. As far as I understand, books are prepared by private companies in Finland. I will check the links that you provided about book companies for having more detailed insight. Still, would you please tell me what happens if the curricula prepared by local authorities contradict the principles and objectives of national core curriculum? Do local authorities still have right to implement them?
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    I think the situation you presented is not possible becouse of the process of planning and executing the local curriculum. The teachers, school principals and local authorities in Finland are very engaged in the national core curriculum. Further, there exists space for adjustments, emphases and interpretation inside the national guidelines.
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    Ok thanks, it is not surprising to rank in 5 if you arrange your system according to the needs of your students and provide high quality teachers.
Tuğba BAHÇEKAPILI

Relationship between TPACK and Technology Integration in education - 17 views

Thanks for your comment Evrim. I try to give an example. Technological content knowledge: The teacher has knowledge about electronics and programming. He expects the students to learn this knowledg...

Tuğba Altan

Rationale for Integrating Technology into Teacher Education-Today Second Facilitating Q... - 18 views

I think that the treshold to use educational technology also in their inservice lives is lower, if they have used it in preservice education. I have introduced my students for example some interac...

technology inteagration teaching education

Evrim Baran

Matti Pirttimaa | LinkedIn - 7 views

shared by Evrim Baran on 04 Mar 13 - No Cached
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    Hello Everybody. I invited Matti Pirttimaa to our group. He is a university teacher at the University of Turku, Finland and he is very interested in our coursework. Please welcome Matti to our Diigo group. 
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    Thanks a lot Evrim for inviting me to your group. I also use social media (facebook) in education, but I think that I have much to learn about your group =),
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    Wecome Mr. Pirttimaa, we would be very happy for sharing information mutually. I feel that we have lots of things to learn from each other. By the way thanks to this platform that makes us worldwide students:)
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    Yes, thank you, I think so too... I 'll try to take part the conversation. I'm just Matti for everyone in this group =)
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    Welcome, Matti!!!... I'm pleased to see you who is expert and is out of our class, and I believe that you will support our learning on this issue, because some of us are novice.
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    Hi Matti! Welcome to our group. I hope we will learn much from you and other group members during the discussions.
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    Welcome Matti! I look forward to your posts! :)
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    I like this group very much. I think that I have learned about the possibilities of the use of technology in education more that never before just by belonging to this group. I understand that my way to productively utilizing the possibilities in my work as a teacher is long, but I think that the threshold to use them is much shallower now. I'm working as a craft and technology teacher, so I see the traditional practice and "learning by doing" method very useful in many cases. Still, educational technology has a role for example on counseling in-service trainees and on training, teaching and learning theoretical contents. What do you think about the result of this survey? Have someone of you used these LMS systems? http://www.teachthought.com/trends/elearning/the-20-most-popular-learning-management-systems/
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    Matti, thanks for sharing the infographic. I am currently using the first two LMSs in my courses: Moodle and Edmodo. So, means I am on the right track :) I did not hear about many others in the list, but from not on I'd be more inclined to use an LMS that integrates some sort of social tools. I hear many LMSs started integrating those tools into their systems. Here, I am sharing the presentation that I did at ECER last year. I was basicly critiquing current traditional LMS use in education. Main argument is that "they limit teacher's creativity": http://www.slideshare.net/evrimb/ecer-presentation
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    In our University we use Moodle2. Last autumn we started to use Moodle2, it is a little more advanced version, but don't have possibilities for social media. I think also that as a disadvantage. Evrim, I would to ask you, which is the main subject of the students in this group? Are they subject teacher students? How about this your course and your role here, is that an independent course just for learning technology in education? Or are you studying some other subject, but you use this group and social media tools for learning the subject content? Whatever, I think these things are very usefull for the students despite of the disciplines.
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    Matti, this is "Research and Practice on Technology in Teacher Education" graduate course. Students are from the masters and PhD programs such as computer education, science education, curriculum and instruction, math education, and physical education. Throughout the semester, we will be investigating recent practices on how technology is integrated into teacher education programs as well as the TPACK framework. We are using these tools to extend our class interaction beyond what happens in a limited 3 hour face to face meetings. Besides, students are using this further after the class ends.
Tuğba BAHÇEKAPILI

Technology in teacher education - 4 views

technology education integration

started by Tuğba BAHÇEKAPILI on 05 Mar 13 no follow-up yet
Evrim Baran

I Education Apps Review - I Education Apps Review - 2 views

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    Here you can find the reviews on educational apps in different disciplines. Really a useful site that is formed by educators around the world.
Matti Pirttimaa

Crafts, technology and design: That's what we are doing - 12 views

The students graduated from us will be employed in the Finnish comprehensive schools as the craft teachers. If they have made the minor subject studies that lead to a qualification as a class teach...

Tuğba Altan

TEPE 2013 | Teacher Education Policy in Europe Conference, 16-18 May 2013, Helsinki, Fi... - 2 views

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    It's a conference about teacher education policy and conference focuses on Learning Spaces with Technology in Teaching and Teacher Education this year.
Mine Önal

These 10 trends are shaping the future of education | Education Dive - 0 views

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    10 trends shaping the future of education from EducationDIVE
Burcu Çetin

The Top 18 Educational Social Networking Websites for Teachers ~ Educational Technology... - 2 views

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    A short yet well curated list of most commonly used educational social networking sites.
Halil Han AKTAŞ

The State of Digital Education Infographic - 6 views

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    This infographic is to show some dynamics that make a shift to technology in education necessary. Examples given in it present the alterative power the internet has. And, the personalized learning is one of the most important advantages of technology use as an alternative to "one-size-fits-all" models as discussed in readings, which is emphasized in this infographic too.
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    I have a question :) Online tools for enhancing the learning or is it an alternative for the schools?
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    I guess, depending on the case, the answer is both. As presented in the infographic, there are situations -for example where people can not reach schools as a result of various reasons- that make online tools a good alternative for the schools. I believe that "alternative" is a keyword for this discussion and presenting people different choices is a good approach for me. There are ideas emphasizing that "technology will not replace teachers but teachers who do not use technology will be replaced" which can be agreed upon; yet, there are others too. For example, can we ignore the ideas of progressivists if they aim to use technology to create the ideal conditions that can not be realized in institutionalized schools for the education they think the most proper?
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    Of course, we cannot ignore "use of technology" to create ideal conditions for today's education settings. Then, it can be said use effectively and benefited from it or them.
sibeldogan

Open Educational Resources - Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education - 1 views

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    This article is about opportunities and challenges of open educational resources for higher education. Moreover, some open educational resources examples such as MIT Open Course Ware (http://ocw.mit.edu) are given.
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    It's quite useful for us to see the pros and cons of OERs in higher education in the very well written paper. Thanks Sibel!
ahsen ozturk

6 Emerging Education Technologies Infographic - e-Learning Infographics - 0 views

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    The 2013 Horizon Report identified and outlined 6 new emerging education technologies that are expected to be integrated into the classroom. From the 6 Emerging Education Technologies, some of them will be discussed in EDS 536. But I especially like 3D printing and its abilities. İt is actually used in Higher education in design departments now but seeing it to be used in K12 environment will be interesting.
sonaycaner

Envisioning the future of education technology - 3 views

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    This infographic foresee the future of education technology. It was prepared on 2012. It states that today technology is fixed and centralized either in a computer lab or within the classroom. The technology use in education take place in three environments. In classrooms education is teacher-centered. Regarding studios, they give the opportunity of peer to peer interaction in which teachers are facilitators. And virtual environments facilitate learning regardless of physical space
Serap Sarıkaya

Pre-service Physical Education Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, T... - 3 views

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    In Turkey, there are limited studies in physical education and sport field related to TPACK. Shared article can be given as a good example that aimed to identify the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) and Instructional Technology Outcome Expectations (ITOE) of pre-service physical education teachers. Findings revealed that while TPACK, TISE and ITOE perceptions of pre-service physical education teachers were at satisfactory levels, university instructors were not good role models in the use of technology in their classrooms. Pre-service teachers reported that integration of physical education and sport-related emerging technologies were almost non-existent in the teaching practices within the university setting.
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    Unfortunately this is a common problem for every institute and department. Instructors are not enthusiastic and creative use of technology in classroom. In my undergraduate study in CEIT ! , we processed many courses with only PowerPoint presentations :) we learnt many technology but the integration of technology in teacher training is unfortunately insufficient.
Serap Sarıkaya

Flipped Physical Education Helps Students and Families Get Fit and Have Fun - 0 views

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    "Teachers in many subjects, including math, science and foreign languages, are all using technology to switch up the way students learn. However, one area that hasn't recently been in the spotlight is physical education (PE), where it's assumed students just run around playing soccer or basketball." If you wonder about flipped learning in physical education, this sharing is for you ;)
Evrim Baran

Neil Postman on what is lacking in schools. - YouTube - 1 views

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    Neil Postman is an important critical theorist in the field of education. We will have frequent references to his work during the semester. Here and in many other Youtube videos he is sharing his insights on the purpose of education.
Hatice Çilsalar

Home - Google in Education - 0 views

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    Google has a page related to education. Google will soon expand its education offering to include Nexus tablets and Google Play for Education. Developers can visit the edu developers' microsite to learn more. Schools who want to stay informed should complete the web form on this page. Learn more
Murat Kol

EDU - YouTube - 3 views

shared by Murat Kol on 25 Feb 13 - Cached
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    A new site (at least for me :)) dedicated for education from YouTube. Many useful videos for various levels of education
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