07
Dec 14

Finland says goodbye to the pen ...

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photo credit: thms.nl via photopin cc

Do not panic! Although the title of the post is that, It is not exactly true.

For the last couple of weeks we do not talk about something else: Finland, the country benchmark in education worldwide, cease to teach calligraphy to teach typing.

In recent days many parents and professional colleagues who have contacted me to comment me the news.

I usually like to contrast the information reaching me, and so I have started to work to see how that that Finland stop teaching handwriting is ...

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02
Nov 14

Schools of the future. Kirkkojärvi School.

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photo credit: nicholasjon via photopin cc

In July I wrote first in a series of post, I want to go in analyzing which are considered the 11 best schools in the world, not only for its features pedagogically, but also, for how to integrate new technologies into their system and how they use natural means to create sustainable environments.

The school of which I spoke in the post July was Ritaharju School, a school whose main feature is the use of new technologies in education. But not all Finnish schools emphasize this aspect. There are many other special features that make the 11 best schools in the world.

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13
Jul 14

Schools of the future. Ritaharju School.

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photo credit: tomkellyphoto via photopin cc

A few days ago I read the article of Camila Alicia Ortega Hermina in Marketing on Young 11 most innovative schools in the world, and he has made me reflect.

Of the 11 this author suggests schools, none is in Spain, Should not we worry? Undoubtedly be the most innovative college that does not mean being the best academic results have, or the best prepared students out, but to be honest, it is quite related.

For my part, I wanted to analyze the characteristics that make these colleges excel over others.

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