Coffee Time with Technology

Episode 6 - Shadow a Student Challenge

Welcome to 6th Episode of Coffee Time with Technology, this time with a review of yet another of the awesome hundrED innovations i.e Shadow a Student chosen from the hundrED 2019 list. The innovation basically focuses on what we can learn from the daily life of a student in school. It's like looking at school from the eyes of a student. Walking in your students shoes for a day, going through what they go through,an opportunity for school leaders to get a deeper insight of whats going on in school.

Episode 5 - Technology Education Class

Welcome to the 5th Episode of Coffee Time with Technology, this time with review of yet another of the awesome hundrED innovations i.e Technology Education Class which I have chosen from the Finland 100 list. This was developed in Oulu, Rajakyla School in Finland in 2012. In this class students learn about everyday technology by doing things themselves, experimenting with project learning, creating crafts etc by connecting pedagogy and curriculum meaningfully.

Episode 4 - Run Jump and Learn

Welcome to the 4th Episode of Coffee Time With Technology, this time with the review of yet another of the awesome innovations i.e Run Jump and Learn, a way to increase motivation through exercise and activities. Sari Kontra who is the innovator of this innovation says that motivation is the backbone of learning. She shares different methods to maximize learning and increase motivation through activities. I have chosen this innovation from the 100 innovations from Finland 2016 - 2017 list.

Episode 3 - Education Cities

Welcome to the 3rd Episode of Coffee Time with Technology, this time with review of yet another of the awesome hundrED innovations i.e Education Cities chosen from hundrED 2018. A beautiful concept aimed at teaching the art of Collaborations in schools, cities, countries and world wide. It address the question of how to transform one whole city into one big school in order to address the unique interests of both adults and children. The concept was developed by Bat Yam who belongs to Israel.

Episode 2 - The Dragon Box School

Welcome to the second episode of Coffee Time with Technology - Review of yet another of the awesome hundrED innovtations  in education and this time its the "The Dragon Box School" a project by teachers and 1300 students in Finland developed over a 2 year period in 2005. It offers a complete Math curriculum, that engages students through a blend of activities using both traditional and digital resources.

Episode 1 - Student Agents

Welcome to my very new initiative Coffee Time with Technology - a series of 5 -10 minutes podcasts weekly covering the latest innovations in the filed of education and education technology transforming the education world. I will begin by reviewing hundrED innovations in the field of education. The first is Student Agents which is one of the 100 Innovations in Finland 2016 - 2017 which empowers enthusiastic learners to share their ICT expertise with the school community.