As you know, the theme of the third Ottiya Magazine is empathy. What does empathy mean to you? Empathy, for me, is about understanding, listening, and teleporting yourself into another… Read More
Ottiya Empathy Issue Contributors: Arlene Tucker
Tag: Finland
Ottiya Play Issue Contributors: Piia Martikainen and Susanna Hietaharju
Piia and Susanna are two educators from Finland and they wrote about “Playful learning in Finnish Classrooms” in the Ottiya Play Issue. Learn more about them below. Evelyn: Please write… Read More
Me + You = Us
Having been brought up to quickly navigate through different languages and cultures in Asia, North America, and Europe, I found Finland quite the challenging place. Not only is the language… Read More
Empathy – Our Tool to Make Technology humane
In 2014, programming had just become part of the national curriculum of elementary schools in Finland. There was a big discussion about the aims and implications of programming education: is… Read More
Playful Learning in Finnish Classrooms
Piia Martikainen: My motivation for using games and gamification in the classroom is to make learning engaging to those who might not otherwise be interested in learning. Today’s students are… Read More