AI in Education – 10 Questions about AI material is an introduction to AI aimed at the teacher and his group. The material can be utilized in both early childhood education and basic education groups. The material has been built as part of the development projects of early childhood education and basic education funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education, within the Innokas network. The link to the digital material can be found here: AI in Education ThingLink
In addition to the digital version, the material is also available as a poster. The poster is distributed as a printed version at trade fair events such as ITK days and Educa fairs. You can also print the poster here yourself (please note that downloading the poster may take some time due to the large size of the file). Digital material and the poster can be used in parallel, for example, so that the questions that have been answered with the materials of the digital version are marked on the printed poster as the journey progresses.
How do I use the AI in Education – 10 Questions about AI material?
The material explores intriguing and even tricky questions related to AI. Under each question , you will find sub-questions, as well as an info box , a warm-up task, and exercises of different levels. We recommend that the teacher familiarize themselves with the digital learning material in advance and plan the use of the material suitable for their group. Please note that the contents are intended to be reviewed together under the guidance of a teacher.
Example of using the material
The material can be introduced, for example, in morning assembly. Choose the first question that you will start pondering together, for example, “What is AI?” Look at the sub-questions behind the Question Mark icon. First, ponder related to these questions, what you have already heard about the topic. After the discussion, watch the info video and read the info texts together. After this, do a joint discussion task or choose by drawing lots, which of the exercise tasks will be done in connection with the next morning assembly.
With the help of the Programming in Education teaching material, you can teach your group computational thinking and programming systematically, step by step. The path has been built in accordance with the Finnish national core curriculum for basic education and based on long-term development work carried out in the Innokas network. The material can be used in early childhood, basic, and secondary education. A link to the digital material can be found here: Programming in Education -ThingLink. The digital material has been produced as part of the EU’s Code Week -project funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
In addition to digital material, the material also includes a poster. The poster will be distributed at trade fairs such as the ITK conference and the Educa fair. You can also print the poster yourself from this link: Programming in Education poster. The digital material and poster can be used in parallel, for example, by marking the progress along the path on the printed poster as you go.
How do I use the Programming in Education material?
The material takes you through the path of programming in three parts: 1) Computerless programming, 2) First programs, and 3) Programming languages. Each section covers several themes. You can learn about each theme through info sheets , videos , and different tasks . It’s a good idea to go through the path in order, but if your students are already familiar with a theme, you can skip it. We recommend that teachers familiarize themselves with the digital learning materials in advance and plan how to use the materials in a way that suits their group.
Innokas Network develops Innovation Education methods that support the learning of 21st Century Skills. The Innovation Process in Basic Education Poster outlines our thinking. Download the poster and print it for your learning space wall! Or, pick up your printed poster at our stand in events like Educa and ITK-days!
In the second part of the Basics of Programming video series you get to know the tools, software and hardware used in learning and teaching programming and robotics. The video provides a good introduction to programming and robotics kit for students, teachers and parents.
Before watching this video its a good idea to watch the first video in the series, What is Programming?
The Innokas network has collaborated with Chinese schools for several years. The collaboration has been part of the Global Innokas Project, funded by OPH. The teachers participating in the collaboration, Raini Sipilä (SYK, Helsinki) and Jaana Hekkanen, Minna Kangas, and Petri Korpi (Metsokangas School, Oulu), have worked on the material related to the collaboration with China. You can use the material to learn about Chinese schools, collaborative opportunities with Chinese schools, and the experiences of teachers on collaboration.
1. Basic information package: You can get an overview of Chinese schools and cooperative experiences with schools with the basic information package.
2. 2016 collaborative projects: Videos of the collaborative projects from spring 2016 compiles together the projects planned and implemented by Finnish and Chinese teachers in collaboration. In the beginning of spring 2016, Finnish teachers began working with a team of two instructors, with whom they designed a joint project. Both teachers implemented the project with their own students during the spring 2016. In June 2016, the Finnish teachers traveled to China for a conference, where they met the pair of Chinese team members. The Finland-China pairs of teachers took part of the project to Chinese students as part of the conference program.
3. 2016 GEC Conference: This video from the Global Educational Community (GEC) conference in Summer 2016 walks you through the event co-organized by Finnish and Chinese organizers. Projects designed and implemented by pairs of Finnish and Chinese teachers formed a key part of the conference program.
4. The Chinese School in Childrens Eyes: In this video Chinese students describe their school day and their favorite subjects.
5. Visiting Chinese Schools: These videos bring you to a visit to Chinese schools – and see the school buildings and learning environments in the new and old campus of the Zhongguancun NO.3 Primary School in Beijing.
6. Teachers’ Experiences on Collaboration: In this video, Jaana Hekkanen and Minna Kangas describe their experiences on Innokas Network China Collaboration.
This material gets you started with the Lego EV3 hardware and programming. We’ll start with the parts of a robot and continue through launching the program and creating simple commands. The exercises in the material get harder gradually, with a few open tasks presented at the end.
The material follows the exercise structure in the Innokas Network “Are you interested in coding and robotics?” training.
Innokas Network develops new ways to implement Innovation Education principles to support the learning of 21st century skills.
In this four-part video series, Professor Jari Lavonen from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Helsinki introduces the link between 21st century skills and Innovation Education, the scientific background of these concepts and their practical applications.
Innokas Network develops new ways to implement Innovation Education principles for the learning of 21st century skills. Below you will find three examples of actual Innovation Education projects implemented in Finnish schools. The three schools took part in the Fall 2017 Innokas challenge titled “Robots Build in the Future” and implemented these Innovation Education projects in their school as part of their challenge submission. You can read more about the Fall 2017 Innokas challenge here.
Project descriptions and videos
Huovila School: AT-helper. Watch the video and read the project description here.
Kalevala School: Rapi the Robot. Watch the video and read the project description here.
, you will find sub-questions, as well as an info box 
, a warm-up task, and exercises of different levels. We recommend that the teacher familiarize themselves with the digital learning material in advance and plan the use of the material suitable for their group. Please note that the contents are intended to be reviewed together under the guidance of a teacher.
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