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Digipäiväkoti Positiivari / Digital kindergarten Positiivari

Date of Publication

2017

Target Group

Lecturers

Domain Area

Teacher Education

Learning Scenario

Autonomous learning
Classroom Context

Target Language

Finnish

Language of Instruction

Finnish

CEFR level

A2

Type of Material

Activity/task
Picture/Graphics
Test

Linguistic Features

Vocabulary
Grammar

Skills

Speaking
Writing
Reading

Description

Digipäiväkoti Positiivari is an online digital kindergarten on visual learning platform ThingLink. The frontpage is a kindergarten timetable with tags on different moments of daycare routine and common spaces of a Finnish kindergarten. The learning material proposes different kind of data and learning activities under picture tags at different times. By clicking on tag the learner will find the facilities of the kindergarten full of events, tasks and information. The material includes professional and language assignments designed for students in Teacher education and Educational Sciences. Profession related contents include materials related to education, such as mental and physical development, nutrition, multiculturalism and physical exercise. The material includes also a professional glossary needed in successful work of the course.
It is possible to proceed in any order through all of the material or just to choose some assignments. The material has linked also the official guidelines of the Finnish Early Childhood Education Plan.

Case study

Digipäiväkoti positiivari is an online kindergarten on visual learning platform Thinglink. The material is designed for teacher training and it suits well for students with intermediate/advanced Finnish language skills in a problem-based learning and it combines professional and language tasks. The material provides glossary of professional terminology. Students can move in the digital space through the different learning tasks and materials available in any order they wish. The spatial organization permits to practice different kinds of communicative actions in different sets situations yet remaining a simple learning resource. The learning resource is interactive and uses a good level of in-built guidance and support for autonomous learning. The material is easily accessed and navigated and it permits the student to undertake the exercise at their own pace. The teaching source helps student to perceive what they learn as part of a whole. A variety of digital applications have been used int the assignments, such as H5P, Kahoot and Pic Collage.

Guidelines

Step 1.
Read through the instructions from Aloita tästä.
Step 2.
Go then to Päivälepo-section and do the Fairytale reading and exercise on comparison of adjectives.

Review

Category
Rate
Comprehensive approach
Capacity to match the needs of lecturers and students

5

Added value
The provided tangible improvements

5

Motivation enhancement
The capacity to motivate students to improve their language skills

5

Innovation
Effectiveness in introducing innovative, creative and previously unknown approaches to LSP learning

5

Transferability
Measurement of the transferable potential and possibility to be a source of further capitalisation/application for other language projects in different countries

3

Skills assessment and validation
Availability of appropriate tools for lecturers to monitor students’ progress and for students to assess own progress and to reflect on learning

4

Adaptability
Flexibility of the contents and possibilities for the LSP lecturers to adapt the contents to their and to students’ need

3

Usability
Assess the technical usability from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Accessibility
Assess the accessibility from the point of view of the lecturer and the student

5

Comments:
Very nice learning material for non-native Finnish speaker students in Teacher education for both classroom activities and autonomous study. Childhood education content and language learning happen at the same time (Content and Language Integrated Learning, CLIL). The materials proposed meet very well the student’s needs to practice professional Finnish in an innovative and immersive way. Students are motivated to enhance the teacher education and profession related terminology and communication skills in virtual kindergarten easily accessible via browser. The variety of the contents offered respond very well to the learner’s need to practice their Finnish language skills in meaningful learning contexts.
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