The most impressive item today was a film made by students of Tampere in cooperation with an English College. It was funny, serious, professional and relevant. It was about an electrician that was looking for an another job. He had worked in prison and was specialised in maintenance of the electric chair. The lady of the employment office was shocked:”Oh that kind of electricity!”
We also visited the Pro-academy in Finnlayson Area, a terrain with old factories that were transformed to schools. Here a student told us in perfect English how they 'learn by doing'. All hard working students, that went through a strong selection, worked in a kind of mini-enterprises and projects in order of companies. They set their own targets for earning money and credits.
At TAMK a student told of us how she had taken the initiative to establish a gamelab (SCORE).A club for and by students.The school had a room and four pc’s available, and soon it became a room with a sofa, comfortable chairs and a coffee maker. The club consists of gamers and game developers. The teachers are not involved in the club and was also not necessary. It was a Win - Win situation, the teachers learned from the students and at the other hand the students learned from the teachers. Most of the students follow the developments, market and trend of games closely and are better informed than the teachers.
At the end of the day we got a tour of the school. Check the photo’s below.
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