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Icts in a School’s Everyday Life – Developing the Educational Use of Icts in Finnish Schools of the Future

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The ICTs in School’s Everyday Life Project is a national project carried out by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Education and the Finnish Board of Education in co-operation with industry and commerce. The project was included in the Finnish government programme and National Information Society Policy of Finland.

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  1. Cicero Learning, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen

  2. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Heikki Kynäslahti

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  2. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Auli Toom

  3. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Arto Kallioniemi

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Vahtivuori-Hänninen, S., Kynäslahti, H. (2016). Icts in a School’s Everyday Life – Developing the Educational Use of Icts in Finnish Schools of the Future. In: Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (eds) Miracle of Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-776-4_16

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