LessonApp is now available in Turkish! We marked this milestone in Istanbul by meeting local teachers, introducing LessonApp at two schools and joining educators at FinFest 2026.
The visits offered an opportunity to connect around a familiar question for teachers everywhere: how can lesson planning help us create learning experiences in which students actively participate?
Connecting with teachers at two Istanbul schools
Before the FinFest weekend, Mari Pirkkala, Director of Global Sales and Partnerships at LessonApp, visited MBA Okulları Ataşehir together with our partner Aytuna Yamaç from Net Academy. On Thursday, they talked with teachers about lesson planning and demonstrated how LessonApp helps them find practical ways to involve students in learning.
LessonApp combines a clear pedagogical lesson structure with more than 150 activating teaching methods. It supports teachers in choosing activities that serve their learning objectives and planning how students will participate throughout a lesson.
Friday brought a special milestone: the release of the Turkish version of LessonApp. That same day, Mari and Johanna Järvinen-Taubert, LessonApp’s pedagogical expert, introduced the new language version for the very first time at Özel Atacan Eğitim Kurumları.
Sharing the newly released version with local teachers made the occasion especially meaningful. Their questions and first impressions brought classroom perspectives into the conversation about how LessonApp can support everyday teaching.
With LessonApp now available in Turkish, teachers can explore its lesson planning guidance and teaching methods in their own language.
Putting active learning into practice at FinFest
The conversations continued over the weekend at FinFest in Istanbul. The event connects Finnish and Turkish education, bringing together teachers looking for practical ideas, principals and school leaders interested in developing their schools, and students and families exploring study opportunities in Finland.
Visitors could discover LessonApp at the stand and discuss how it supports lesson planning and active learning.
LessonApp was also part of Johanna’s two workshops, Activating Your Students. The sessions explored the pedagogical foundations of active learning, the role of varied teaching methods and learning environments, and ways to activate students at every phase of a lesson.
Participants tried activating methods themselves, experiencing the kind of learning activities that LessonApp helps teachers include in their own plans. This connected the digital tool with its pedagogical purpose: supporting teachers in planning purposeful lessons that give students an active role.
Thank you, Istanbul!
Our warm thanks to MBA Okulları Ataşehir and Özel Atacan Eğitim Kurumları for welcoming us, asking thoughtful questions and sharing their feedback.
Thank you also to Aytuna Yamaç and Net Academy – Education Opportunities and Consulting Services in Finland for their partnership, and to everyone who met us at FinFest.
We look forward to seeing how Turkish-speaking teachers use LessonApp to bring new ideas into their classrooms.
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