Press release (free to share on Feb 16th 2019)
RESOLVING THE LEARNING CRISIS WITH THE HELP OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Global education is
in crisis. Majority of children do go to school, but the learning results are
poor. Teachers in many countries are lacking quality teacher training.
“The reality struck
us when we were travelling in emerging countries to train teachers. Many of the
teachers we met were doing their best, but they didn’t have the resources or
skills to develop their teaching competence,” Ellimaija Ahonen, Co-Founder and CEO of LessonApp
says.
“During this era of unlimited flow of
information and efficient communication technology, how is it possible, that we
cannot offer basic pedagogical knowledge and tools for every teacher around the
world?” Johanna Järvinen-Taubert, teacher trainer and Co-Founder of
LessonApp questions. “Coming from Finland, a land of excellent learning results
and a strong ethos of equality, this seemed fundamentally unfair to us.”
To tackle this
challenge, a mobile lesson planning tool for teachers called LessonApp was
developed. Our group of Finnish pedagogical experts, teacher trainers and software
designers believes that teachers are the game changers in the field of
education, and we want to empower them.
Team LessonApp aims
to equip teachers with the understanding of the learning process and, with the
tools provided by the app, to help teachers plan efficient and inspiring
lessons themselves. The ultimate purpose is to offer quality education
for all children and increase the joy of learning in classrooms – for both
students and teachers.
“We guarantee that
everyone gets the basic version free of charge – with no time limitations. That
is our contribution to solving the education crisis and sharing the good that we
have. As actions speak louder than words, it is time to make a big impact with
digitalization,” says CEO Ellimaija Ahonen.
LessonApp Premium was
launched on Saturday 16th February 2019 in Malta. “This pioneer
collaboration with Ministry for Education of Malta provides every primary
teacher an access to LessonApp Premium. We are very happy about this as well as
looking forward to hearing the results and feedback,” Johanna Järvinen-Taubert summarizes.
Finland is renowned
for its education excellence, efficiency and top learning results. “During the Finnish
teacher training, teacher students are taught different options and
possibilities for designing lessons in a pedagogically productive way. We
gathered all the knowledge we have related to learning and activating teaching
methods, and packed the data into an easy-access format for mobile phones,” team
LessonApp sums up.
LessonApp is
available in PlayStore, AppStore and www.lessonapp.fi/download
Contact information:
Ellimaija Ahonen
Co-Founder, CEO
LessonApp Ltd
Finland
[email protected]
+358407037337
www.lessonapp.fi
Twitter: @LessonApp
Facebook: LessonAppFI
Instagram: lesson_app
