Episode - The impact of the Future Classroom Labs in Denmark and Finland |
Education innovation is on the rise across Europe, but how are countries actually putting future-ready ideas into practice? In this episode, we are joined by Sampo Forsström and Martin Thun Klausen, national ambassadors for the Future Classroom Lab in Finland and Denmark.
Together, they explore how schools are reimagining learning spaces, integrating maker culture, and empowering teachers through hands-on training.
Tune in to discover how these two countries are embracing change, what challenges remain, and what others can learn from their experience with the Future Classroom Lab model.
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Sampo Forsström
Lecturer, Project Manager, Lead Ambassador - The University of Eastern Finland Teacher Training School
Sampo Forsström is a lecturer, project manager, and an educational developer at the University of Eastern Finland Teacher Training School. He coordinates and leads various networks and projects related to new learning environments and educational technology. He is also the Finnish Lead Ambassador for the European Schoolnet's Future Classroom Lab network, which aims to create innovative and flexible learning spaces for schools across Europe. He has a keen interest in piloting and developing new pedagogical approaches and tools that enhance learning outcomes and motivation. He is a frequent speaker and presenter at national and international conferences and events on topics such as future classroom design, digital transformation, and teacher training.
Martin Thun Klausen
Pedagogical IT Consultat, University College Copenhagen
Pedagogical consultant at Future Classroom Lab / CFU at University College Copenhagen / Campus Carlsberg. Danish Lead ambasador in the EUN Future Classroom Lab network. Interesed in technology, tinkering, creativity, play and playfull learning, Making and having fun. Engaged in www.CFUmaker.dk - Danish community and platform for Maker in education. Danish koordinator and translator of MITs coding app Octostudio, Danish translater of Geogebra. Leading editor of the Danish journal on math teaching and didaktics called "MATEMATIK".
José Fernández
Secondary school teacher, graduated from the University of Alicante, he has worked as a teacher and head of studies between 1992 and 2008, when he joined the current National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF) as part of the National Support Service for the eTwinning project.
Since then, he has coordinated European experimentation projects such as Future Classroom Lab, Mentep or Teach Up, and other national ones such as Samsung Smart School.
Since 2019 he coordinates the educational experimentation service at INTEF, focusing his activity on the coordination of the projects Aula del Futuro, the School of Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence and CodeINTEF.
