Work experience

• Coordinator of the ENO Programme since 1 AUG 2000

Name and address of current employer

• The city of Joensuu - Department of education
  Torikatu 21c,
  80100 Joensuu
  Finland

Occupation or position held

• teacher/coordinator at Pataluoto School, Joensuu

Previous work experience

• 1989-1999: Classroom teacher, Eno Elementary,
  also teacher of ICT and music
• 1995-2000: Teacher and coordinator of the GLOBE Programme (www.globe.gov) in the municipality of Eno
• 1999-2000: Co-founder and co-ordinator of national project in natural sciences http://eno.joensuu.fi/koulut/yhessarysassa/
  (National Board Of Education, Finland)

Education and training

• Master's Degree, 1988 /Faculty Of Education,
  the university of Joensuu
• courses in ICT and science 1995-2002, the university of Joensuu

Mother tongue

• Finnish

Other languages

• Reading skills: Finnish, English,
  Swedish, German, French
• Writing skills: Finnish, English, Swedish
  some German and French
• Verbal skills: Finnish, English, Swedish,
  some German and French

Technical skills and competences

• Basic Office Applications (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
• Adobe Acrobat
• Building web pages (since 1993),
  basic skills in html coding
• Editing and converting audio and video material (Real Video, mpg, mp3 etc.)
• Live video streaming since 2002

Other skills and competences

• An expert for the city of Joensuu and the UNEP in environmental and educational matters
• A judge in Cyberfair 2002
• The constitutional member of iEARN Finland 2003
• A jury member in Global Junior Challenge 2004

Prizes and recognitions:

• 1997: Microsoft RoadAhead Prize, Finland
• 2000: II Prize in the school homepage contest by European Schoolnet
• 2001: OKKA Awards
• 2002: The Innovator Of Province, North Carelia, Finland
• 2002: An annual recognition by State Provincial Office of Eastern Finland
• 2002, 2003. 2004: A Finalist in GSN Online Awards
  

ENO Programme

• 2000: An Umbrella Project for NetD@ys by European Commission
• 2000: 3rd Prize in EcoG@llery Europe
• 2001 3rd Prize Winner in Childnet Awards
• 2001 A Labelled NetDays Project
• 2002 A Finalist In the Stockholm Challenge Awards
• 2002 A Finalist in the Global Junior Challenge
• 2003 The Quality Prize in eLearning,
  Ministry of Education
• 2003 A Rose Of Environmental Education,
  The Finnish Society of Environmental Education
• 2003 A Cyber Oscar in GKP Youth Awards
• 2004 A Finalist in the Stockholm Challenge Awards
• 2004 WWF Panda Award
• 2006 Stockholm Challenge Awards: A Special Mention
• 2006 One of the best resources in My Favourite eLearning resource by European commission

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