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09.12.2021
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Social-emotional skills drive success at school and afterward at labor market

Strong social-emotional skills drive better academic performance and long-term well-being. Today, social-emotional learning is among the most requested courses by homeschooling parents worldwide. Mathematics, science, language, arts are subject areas that people typically reply to as essential to learn at school. Today, more people also include skills like communication, collaboration, empathy, and listening to others […]
09.11.2021
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Mightifier partners with CambriLearn to provide social-emotional learning curriculum to online students

Mightifier has partnered with online school provider CambriLearn to provide a social-emotional learning curriculum for students studying from home. Mightifier has developed a 24-week course to roll out daily student activities to enhance social-emotional skills and character development. Covid-19 is one of the drivers behind the increasing number of virtual learners around the world. By […]
05.10.2021
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Tackling climate anxiety with a social-emotional skills program from Finland

The Finnish education technology program Mightifier has launched among the first ones in the world a social-emotional learning curriculum to tackle climate anxiety. According to a recent global study, 75 % of 16-25 years olds see their future as frightening because of climate change. With the Mightifier Climate Resiliency program, teachers have tools to support […]
16.09.2021
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A new study by OECD: Academical skills improve by investing in emotional and interaction skills

Challenges related to school and the learning outcomes of students have been brought up often lately. The school world has been looked at from the perspective of teachers, students, and policymakers. “The fault is unnecessarily being searched by positioning academical and socio-emotional skills opposite of each other. Now we should look at the situation as […]
10.09.2021
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Back to school: Mightifier top tips to kick off the school year!

The academic year has kicked off again. It may feel stressful to get back to school again and there is usually a lot of preparation to do. Whether you are a teacher, parent, or a student yourself, we wanted to provide you with some tips that will help you to stay calm and organized at […]
29.06.2021
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The importance of school culture is more crucial than ever

“Teachers play a critical role in shaping the lives of our nation’s children. Teachers not only facilitate learning but also influence a child’s social and emotional development.” This is how an issue brief by Pennsylvania state university covering teachers in the USA and their occupational conditions begins. It further states that  “teaching is one of […]
10.06.2021
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Nordic School in Peru: Big impact seen with 4-5 years after 3 months of remote SEL

Nordic International School of Lima is a new school currently focusing on early childhood education, teaching 4 to 5 years old students remotely online. Mightifier and Nordic School started to collaborate in early March on social-emotional pedagogical content. The school has already seen a very positive impact of SEL lessons in the students’ learning. Teacher […]
02.06.2021
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How to succeed in your daily work by combining a growth mindset and teacher self-care?

Busy workday, multiple tasks on top of each other, limited hours in a day, sound familiar? Often we leave work or the workspace at home feeling like we didn’t accomplish anything, and so many things were left unfinished. These thoughts are the ones that add to our stress and the sense of exhaustion. These thoughts […]
26.05.2021
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Recharging resiliency batteries for the new normal

It has undoubtedly been a challenging year for all of us. Teachers worldwide have been pushed into a situation that they could not imagine when studying to be teachers. Nothing prepared us for this, and we have done the best that we can to cope with the situation and, in the midst of it, still […]
21.05.2021
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Popular Mightifier Strength Diplomas available for downloading 

The challenges relating to the pandemic keep challenging schools and homes as when jumping into remote learning has been demanding to everyone. Last year, in order to support the teachers in Finland, Mightifier shared free Strength Diplomas in four languages for rewarding their students. Almost 90.000 Diplomas were printed out for the students and were […]
09.05.2021
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Celebrating learning and the people who helped us to learn

I was lying in my bed, and the room was a little bit dark. There was only a reading lamp on. I was already feeling sleepy, my eyelids were getting very heavy, and it was hard to keep them open. But I did not want to fall asleep because the best part of the day […]
28.04.2021
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Laura-Maria Sinisalo to lead the pedagogical services of Mightifier

Teacher and pedagog Laura-Maria Sinisalo (M.Ed) has started as the leader of the pedagogical services of Mightifier. In her role, she will be responsible for developing the Mightifier-application, focused on wellbeing and emotional skills. Additionally, she will be supporting curriculum-related strategic and other planning needs when starting the use of Mightifier. Laura-Maria Sinisalo has worked […]
06.04.2021
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Mightifier is a finalist in the EdTech Awards 2021

Finalists and winners for The EdTech Awards 2021 have been announced to a worldwide audience of educators, technologists, students, parents, and policymakers interested in building a better future for learners and leaders in the education and workforce sectors. Mightifier achieved a finalist position as EdTech Cool Tool category for e-learning, blended, or flipped solution. Celebrating […]
26.03.2021
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How to find the ability to concentrate and stay focused?

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected our lives already for a year, and many of us have noticed concentrating becoming harder and harder. Being able to concentrate can be very difficult for all of us but especially it can be hard for students. We at Mightifier think that every child deserves a learning environment that is […]
16.03.2021
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How to motivate your students?

Motivation makes us act and try to achieve our goals. Motivation can be internal or external. Internal motivation means the motivation which comes from within yourself; you are very motivated to learn more about a topic that you are interested in. External motivation, on the contrary, means motivation that is not coming from yourself and […]
09.03.2021
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Mightifier partners with Nordic International School of Lima

Mightifier has partnered with the Nordic International School of Lima to promote social-emotional learning for students attending their early childhood education program. Mightifier provides teachers with a flexible toolset to support their daily activities for developing social-emotional skills. The Nordic International School of Lima seeks to bring the best of the Nordic educational model to […]
13.02.2021
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Mightifier and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals provided by the United Nations is a framework of goals to be achieved by 2030. The aim of these goals is to make the world a better and more sustainable place for all of us in the future. Amazing, right? But did you know which of the goals are especially […]
02.02.2021
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More for less: Mightifier Bitesize SEL materials

As the pandemic keeps going more or less all over the world, people are getting tired of the situation. They are frustrated about the challenges and the workload caused by changes in our normal daily lives. Parents are trying to teach their children at home while at the same time coping with the stress of […]
21.01.2021
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What exactly is Social-Emotional Learning? 

One of Mightifier’ key purposes is to promote student’s Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). The definition of SEL is not always easy to find but it essentially means the learning of social and emotional skills that are essential for school, work and daily life. It includes different skills but the key aspects are managing emotions, being able […]
13.01.2021
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Mightifier kicks off a new collaboration in Mexico

Finnish education technology company Mightifier starts a new collaboration with the Ignacio Zaragoza Primary School, founded in 1963 in el Mirador in Tlalnepantla de Baz in the State of Mexico. The principal of the school, Mr Hector Mario Proo Navarro, states: “The school and the society need to pay attention to the situation of the […]
08.01.2021
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New Year full of hope

As the year has changed it is time to look to the future and think about the things that are important for us right now and in the coming year. What will the year 2021 bring us? New challenges, opportunities? We believe in both. We hope the world will slowly be able to return to […]
16.12.2020
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Mightifier begins a new collaboration with Chilean schools 

Social-emotional learning platform Mightifier from Finland begins collaboration with Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura de Antofagasta, a non-profit educational corporation in Chile. Mervi Pänkäläinen, CEO of Mightifier, states: “We are excited to see this collaboration going ahead. The situation with schools with the restrictions due to the epidemic has been hard in Chile and it […]
06.12.2020
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Gratitude is an important key to happiness

As this unforeseen 2020 is finally coming to its end, it is a great time to stop for a while and think about the good things that surround us. Despite the challenges faced this year, there is always something positive and something to be grateful for as well. It can be anything that makes you […]
29.11.2020
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Mightifier Christmas Calendar – Calendario de Navidad 2020

Every day a new door will open to reveal one character strength and one Merry Tip for using it! Get ready to have some fun using your strengths and boosting team spirit in your class, office, family or group of friends! All the tips will be both in English and Spanish. When completing the tasks, keep […]

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