School of gaming
School of Gaming Galactic Oy (SOG) is a Finnish educational company. Our activities aim at positive social impact through education, upbringing and coaching work for children and young people.
Our core is in digital youth work, where we use e-sports and gaming as a bridge to interact with children and youngsters. Digital youth work aims to improve life management skills and educational opportunities, as well as to prevent exclusion and social inequality among youth.Â
OUR SET OF VALUES
Our values ​​guide our operations and decision-making, and we build our educational goals on them. Educational goals are opportunities in which the young person involved in our activities can lean on.
We work hard every day to ensure our values ​​are reflected in our practical operations now and in the future.
RELATIONSHIP with yourself
Who am I? A healthy relationship with yourself means accepting oneself as it is, with its strengths and weaknesses. It also means the desire to develop oneself as a human being and to equip oneself with the skills and knowledge needed for the future. Both the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, to do right and to resist injustice.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS
How can I help others? Relation to others means accepting and respecting diversity. It means helping other people and taking care of them, no matter where they came from.
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD
How can I improve the world around me? Finding a place for everyone in society so that they can play an active role in building a better future locally, and also globally, and increase people-to-people interaction and understanding.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GAME, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
How to cope in the jungle of technology, games and media? Proposing a healthy, critical approach to information and media, the ability to filter out the wrong information from the right. Understanding holistic wellbeing and equity in the fascinating and addictive world of games and technology.
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Our Team
The School of Gaming company is comprised of a diverse and agile team of experts in their field. We relentlessly follow the development of the industry and react quickly to changes. Our experienced team has valuable expertise in many different sectors, but above all the desire to innovate new solutions and services to meet the needs of our current and future customers.
Mikko Perälä
CEO
Tuomas Tarkki
Operations
Salla Rahja
Marketing and communications
Miska Visuri
Technology
Nico Ilkanheimo
Game Education
Aleksi Höylä
Game Educator – coordinator