Monthly Archives: May 2013

Monthly Archives: May 2013

Monthly Archives: May 2013

Creative Writing #10: An African Storybook Project report back from The Rock Academy…

I am SO thrilled when teachers send reports on how their Digital Storytelling writing is going for the African Storybook Project. This is an amazing project. The plan is to create a huge website of stories for the Grade 1-3 children of Africa where the stories can be read, translated and adapted for use by teachers and students across Africa. The website is due to be launched in July and the idea is to populate it at its launch with donated stories created by mainly South African teachers and students.&n...

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Webinar recording from 29/05/2013 – Uploading a Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network

Yesterday we had a great webinar presented by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet. It showed how to create and upload a Learning Activity to the Microsoft Partners in Learning Network. This webinar is of special relevance to anyone who wishes to enter the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert competition which has new requirements this year. These requirements require uploading a Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network and creating a 2 minute video about that Learning Activity. (A Learning Acti...

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Microsoft webinar on Weds at 3:30 – especially relevant to those who are entering the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert competition

We invite you to a second Microsoft Partners in Learning webinar to be held on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30pm.. This will be of special interest to those who are entering Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competition in South Africa where the first closing date is 3 June if you would like to be chosen as one of the 15 teachers who will be completely sponsored to the SchoolNet Conference in Bloemfontein in July 2013. (The final closing date for the Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competit...

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Creative Writing #9: How are teachers going about writing stories with their classes for the African Storybook Project? Here is one example from Laerskool Heledekruin…

We have just completed our online course on Digital Storytelling and now we are waiting for stories suitable for Grade 3 readers around Africa to be submitted from teachers and schools in South Africa by June 21st. It is planned that these stories will be displayed on the African Storybook Project website when it is launched in July.  SchoolNet was thrilled when we were invited to view a lesson presented by one of the teachers who participated in the course and I thought I would write a blogpost ...

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Creative Writing #8: Try using Storybird with its beautiful art for inspired writing sessions

Storybird can be accessed at http://storybird.com/. This is a wonderful free creative writing site where you can create your own stories using interesting and beautiful images provided by a variety of illustrators. These can be summarised as ‘short, art-inspired stories’ and they are great for writing collaboratively or for individual writing. Teachers can get a free account for each class with easy access which is a great timesaver. Users can share their stories by sending a U...

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Webinar recording from 22/05/2013 – Navigating the Partners in Learning Network

The webinar summary The Partners in Learning Network is a great portal for teachers who are interested in ICT in education who want to find like-minded colleagues, free downloadable tools that they can use to enhance lessons and a place to discuss hot topics. In this webinar you will learn more about how to find free tools, search for learning activities and complete your profile so that other teachers will be able to find you! Presenter  Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet Webinar recording Thank you...

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There’s still time to submit a story suitable for a Grade 3 reader for the African Storybook project. Join us!

We have just completed our course on writing and now we are waiting for stories suitable for Grade 3 students around Africa to read to be submitted from teachers around the country who have completed the course. WE hope that many of them will get their classes to write as well all in time for the launch of the African Storybook Project website in July. If you would like to contribute a story, please consider it. Here are the details. 1. The stories must be written in PowerPoint or similar and ...

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Put your school in the spotlight! Apply to be a Microsoft Innovative School

submitted by Megan Rademeyer Applications are currently open for the  Microsoft Innovative School’s programme. The Microsoft Innovative Schools program is “a leading change management program for district and school leaders to drive their own innovation processes while identifying partners, technologies and environments that further improve student learning.” Schools with a track-record of inspirational leadership, innovation and successful implementations of change are invite...

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Join the TeachMeet at Elkanah House in Cape Town Saturday 8th June.

TeachMeets are short two-hour events  where teachers teach teachers about what they are doing in their classes to promote technology. This could be a lesson or idea where they use iPads, tablets or PCs. We love to keep track of where this happens in South Africa on our TeachMeet-South Africa wiki (http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/) so that we can promote the TeachMeet and follow the event on Twitter. Consequently we would like to advertise the 17th TeachMeet in SA (to our Knowledg...

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Calling all innovative teachers! Apply to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator: Expert

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer Teachers from South Africa and Lesotho are invited to apply to be Microsoft Innovative Educator: Experts to stand a chance of winning a trip to the Partners in Learning Global Forum. To do this you will need to fill in the online application form and upload a learning activity which includes a two-minute video describing how you used technology to enhance a lesson or project to the Partners in Learning Network. From the applications that are received by ...

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