Monthly Archives: March 2014

Monthly Archives: March 2014

Monthly Archives: March 2014

SchoolNet and Microsoft are offering a free professional development session at your school in Term 2 (in South Africa)

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer Microsoft and SchoolNet are offering your staff members a free professional development face-to-face session in Term 2. We would love to have about an hour of your time to come to talk to your staff about some of the great free digital tools that are available and to give them some ideas for incorporating ICT into teaching and learning. Ideally we would like to run this session in your school’s computer room (if it has internet access) so that teachers can regi...

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Free online timers that you’ll find very useful in your classroom

Recently a teacher friend asked me if I knew of any free online timers, and this sent me on a bit of a search to see what was ‘out there’ in addition to my old favourite that I always use. What a pleasant surprise I got to see the great options available. 2. 1. Online stopwatch:. (http://www.online-stopwatch.com/) If ever there was a site with a really good collection of timers it is this one. They have a lot of nice options for the classroom. All of these can be set to countdown any given number ...

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Highlights from the Microsoft in Education Global Forum – Barcelona

The Microsoft in Education Global Forum recognizes and celebrates the achievements of educators and schools who are creating engaging and innovative learning opportunities for students. This year the Global Forum took place in Barcelona, Spain between 11 and 14 March 2014. It was attended by 260+ Microsoft Expert Educators; 150+ Governmental Education Leaders; and 300+ Top School Leaders from 75 countries including fourteen delegates from South Africa and Lesotho. All delegates agreed...

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Join the Partners in Learning Network – free face-to-face professional development sessions on offer for your school

submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet Microsoft’s  Partners in Learning Network is a global community of educators dedicated to improving student learning worldwide. It is great place to look for free tools and software; tutorials on how to use technology; and tried and tested lesson plans submitted by teachers from around the world. Teachers who are part of this community use it to find colleagues in other countries for collaborative projects; as a place to read about and contribute t...

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Highlights from the Microsoft in Education Global Forum – Barcelona 11 – 14 March 2014

  Presented by Megan Rademeyer The Microsoft in Education Global Forum recognizes and celebrates the achievements of educators who are preparing students for life in the 21st century. Each year, the Microsoft in Education Global Forum brings together participants from the Microsoft Innovative Educators Program and the Microsoft Innovative Schools Program for an energetic, collaborative conference. This year the Global Forum took place in Barcelona, Spain between 11 and 14 March 2014. The Forum was ...

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DBE and DOC partner with Telkom to rollout 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy E-Connectivity Project in Schools – SchoolNet is Intel’s training partner in the project

Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet The Department of Communications in partnership with the Department of Basic Education has been rolling out end-to-end ICT solutions to selected schools. The selected schools each receive 20 laptops with sponsored connectivity.  Telkom SA supplied the laptops and the equipment for internet connectivity for each of the 1650 schools.  Intel South Africa is sponsoring teacher training on the provided equipment and SchoolNe...

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Isibonelo Secondary School in KwaMashu Opens New Computer Lab

submitted by Hlengiwer Mfeka KwaMashu, KZN: Isibonelo Secondary School opened their new fully fledged-computer lab that may be used to preparing learners for the 21st century economy on 21 February 2014. The lab resulted from the efforts between giveITback and EasyPay. The effort is an example of how public-private partnerships are still a viable option to mobilize resources and enhance efforts to bridge a digital divide.  The lab include 36 new modern computers equipped with educational soft...

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The first group of Commonwealth certificate students in the Caribbeangraduate–SchoolNet attends graduation virtually

SchoolNet has been providing the training to various countries in the Caribbean as part of the The Commonwealth Certificate for Teacher ICT Integration (CCTI), an online course that SchoolNet developed for the Commonwealth of Learning. The course comprises four core modules and six electives and it takes place over a two year period. At SchoolNet we were absolutely delighted when we received an invitation to attend a graduation virtually! The first Caribbean country to complete the full qualifica...

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Results are in…The 2014 National Teaching Awards Winners

  Submitted by Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet The National Teaching Awards has, since 2000, sought to pay tribute to South African teachers who work daily miracles at their schools. The 2014 National Teaching Awards was held on the 6th March at the Birchwood Hotel in Gauteng. The awards culminated in a night of wonder for finalists who were celebrated by the President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, his Education Ministers Ms Angie Motshekga, and Enver Surty; the Director General, Mr. Bobby Soobrayan, the MECs for ...

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Twitter story #4 – For English Language teachers – Different ways of saying…

The Internet is amazing! I saw one of these word lists that primary school teachers love on Twitter and that sent me exploring for more! I  started off by looking up a list of alternative words for ‘nice’, as one always needs that at school, and came across all these lists of alternatives in different locations. Take a look! There’s no doubt – teachers of English can find some amazing stuff when they surf the Internet…or use Twitter! Alternative words for ‘nice’ from htt...

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