A happy culmination to the Learning Gains through Play workshop in the Western Cape
A happy culmination to the Learning Gains through Playworkshop recently took place with Western Cape teachers from Somerset West Methodist, Temperance Town, Nomsa Mapongwana, Christmas Tinto and Solomon Qatyana primary schools.
The workshop was facilitated by SchoolNet’s project manager, Hlengiwe Mfeka as well as Senzo Ngcobo, Tracey Butchart, and Themba Mabaso, and supported by the Metro East Department of Education officials Rodney Nissen, Sipho Didiza and Jaco Joseph.
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If you are using one of the new educational tools from Microsoft, tell your Facebook friends about how the tool has enhanced your lesson or improved your teaching practice; include the hashtag #MSToolsInEdu15 and make the post public; and if your idea is one of the “most liked” you could win a trip to the SchoolNet SA conference or a Teaching with Technology kick- off session for your school. To see what tools to include and the terms and conditions of the competition, please go here:&nb...
On Saturday 28th of March, the hills of Cofimvaba came alive with the sound of jubilation! After a whole year of intensive training and dedication on the part of facilitators and teachers alike, everybody (yes everybody-100% pass rate) graduated in grand style. This occasion was held at the Cofimvaba Senior Secondary hall and took the form of a banquet lunch. Representatives from the National Department of Education as well as the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of E...
On the 18th March KZN Learning Gains Grade R and 1 teachers gathered at Thembelihle Primary School in Howick for their Module 4 Workshop. Nineteen teachers attended instead of 22; those who were absent were Linda Zuma, Buselaphi Shelembe and Chonco Thokozile. The main facilitator for the workshop was Mrs Hlengiwe Mfeka, assisted by Senzo Ngcobo. Some teachers arrived as early as 12:50 they were asked to help themselves to the packed lunch which had been organised because ...
We would like to invite you to register for our upcoming 2015 ICT in the Classroom Conference taking place in Durban in July 2015. You can now access all the details, register and submit a presentation application via our Conference website. The most important news is that we would like you to watch out on the conference website for the upcoming discount that is going to be available for SchoolNet members. To register as a SchoolNet member:
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SchoolNet will be hosting two Google Summits in 2015 along with the EdTechTeam from the USA, Parklands College Cape Town, and Selbourne Primary, East London. The dates are Parklands College, Cape Town: October 9th and 10th and Selbourne Primary, East London: October 2nd and 3rd. Please visit the EdTechTeams website to find out more and to register: http://za.gafesummit.com/
Since their inception in South Africa two years ago, these Google in Education summits have b...
The Microsoft Global Forum – Dubai took place on 22 – 23 February 2015 as part of the Microsoft Global Forum event series. The Forum bought together more than 400 education leaders, government officials Africa including South African Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts Lyneth Crighton, Kathryn Riva, Phuti Ragophala and Karen Stadler. Also in attendance was the head of Brescia House School, Benedikte Nott who shared her experiences of integrating technology at this Microsoft Showcase School...
Intel® She Will Connect program aims to close the Internet gender gap, connecting millions of girls and women to opportunity. Women throughout the world are alike in being marginalized in many instances and the She Will Connect program aims to address these issues through providing digital literacy skills to women and girls. Showing women and girls the potential of the web will showcase ways in which women and girls can uplift themselves. It is to this end that Intel would like to expand t...
Google Educator Groups are growing steadily with a fantastic membership of 568 teachers since August 2014. The GEG South Africa Google+ Community is alive and populated almost daily with events and training thus far completed. Google Educator Groups aim to grow voluntary groups of teachers who are ICT Champions who want to be leaders that work in their immediate communities to spread the awareness of the various Google offerings and keep ICT oriented or interested teac...
Microsoft Showcase Classroom
For school leaders and educators to experience how Windows 8 Tablets, Office 365 and Microsoft Professional Development can help transform the classroom through immersive activities, delivered by Tablet Academy. The right technology in the hands of educators with access to the best solutions and pedagogical training will create a force that truly transforms education across South Africa. It is for this reason that we would like to invite forward th...
