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We would like to invite you to register for our upcoming 2015 ICT in the Classroom conference taking place in Durban in July 2015 (see the details below). The most important news is that you can now access all the details, register and submit a presentation application via our Conference
website.
Date: 1-3 July 2015
Venue: St Mary's School in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal
Fees: Book on or before the 30th April: R750, Book after the...Read more
In November 2014, sixteen teachers from South Africa and Lesotho were selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts (MIEs) based on the innovative and impactful ways that they are using ICTs to enhance teaching and learning. From this group, eight Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts have now been selected to attend the Microsoft in Education Global Forums taking place in Dubai in February and Redmond, USA in April 2015. In addition to developing and sharing great learning activities on the Mi...
We are pleased to announce the 3rd EdTechTeam South African Google Apps for Education Summit Tour. Please see the details below. We would love to see you all there. Please let any interested colleagues know about this as well.
We invite you to join us for the EdTechTeam South Africa Summit featuring Google and iOS for Education to be held at the Selborne Primary, in East London, and Parklands College in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2015. See the event details here!
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SchoolNet is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our 2015 'ICT in the Classroom' conference in July 2015. Here are some of the important details.
The date of the conference is set for 1-3 July 2015. The venue will be St Mary's School in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal. With regard to fees, if you book on or before the 30th April the cost is R750. If you book after the 30th April the cost is R850. Wondering who should attend? We ...
Teachers and Senior management teams from the five project schools in KZN attended a two day Learning Gains through Play workshop during the January 2015 school holidays. Thembelihle Primary kindly hosted the workshop which was attended by twenty five participants and a team of facilitators comprising Hlengiwe Mfeka, Tracey Butchart, Senzo Ngcobo and Janet Thomson.
The purpose of the two new modules was to share the findings from the evaluation research with teachers and show how the research objective...
From the online applications that were received and the more than 50 learning activities that were uploaded to the Microsoft Educator Network, sixteen teachers from South Africa and Lesotho were selected to be Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts (MIEs) for 2015. These teachers join a group of 800 educators from more than 100 countries around the world who will enjoy a year long experience with Microsoft as they learn more about creating an environment of innovation in education using technology. O...
SchoolNet SA is pleased to announce their appointment as Google’s Education Partner in South Africa. We will be offering free GEG training workshops around the country as well as overseeing the formation of Google Education Groups (GEGs) in the different provinces. It is hoped to grow South Africa’s pool of voluntary GEG leaders (practising teachers who are ICT champions) from the workshop attendees. These GEG groups and the GEG training are part of Google’s worldwide strategy to help ...
On the weekend of October 10 and 11th the Professional Development programme for the Western Cape Grade 1 and Grade R teachers reached Module 4 (Learning Stations) and Module 7 (Xbox Kinect and Games in the Classroom). The workshops were held at The Metro East District offices in Kuils River, Cape Town.
Day 1 – Module 4 – Learning Stations
At the start of the workshop Rodney Nissen, the facilitator asked teachers to reflect on how they have been using the...
Microsoft and MTN bring you a Maths Challenge this month! It consists of plenty of fun practice and an exciting competition open to all learners in Grade 10, 11 and 12 during 3-9 November 2014. In the competition, the service randomly generates 10 questions for each individual participants corresponding to their grade from a bank of over 9000 questions on Algebraic Expressions and Trigonometry for Grade 10, Equations & Inequalities and Trigonometry for Grade 11, and Sequences & Series and Tr...
In July and August of 2014 Schoolnet conducted Intel Training in 19 schools around South Africa. One such school was Lourier Park School in the Free State. Ms Sandra van der Walt conducted Intel Getting Started training with 23 educators in attendance. They covered Modules 1 – 5 on the first day. The trainer started by giving the trainees some pointers on how to conduct training. She tried to engage the participants in mbe practice questions and discussions around 21st Century ...
