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...Please vote for our SchoolNet blog in the SA blog awards…before the 17th December 2014!
The public vote phase of the 2014 SA Blog Awards has now started. Hundreds of South African Bloggers have entered and are displaying the vote badges on their blogs. Blog fans are encouraged to look out for the badge and support the bloggers by voting for them.
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Have you ever wondered what happens at a Google Educator Group (GEG) launch in South Africa? Get involved…
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Have you ever wondered what happens at a Google Educator Group (GEG) launch? Well they are all different but I would like to take you through a very exciting launch I attended recently, namely the Cape Town West Coast GEG which was launched at Parklands College in Cape Town.
What is a GEG group?
“Google Educato...Read more
The Doodle4Google South Africa of my Dreams winner announced Doodle4GoogleSA Awards
Google.co.za recently announced the winning Doodle in the Doodle4Google South Africa of my dreams contest. The Doodle was created by Katya Ludick, who won a R100,000 technology award for her school, Hoerskool Noordheuwel at the Doodle4GoogleSA Awards in Johannesburg.
Katya’s Doodle was displayed on the Google.co.za page on 3rd December. Her caption for her Doodle was ‘SA Flag is proudly represented in the Google letters. The reflection symbolises 20 years of freedom. In my South African dream there ...Read more
What is Google+ all about?
Submitted by Fiona Beal
When Google+ came out in 2011 my immediate thought was – I simply don’t have time for another social network! But as time has progressed I have seen that Google+ is a different kind of social network, one that you can’t really ignore! It has grown in popularity to become the second-largest social media site in the world (according to Mashable) with a monthly use by 235 million users.
What exactly is Google Plus?
Google+ is a social network that builds off o...Read more
Extreme Weather – a Grade 3 project using Microsoft Word, QR Codes and iPads
This is another guest post from Deidre Bothma who is the Digital Learning Coordinator at Elkanah House Junior Schools. Deidre does very exciting lessons in her Grade R – 3 classes using a wide range of technology applications. Her previous guest post was entitled Grade 3 Afrikaans Quiz using PowerPoint. In this post Deidre’s classes use Microsoft Word, QR Codes and iPads in a project-based lesson on Extreme Weather. This post also featured on Deidre’s blog http://technoboffins.wor...Read more
QR Mosquito Hunt: A QR Code Poetry Lesson with Grade 7s – a guest post by @MrLotter
This is another guest post from Tiaan Lotter (@MrLotter), a Google Certified Teacher and GEG Leader from South Africa. Tiaan is a very innovative Afrikaans teacher from Parklands College and he frequently presents at conferences around South Africa. Visit his website at . In previous guest posts Tiaan shared about his experience at the Google Teacher Academy in London; he also contributed Gone Google? Now go Advanced…; Teaching with Twitter in #Afrikaans and Teaching Poetry with Prezi – Poe...Read more
Microsoft Maths – get your Grade 10-12 Maths students set up for the holidays on their smart phones…
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An Android collection of apps for the classroom shared via TeachThought and Listly
This is a post that I came across on TeachThought last night called ‘The Must-Have Educational Apps List For Android’ by Terry Heick. There was an option to embed the list on one’s own blog so I thought I would give this a try especially as there are so many teachers in South Africa that use Android Apps in the classroom.
The Must-Have Educational Apps List For Android
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How to create and use a Google group in your High School classroom
Sometimes you want to send an email to a group of students for them to be able to communicate with one another. Google Groups provide a really convenient way to create online groups and email distribution lists. This is a great way for a High School class or a Higher Education class to communicate.
Depending on the group settings, you can send a message to all members using a single email address, create a question and answer forum or post a message to the group via a web interface. After...Read more
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