Orientation Workshop for Commonwealth Certificate for Teacher ICT Integration (CCTI) – Uganda
Submitted by Janet Thomson
In
preparation for online participation in the CCTI, the Commonwealth of Learning
(COL) engaged SchoolNet South Africa (SNSA) to conduct an orientation workshop
for approximately 100 participants in Kampala, Uganda, on October 24, 2014.
SchoolNet
engaged Gerald Roos and Senzo Ngcobo to travel to Kampala and facilitate the
workshop. The Ministry of Education and Sport of Uganda (MoES) appointed
Harriet Kagezi to coordinate the programme in Uganda. She was assisted by
Gilbert Eng...Read more
Submitted by Janet Thomson
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 their own tea...
SchoolNet is proud of one of their project managers, Hlengiwe Mfeka, who was featured in the Echo Maritzburg recently on World Teachers’ Day.
The link to the article in the Echo Maritzburg of the 16th October can be found on this link for further reading: http://goo.gl/AgZZDp
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Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka
Teachers from the phase three schools in Cofimvaba are making
great progress thus far in effective use of technology in their teaching since
the ICT4RED professional development workshops they first attended in July
2014. They are halfway through towards earning their tablets and most
individuals have already earned themselves enough badges to qualify for gadgets
such as SD cards and earphones. All fourteen (14) participating schools are
excited to have earned ...
This is a guest post from Tiaan Lotter (@MrLotter), a Google Certified Teacher 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 and also Gone Google? Now go Advanced… Thanks for the great sharing Tiaan and Parklands College.
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Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Applications to become a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert have now closed and the process of selecting teachers to attend the Microsoft in Education Global Forum taking place in Redmond, USA in April 2015 is underway. We were thrilled by the calibre of teachers who applied and were impressed by the more than 50 new Learning Activities that were uploaded to the Microsoft Educator Network.
Thank you to all the teachers who shared their lesson ideas with an internation...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
A rather exciting thing happened to me recently. I was invited to be a ‘Dragon’ at Parklands College. Yes, you DID hear me correctly…a Dragon! This is what the invite from Anthony Peters of Parklands College said, “Would you like to be one of the dragons?” Since I have always wanted to be thought of as a ‘Dragon’ at school I seized the opportunity and said YES!
Well, as it turned out this was the most innovative project ever! It was a combination of all seven of Ter...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Friday 24th October the all-day Google Innovation Tour took place in Cape Town. This was a very exciting opportunity for schools to learn more about Google. The venue was teeming with over 200 excited teachers and educators who had come to learn about how Google can change their classrooms. Chromebooks were available for teachers to try out.
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This is a final message from Google about a workshop on 25th October (tomorrow) that would interest CAT and IT teachers in South Africa, as well as other teachers who are interested in this topic. If you are not in the Joburg vicintiy Google is willing to cover all expenses, flights and transport/accommodations needed. Fill in this interest form found at http://goo.gl/FPpFEg and then contact mathapelo@schoolnet.org.za (phone: +27 11 403 – 5777)
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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 participant 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 Trigon...
