Google Innovation Tour registration closed – fill in a ‘Future Interest’ form to be notified of future events
Karen Wastra from Google has asked us to place this message on our blog in connection with the Google Innovation Tours in the Western that we advertised recently. This contains a Future Interest form in case you are interested in any other other events that will be offered by Google in South Africa.
“Dear All,
THANK YOU so much for the wonderful response we have received, the event is now closed for registration. Please can you tell others as well.
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Teachers have been using OneNote for years as a powerful tool to deliver content to students or to provide a space for collaboration in the classroom. Until now though, each student would need their own private notebook, or a teacher would need to privacy-protect sections that students shouldn’t see—and the dozens of notebooks a teacher would typically need to manage became very cumbersome.
The new One Note Class Notebook Creator is here…
OneNote Class Notebook Creator lets a teacher quick...
We are pleased to announce that SchoolNet and the EdTech Team will most likely be hosting two Google Summits in South Africa in 2015 along with the following two schools:
Parklands College Cape Town will once again be kindly hosting the Cape Town Google Summit on 8, 9, 10 October 2015. (The 8th will be the pre-Summit)
Selbourne High School in East London will be kindly hosting the East London Summit. (I believe it is going to be at the Selbourne Primary School)
Please visit http://za.gafesummit...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
The entries for the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert were meant to close on 15 Oct – but we are still accepting entries submitted up to 24 Oct. Teachers can look at the 2014 South Africa and Lesotho Microsoft Innovative Educator Program for more information and to fill out the online entry form. http://www.pil-network.com/Discussion/488ae828-fa68-4ef5-83a0-faa249c866c4
This discussion also includes documents showing you how to upload a learning activity or how to...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Book Creator has to be one of my favourite iPad apps. So when it was released as an ANDROID app as well I was absolutely thrilled! This is an app that is a must in every mobile device classroom. It allows creativity and collaboration. You can use text, video, photos, camera, sound, video camera and imported video. I have been researching some of the ways Book Creator can be used in the classroom and in this post I will outline them.
With this Android app you can publish...
This is a message from Google about a workshop that would interest CAT and IT teachers living in the proximity of Joburg, as well as other teachers who are interested in this topic.
Pilot – Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: October 25th, 2014
Context
The project scoped for one of our team interns this past summer was around researching and creating Computer Science (CS) resources that would be of value in order to get middle school CS teachers to the next level in teaching these s...
Are you a CAT or IT teacher in Gauteng? Are you are teacher who is just interested in Information technology? Google needs you to review teaching resources for Computer Science at a workshop in Johannesburg next week on 25th October. (Unfortunately no flights can be reimbursed)
Google interns have been working on computer science resources for learners aged between 11-15 years and would like to get feedback on the resources from a varied sample of 20 teachers from across the world. Google would like...
Calling South African teachers using iPads in class. This is a message SchoolNet received from Adobe Youth Voices yesterday to pass on to you:
”We have a fantastic opportunity to have students help create sample videos for the new Adobe Premiere Clip app. The videos will be features as examples to all who use the app. Attached are three types of templates – family dish, video letter, and share a talent. (Download these at this link – Adobe Premier Clip template types).
It would ...
The Microsoft in Education Global Forum is taking place in Redmond, Washington in March 2015. If you think you’ve got what it takes to be recognised as a Microsoft Innovative Educator, join the Microsoft Educator Network and upload a learning activity that demonstrates how you are using 21st century teaching practices in your classroom by 24 October 2014
Microsoft believes that technology alone cannot build 21st century skills for students. Technology is an accelerator, but alone it does not enable...
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 a previous guest post Tiaan shared about his experience at the Google Teacher Academy in London. Thanks for the great sharing Tiaan and Parklands College.
Google Apps…
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) has been around for a whi...
