Fifa Legacy Schools Connectivity project embraces Intel training using SchoolNet trainers
The Department of Communications, in partnership with Department of Basic Education has been rolling out end-to-end ICT solutions to selected 1650 schools. Telkom SA has been selected to provide the installations and equipment to the participating schools in the country. As part of the complete solution which includes internet access (education site only), hardware (computer equipment) and training to schools. The Department has a Memorandum of Understanding with Intel South Africa to provide free teache...Read more
Submitted by Janet Thomson
SchoolNet South Africa has had the privilege to be funded over the next three years by the D G Murray Trust in South Africa to study the benefits of learning through the use of play and innovative technologies for learners in grades R and 1 in ten schools in two provinces in South Africa, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The D G Murray Trust has a particular interest in the early primary years where the greatest impact can be made. As the focus of this project is play, we...
South Africa’s first dedicated Doodle4Google competition is under way – make sure your learners enter to stand the chance to win a R100 000 technology grant for your school. The winning artwork will be displayed on the Google SA homepage for a day!
To get your school involved, simply download & print the entry form and get your learners Doodling around the theme South Africa of My Dreams. Entries must be submitted online or through the post by 22/10/2014. Visit the Doodle4Google website...
The Microsoft in Education Global Forum 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 15 October 2014
Microsoft believes that technology alone cannot build 21st century skills for students. Technology is an accelerator, but alone it does not enable ch...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
These are free Web2.0 applications for uploading a presentation to the web so that it can be viewed online.
A. SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.net/)
SlideShare is the world’s largest and leading online community for hosting, discovering and sharing presentations. It is safe to say that SlideShare has become a must-have tool in every presenter’s toolbox today. Business professionals, teachers, public speakers and students alike often use it to find inspiration and ideas, l...
Microsoft in Education in South Africa has created a fantastic and comprehensive collection of resources that can help anyone understand and explore the possibilities that Office 365 offers.
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/archive/2014/08/04/microsoft-in-education-office-365-guides-and-scenarios.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/teachers/archive/2014/08/04/microsoft-in-education-office-365-guides-and-scenarios-for-schools.aspx
If you have access to Office 365 ind...
This is another guest post from Anthony Peters @apeters522 who is an innovative English teacher from Parklands College in Cape Town. In previous posts Anthony shared his very successful Shakespeare QR code Scavenger Hunt Assessment activity done with Grade 9 students, as well as Awesome Aurasma – teaching the different forms of humour to a Grade 9 class using Aurasma, ‘Vivacious Visual Literacy!’ An innovative assessment task for Grade 9 Visual Literacy and his innovative celebration ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
At the Google in Education Summit held at Dainfern College in Johannesburg in July an exciting new venture was launched by Google in South Africa – Google Education Groups. You can find out more about Google Educator Groups (GEGs) in general at this URL: http://www.google.com/landing/geg/ This is a world-wide launch with each country having its own GEGs We invite you to join GEG South Africa. This announcement was received with great excitement at the Summit.
What a...
Are you a teacher that likes to use the media with your 13-19 year old students? If so, please think about joining our upcoming Adobe Youth Voices programme with a group of students – even if you need to form an after school club in order to do this. The great thing about it is that you’ll learn to create media with the free products and free online training from Adobe headquarters that we supply. All teachers and learners who meet all expectations will go into a prize draw to win gr...
If you are a Maths teacher for Grade 10-12 Maths, you probably know about Nokia’s free Momaths service for Grade 10 – 12 students that is available on a smartphone – a device which many students of that age have access to. Today I thought I would investigate whether this service also works on a PC. And it does! here were the steps I followed.
1. Go to the Nokia Momaths website
The website URL is https://momaths.nokia.com. The Nokia application gives two options – one for South Africa ...
