Office 365 #2 Set up a public website
Office 365 core service: SharePoint
Your Office 365 tenancy lets you set up a public website using SharePoint. It’s easy – all you need to do is follow the step by step stages in the guide and on the site itself as you construct it by choosing a theme and then adding pictures, information and useful documents such as your student handbook.
Websites are easy to maintain and update in SharePoint, and are a great way of communicating with parents and caregivers, prospective students and anyone...Read more
Office 365 core service: SharePoint sites
A team site for all of your staff is a great way to enhance communication and ensure that important announcements and other information are easily available to everyone.
You can add apps, store documents, host discussions and carry out surveys using the SharePoint tools as well as customising the appearance.
Spend some time looking at the SharePoint user guide in this series and explore a few of the functions available to make your staff team site a r...
There’s a TeachMeet taking place this Saturday from 10h00 – 12h00 at Elkanah House in TableView, Cape Town. The TeachMeet will be facilitated by Linda Foulkes from Elkanah House High School.
Linda says, “Please ‘Save the date – 31st May 2014’ as we would love you to attend our TeachMeet@Elkanah from 10h00 – 12h00. If you are unable to attend, please spread the word to your colleagues. You are welcome to attend as a Keen Bean and contribute an idea – something which w...
We hope you’ll make your way out to Dainfern College in Johannesburg this July for the 2nd Annual South Africa Summit featuring Google for Education. Be sure to take advantage of early bird pricing that ends on June 2nd by visiting http://za.gafesummit.com/2014/registration!
This second annual EdTechTeam South Africa Summit is to be hosted by SchoolNet South Africa and Dainfern College at Dainfern College in Johannesburg on July 3 & 4, 2014. This two-day event focu...
This is a guest post from Anthony Egbers who is Head of Technology at Dainfern College Prep School. Anthony has had the opportunity to run a BYOT programme over the past two years. He is a firm believer in the opportunities that technology provides teachers in terms of personal development and classroom opportunities. In this post he shares how they implemented a tablet license system for the students at his school. This post is also featured on Anthony’s blog http://technoschooljourney.blogspot...
Have you registered for the upcoming 2nd Annual Google in Education Summit to be held at Dainfern College on 3rd and 4th July this year? This Summit is a not-to-be missed event and we urge you to take advantage of the Early Bird Rates that close on June 2nd. The event is being presented by the EdTechTeam in partnership with SchoolNet South Africa and Dainfern College. Please visit the Conference website at http://za.gafesummit.com to find out more. We would also like to draw your attention to the P...
Nokia Mobile Mathematics is a free, online Grade 10-12 Mathematics support service providing 9000+ CAPS-aligned questions.
The Nokia Mobile Mathematics programme has been around since 2008 and it grew rapidly from 300 – 50, 000 in 2012. Since the it has been opened to informal learning.
Nokia now offers 24/7 service to its interactive Maths learning materials.
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Take a look at this diagram of the Nokia Mobile Mathematics feature highlights.
This is an account of the true ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
I had a phone call today from a friend in another city telling me that her school is revising its entire IT strategy. They are in the process of reviewing current and past trends in educational IT practice and she wondered if I could forward any documentation or links that speak to the conversation. My interest was immediately sparked and I thought this would make an excellent blog post topic. So, a search from all my bookmarked sites on this topic leads to the following thoughts:...
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