Intel Training benefits schools around South Africa
Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet
Intel has been conducting training for teachers around South Africa using SchoolNet to conduct the training. Here are reports on how the training progressed at two of the schools.
Marotse Primary School
This school lies in Atameleng in the North West province. It received sponsorship of computer hardware and an interactive whiteboard through MTN. This venue also has stable connectivity even when all users are connected simultaneously. Eighteen teachers att...Read more
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
The teachers and final year Lesotho College of Education teaching students who received Windows 8 mobile phones as part of the Matuto™ Literacy for Life partnership last year are hard at work creating short stories to share with emerging readers. Feedback from this group led to the creation of the Chekhov Phone App which makes it easy to create and publish a story from a Windows 8 mobile phone. Whilst SchoolNet SA is specifically encouraging Lesotho teachers to share their ...
On Thursday afternoon (20 February 2014) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Get to know Knowmia’presented by Linda Foulkes of Elkanah High School in Cape Town. You’ll see that Linda has also provided a document summarising her research into tools that can be used across devices since her High School uses the BYOD approach.
The webinar description
Linda summarised her presentation like this: ‘”Increase student engagement with this amazing high quality tool, Knowmia, which all...
Submitted by Hlengiwe Mafeka from SchoolNet
Teachers in the Cofimvaba ICT4RED project schools have been methodically working through modules of their professional development course since July 2013.
Gallery walk
Preparing for the Gallery Walk
The seventh and the eighth module sessions of the ICT4RED Cofimvaba Teacher Professional Development were conducted at Queens College in Queenstown on Saturday 1 February 2014. Module 8 (which was conducted in the morning session...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Five schools in Mankweng, Limpopo are to be provided with connectivity and Microsoft Windows 8 devices through the TV White Spaces pilot project. SchoolNet SA has been appointed to provide professional development to teachers from these schools to help ensure that they maximise the benefits that a connected classroom bring to education.
So far champion teachers from each of the schools have attended the ICT Skills for Teachers course and in the coming months ...
We would like to include on our blog a copy of this newsletter from Adobe Youth Voices for interested educators
Dear Adobe Youth Voices Educators,
Only 11 days remain until the Adobe Youth Voices Scholarships deadline – please encourage eligible youth to begin their applications now! The application will be closed at 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) on March 3, 2014. The application can be accessed at www.adobescholarship.com. Remind youth that once they start the application and provide the...
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a SchoolNet webinar this Thursday afternoon 20 February at 3.30pm. We invite you to join us if you can.
Title: Getting to know Knowmia
Description: Linda Foulkes who is the presenter says, “Increase student engagement with this amazing high quality tool, Knowmia, which allows one to create student interactive assignments and video lessons. Knowmia is available for free and can be used on all devices , or from within any web browser. Know...
We invite you to join us for the 2nd Annual South Africa Google in Education Summit on 3rd and 4th July 2014 at Dainfern College in Johannesburg. 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 register for early bird prices and stay tuned for awesome presenters and more information. Pre-conference workshops will be held on 1st and 2nd July.
What i...
On Thursday afternoon 13 February at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar about various free sites that can be used to encourage student online writing. The webinar Sideshare and recording can be accessed below.
Title: ‘Great web-based sites (or free aplications) for publishing student writing online’
Summary of webinar:
Nowadays instead of keeping your students’ writing confined to an exercise book in the classroom let your students use free web-based tools to make the most beautiful on...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
A very popular global outlook today is that instead of keeping your students’ writing confined to exercise books in the classroom it’s a good idea to let them use free web based tools to make the most beautiful online creations. This keeps students engaged and give them a sense of achievement as they can easily share their work with their families and friends. Studies have shown that publishing student work beyond the classroom encourages authentically engaged students who...
