SA teachers – join in the ENO Climate Change Skype sessions and campaign week events 10-14 Feb!
What are your thoughts on climate change? Truth is we have to wake up to the problems of climate change but not create fear or despair. Each one of us has the power to make a difference. This is where Environment Online (better known as ENO) comes in. The ENO website is very informative http://climatesmart.enoprogramme.org/ ENO says “Be Climate Smart! The ENO Programme calls schools to study about climate change and organize awareness raising campaigns on energy efficiency. “
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Recently I have been creating some Grade 4 Intermediate Phase Science lessons using the Learning Stations concept (better known as Learning Centers in the US) and I thought this could make a great blog post. A learning station is a self-contained section of the classroom in which groups (or individuals) engage in self-directed learning activities provided by the teacher.
Types of Learning Stations
Most teachers will agree that there are three different types of Learning Stations: Enrichment Stations: S...
One of the best free ways to upload presentations to the Internet is to use SlideShare. Recently SlideShare has been sending out impressive stats to its users and so we, at SchoolNet, were thrilled to see that in 2013 our SlideShare presentations were in the top 3% of SlideShare presentations viewed around the world. Our SlideShare account consists mainly of presentations from our Conferences or our webinar programme.
If you would like to look through our SlideShare collection please vis...
QR codes are gaining momentum in today’s technology. Many teachers and classrooms are using them very successfully. This post aims to show how QR codes can be used on an Android, both for reading QR codes and for Creating them as well.
1. How to scan or read a QR code on an Android device
You will need the following to get started:
A tablet with a camera
A program/application that lets you scan the QR code .
You must have access to internet when you are to scan a QR code.
a) Google Goggles
Go...
I have found that you can learn just about anything these days using the Internet. This holds true when you acquire a new device such as an Android tablet and you want to get the most out of it. Android tablets are becoming extremely popular in education and the Internet is full of helpful ideas.
With my device, after familiarising myself with its various functions, I was keen to know more about its operating OS. What version of Android is it running on and what are the implications of this? Di...
Who would have thought you could generate QR codes using Google Spreadsheets? It is the FAST way to generate a number of codes quickly.
How to generate a code using Google Spreadsheets
1. Log into Google and open your Google Drive.
2. Click on the Create button to the left hand side and select Spreadsheet.
3. Label column ‘A’ Information. This is where you will put the infomation you want the QR code to have, for example your text, video link, URL etc.
4. Label column ‘B’ QR Code. (Eventuall...
There are just so many ways that you can use QR codes in the classroom. Here are at least 20 great ideas from teachers around the world.
Before you start make sure that your students have access to the Internet. If they have a smartphone or tablet such as Android or iPad, they should have a QR code reader as well as a QR code generator downloaded. If they are using PCs or Macs they need to have downloaded a suitable tool such as QuickMark. My previous two blogposts can aid with these:
1. QR Codes #1: ...
This was an email received by SchoolNet about the Young African Leadership Initiative.
“We wanted to make you aware of a new flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), the 2014 Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (“Washington Fellowship”). President Obama launched YALI in 2010 to support young African leaders, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. For more information about YALI, please visit http:...
QR codes are gaining momentum in today’s technology. Many teachers and classrooms are using the very successfully. This post aims to show how QR codes can be used on an Android and iPad device, a smartphone and also on a PC in the classroom.
What is a QR code
Recently I listened to a webinar presented by Steven Anderson on QR codes and I liked the way he introduced them. Here is a screenshot from the webinar.
A QR code is a ‘quick response’ move away from the keyboard to easily access in...
