Partners in Learning School Research Now Live on PILN
Partners in Learning School Research is now available on the Partners in Learning Network. A school in Canada started a survey and sent this feedback,
“I spent some time this morning setting up a survey. I also did a test survey myself. I can tell you honestly that the process was significantly less cumbersome than the last version. It was certainly easy to navigate. I am going to wait until tomorrow when I have this survey set to close to see what the results look like…In the meantime, kudos to M...Read more
One of my favourite people to follow is Matt Gomez who has a Kindergarden blog http://mattbgomez.com/. He shares amazing ideas for the Foundation Phase classroom on his blog. Through him I was introduced to the potential of using Symbaloo in the classroom. Last year I wrote a post entitled ‘Get to know Symbaloo as a bookmarking or curation tool’ which explained how to create a Symbaloo mix.
In this post I want to highlight some of my favourite Symbaloo mixes for Foundation Phase lea...
Submitted by Janet Thomson,, Executive Director of SchoolNetSA
The Google in Education Summit took place on September 26, 27 at Parklands College, Cape Town.
Delegates preparing for Opening Plenary
Maggie Verster and Ngaka Ralekoala signing in
“Wow” and “Awesome” were the most commonly used expressions this week at the Google Apps for Education Summit. Teachers were overwhelmed with the presentations given by the Google Ed Tech Team and the volumes of information that th...
To apply to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator: Expert (MIE-E) you are required to upload a Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network and to complete the online MIE-E form.
Step by step instructions
Below is a link to the step by step instructions for uploading your Learning Activity along with some tips and notes about the different information you are expected to provide. It is a good idea to read through all of these instructions BEFORE you start uploading your Learning Activity s...
This is a guest post from Ennis Jones from Obami. Obami is a local social learning management system and has won several international awards. Recently Obami digitized the Anas for teachers. Obami is free and well worth trying out in your classroom – with good local support available.
What is Obami?
Obami is an internationally recognised, award-winning, social
learning management system. It is local, contextual, customisable and
free.
What does Obami do?
Obami helps people to c...
This infographic was created by http://oakdome.com/ and I was delighted to see they give one permission to reproduce it on their own site as long as it refers back to them. Thank you! This was created specifically for iPads but it mostly relates to the use of Google Drive on any platform.
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This is a guest post from Digital Classroom, which is the Vodacom portal for teachers around the country, telling teachers about the wonderful holiday opportunities that exist for this September break. We read their excellent article on the Vodacom site and asked if we could use it for a guest post. Thank you to Digital Classroom
18 September 2013 – The short but welcome spring school holidays are upon us, a time to recharge the batteries and prepare for the cha...
The Google in Education K-12 summit (http://za.gafesummit.com/), which is being hosted by SchoolNet and Parklands College at Parklands College in Cape Town is happening this week on 26th and 27th September! We are all very excited about this event! There are some amazing international presenters coming as part of the EdTechTeam, and coupled with our local presenters who are versed in using Google products in their classrooms, all 370 delegates are in for a treat!
The optional Pre-Summit o...
We are almost there! The deadline for the Microsoft Innovative Educator – Expert application is looming and don’t want you to miss out. Submit your application before the September 30th, 2013 deadline (you have 7 days!) to be considered for this exclusive programme.
Completing and submitting your application means you’ll have an opportunity to join the Expert Educator Program and an all-expense paid trip to the Partners in Learning Global Forum 2014 in Barcelona–Spain. The Forum is where...
Submitted by Omashani Naidoo
If you are a teacher of students aged 13 – 19 please think about joining our Adobe Youth Voices programme with a group of students – even if you need to form a club in order to do this. 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 great prizes and a trip to the next IEARN confer...
