SchoolNet Webinar on Thursday 12th at 3:30pm ‘Have you discovered Learnist boards? Try creating one…’
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a webinar on Thursday afternoon at 3.30pm. Here are the details:
Name: Have you discovered Learnist boards? Try creating one…
Summary: With the Internet being so HUGE these days educators have to become master curators of content. A Learnist Board is a really useful way to curate and keep a record of the information that you need. I love using Diigo, Pinterest and Scoopit for curation purposes, but Learnist has its own unique properties that s...Read more
Edmodo has become the Learning Management System (LMS) of choice for many teachers around the world. Edmodo is one of those Learning Management Systems that every teacher can successfully use in their classroom whether they have PCs, a BYOD classroom, an iPad/tablet classroom or just one computer/tablet in the classroom. It works across the board. Best is, that if a teacher so desires, he/she can even invite the parents to join the class Edmodo group as well. All Edmodo needs, really, is an enthu...
In a couple of week’s time, on 26th and 27th September, SchoolNet and Parklands College are hosting the first Google in Education K-12 summit to be held in Africa. This event will be held at Parklands College in Cape Town.
Who is presenting?
This summit is being run by an international team known as the EdTech team, that runs these two-day Google summits successfully all over the world. Consequently the presenters will be international speakers and people from Google’s...
This is a guest post from one of our SchoolNet members, Linda Foulkes, from Elkanah House High in Cape Town. Two of her students were chosen out of 8 Semi-Finalists to compete at the Microsoft Office Specialist Worldwide Championship in Washington for the World Title in July 2013. Jenny Cole, CEO of Netlearn sponsored the event and Linda attended as the trainer and chaperone. This post can be read in full with all the photos and videos on Linda’s blog Foulkes@Work
Linda writes:
“I ...
Yesterday we held two SchoolNet webinars presented by Carolyn Bruton, a teacher who is an expert in Mindmapping. The first one took place at 3:30pm and the second one was a repeat that took place at 6:00 pm. Thank you to all who attended the webinars
Presentation:
Carolyn’s presentation is given below – Carolyn has kindly agreed that teachers can download it.
Recording link:
If you wish to listen to the presentation the recording link can be found at http://meet78641452.adobeconn...
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding Carolyn Bruton’s webinar on Mindmapping using the Ipad and other devices in two different time slots on Thursday. The first will be at 3:30 pm and the repeat slot will be at 6:00 pm.
Details
Webinar 1
Name: Mindmapping using an Pad and other devices:
Summary: Carolyn says. “We will examine the development and use of mind mapping with toddlers
through to senior students using freehand drawing activities and how they are
constru...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
If you would like to win a trip to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the Global Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum you have until 30 September 2013 to apply to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (http://www.pil-network.com/Educators/expert). If you are passionate about using technology to enhance education and motivating others you could be selected to join this exclusive global community by applying to be an Educator Expert and sharing your Learning Activity...
Submitted by Omashani NaidooThe Intel Roundtable curriculum discussion was held at Wolfson’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom. South Africa participated with 25 other countries from Asia, Europe, North America and Africa. This event was well represented by over 70 delegates from various Education sectors with Omashani Naidoo representing SchoolNetSA.
Omashani says, “The Roundtable workshop was indeed an eye-opener. There are many parallels and actually being a third wor...
As you know SchoolNet and Parklands are hosting a Google in Education summit for K-12 education, the first of its kind in Africa, on September 26th and 27th at Parklands College in Cape Town. We do hope you will take hold of this fantastic opportunity to find out how you can use Google in your classroom with great benefit to your students. You can register for this event at http://za.gafesummit.com/
Pre-conference workshop information
In addition to the Summit the Ed Teach team is presenting some very ...
The facilitators are introduced to the participants
Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka
On the 19 – 20 of August 2013 about 150 educators from Nciba Circuit in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape gathered at Queens College in Queenstown to receive their first Teacher Professional Development which included a 10” inch Samsung or Prestigio tablet device for each teacher. The was also attended by the Eastern Cape Education Department officials, SchoolNet SA Executive Director Janet Thomson,...
