Report back on the East London TeachMeet 12th March
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Every time I attend a TeachMeet I come away feeling inspired and encouraged after experiencing the fantastic atmosphere and enthusiastic presentations delivered by teachers. I love to see the types of innovation that teachers are employing in their classrooms. On Tuesday 12th March 2013 I attended the second TeachMeet in East London. Last time it was held at Stirling Primary (organised by Claire Dean) and this time it was held at Clarendon Primary (organised by Sharon Cox). You ...Read more
In April and May we will be running a free Microsoft Innovation workshop in every province. During the workshop teachers will learn about digital tools they can use to engage learners; where to find ideas and inspiration for enhancing their lessons by integrating technology; and how to share learning activities with other teachers through the Partners in Learning Network (www.pil-network.com). The workshop will also cover some 21 Century Learning Design dimensions which will help teachers to design or en...
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The African Storybook Project is really something to get excited about. We have written a number of blogposts about this exciting venture on this blog:
a) Introducing The African Storybook Project…
b) 30 days of Writing #1: Welcome to the African Storybook project
c) An exciting, free digital storytelling course and writing opportunity for South African educators. Please sign up…
The ‘Digital Storytelling and the African Storybook project’ short online course for tea...
What are you doing this coming Saturday, April 13th? If you live in KZN, you won’t want to miss the Intel Teach One Day Conference at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg which is proudly presented by SchoolNet. The brochure can be seen below. To book your place please contact: Info@schoolnet.org.za or phone 011 403 5777 If you would like to download and print this brochure, please click on the following attachment link.
Intel Teach One Day Conference in Piet...
Do you recall reading this report called ‘SKA to inspire science students’ on 20th March 2013 (http://digitalclassroom.co.za/digitalclassroom/latestnews/303-ska-to-inspire-science-students)?
The SKA will be made up of an array of 3 000 satellite dishes built in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape, eight other African countries, and in Australia and New Zealand. The bulk of the project has been awarded to South Africa. SchoolNet is involved in some of the ICT training that will happen in sch...
Have you taken a look around the Partners in Learning Network lately? It’s FULL of the most incredible resources – free tools, learning activities for the classroom, tutorials, discussions, resources, professional development opportunities galore, opportunities to gain badges, networking opportunities, etc. No wonder Microsoft is wanting all teachers everywhere to see what is there and to join the network – all free. They have a great prize on offer if you join bef...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet
Since 2010, SchoolNet SA has been offering master training and support to centre management teams at the nine provincial Vodacom ICT Resource Centres. SchoolNet has now been commissioned to continue to support the centre staff and the teachers at schools served by the centres. Staff at the centres have been trained to offer the Microsoft Partners in Learning ICT Skills for Teachers and HelpDesk courses. The Training of Trainers courses for the Intel Getting Start...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet
Sunward Park High School in Boksburg, Gauteng recently launched their digital learning innovation. This event was reported on the DBE website at this URL: http://www.education.gov.za/Home/eLearning/tabid/855/Default.aspx
Instead of textbooks, each learner accesses all of his or her textbooks as well as other teaching and learning resources on a tablet with access to the Train Your Brain e-portal. Through this portal and the school’s wifi-networ...
One of the participants at the amazing Google Teacher Academy New York in October 2012, Brent Catlett, has created an awesome new site called #G+Eduhangouts. http://eduhangout.org/
This is what Brent says about the site:
This is Brent
“#G+eduhangout has been designed to:
Connect educators together all across the world using Google + Hangouts.
Bring experts, authors, and kids together.
Share the wonderful things happening in your classroom with others.
Learn from others that are...
