SchoolNetSA at the National Teachers Awards
Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet and Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet
The National Teachers Awards was held at the Gallagher Estate Conference Centre on 7 March, 2013. This event is in its 13th year and is growing annually. A number of finalists are nominated via our nine provinces in the following categories:
Excellence in Primary School Teaching
Excellence in Secondary School Teaching
Excellence in Primary School Leadership
Excellence in Secondary School Leadership
Excellence in Grade ...Read more
Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet
Thembelihle Primary School is a small school, recently established by the Methodist Church in Howick for the benefit of learners from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has expanded gradually from just being a play school and with the help of some overseas funding has built additional classroom and employed new teachers. It is now in the process of registering as an independent school with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. The majority of ...
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If you are a South African teacher reading this we would like to tell you about a writing opportunity and a free online writing course that is coming up with SchoolNetSA as part of this amazing African Storybook project and website that is being developed for Africa. Our 30 days of writing posts will lead up to giving more information about this. WATCH THIS SPACE!
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Submitted by Fiona Beal. Po...
TeachMeets are places where teachers teach teachers about what they are doing in their classes to promote technology. We love to keep track of where this happens in South Africa so that we can promote them. Here are three that we know about for the months of March and April .
1) TeachMeet in East London
Two schools in East London are taking turns in holding the TeachMeet. Last year Stirling Primary was the host and now it is Clarendon Primary’s turn on Tuesday 12 March from 3-5pm. Read mo...
Our SchoolNet webinars usually take place from 6:00-6:30 pm on a designated week evening, and these will mostly link to the free online courses that are being offered which is currently ‘Use Google for Professional development’. Here are the details of the two remaining webinars for March 2013. Please join us if you can.
Get to know Google +
Google + is Google’s social network designed to let
you share up-to-the second updates, ideas, thoughts, links and media w...
What are Google glasses?
submitted by Fiona Beal
I have been reading bits and pieces about Google glasses, and today I thought I would investigate further. All I can say is ‘Wow, wow, wow’. it is quite mind-blowing. You wear them like glasses but they appear to give information, record experiences and allow you to connect with others.
from http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-unveils-augmented-reality-glasses/story-e6frfro0-12...
One of the really superb things about Google Chrome is that you can get to create multiple browsers. I thought I might show you my understanding of this by way of a screencast made with Screencastomatic.
This multiple browser feature of Google Chrome is something I find exceptionally useful – such a time saving feature.
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Submitted by Nomty Gcaba and Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet
Inqolayolwazi Primary School, in oZwathini, Kwazulu-Natal received a sponsorship of 25 tablets and 2 laptops from Sweden due to the generosity of BJörn Homströ. Mrs Sylvia Chamane, principal of Inqolayolwazi sought SchoolNet’s assistance to maximise the donation and purchased more laptops. Intel® Education sponsored Getting Started training to all teachers at the school.
The teachers reflected that this training was a godsend ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
In July 2011 I was very privileged to attend the inaugural Microsoft Partner’s in Learning Institute in Seattle. Whilst there I connected with a virtual blogging friend, Julie Hembree, who visited me at my hotel. It is really exciting to meet virtual technology friends for the first time. Since then Julie has gone on to be an Edublogs winner with her amazing librarian blog, Bulldog Readers, plus a United States finalist in the Partners in Learning Global Forum held in Prague 201...
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