Gauteng Vodacom ICT Resource Centre Launched
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet
On 13 June 2012 the third of nine provincial ICT Resource Centres was
launched in Sunnyside, Tshwane by the Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara
Creecy. The intention of the Vodacom Resource Centres is to help the
Department of Education to meet its goal of exposing a significant number of
learners to ICT and to upgrade the quality of instruction given by teachers.
Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy
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Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet
SchoolNet runs an Adobe Youth Voices project in various
schools in South Africa and so we are advertising the international 2012
Virtual iEARN Adobe Youth Voices Media Festival which starts today.
Join Adobe online for free to support youth media makers from around the
world who will be screening their videos at the event.
When?
June 20: 18:00-19:00 GMT = 2:00-3:00 pm New York City time
June 21: 20:30-21:30 GMT = 4:30-5:30 pm New York City time
Ju...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
There are a number of competitions available for SA teachers at the moment. I will advertise them here by their closing dates:
1. (21 June closing date): Sub-Saharan Africa Schools Olympic Truce Competition
Click here for more information on the Olympic Truce competition.
The competition is simple and flexible, to meet the needs of any classroom. It gives students the opportunity to go beyond sport and learn about the ideals behind the Games. Pupils will work together ...
Microsoft has embarked on an ‘Innovative Teaching and Learning’ (ITL) research programme. They will be hosting workshops and webinars on LEAP21. The first webinar on 18 July from 6pm – 6:30pm will focus on the first of the five dimensions 21st century learning (collaboration).This discussion Forum will allow all participants of LEAP21 training to connect and discuss the topic.
View the discussion forum on the Partners in Learning Network for details on joining the webinar. Note that i...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Monday 4 June 2012 at 15:00 Microsoft hosted its second TeachMeet at its Johannesburg offices. Teachmeets are the new informal type of professional development where teachers share for three minutes by means of a laptop and data projector on something they have done in their classrooms involving technology integration. Approximately 120 teachers, including officials from the Department of Education in Gauteng and North West Province, squeezed into the allocated room to hear ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
If you are a teacher that loves project-based teaching and connecting with classes around the world you’ll know that Wikispaces is the perfect platform to use. But did you know this? Wikispaces has added an amazing new feature to their free education version platform called Projects. This new feature allows you to create a special place for your project within your classroom wiki. In other words, you don’t have to create a separate project wiki for your classroom ...
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Submitted by Fiona Beal
Quite a number of TeachMeets have taken place around South Africa recently. I have been privileged to attend two in the last month in person and one virtually! Just a reminder about what TeachMeets are again– they are informal free gatherings where the teacher attendees are the presenters in matters concerning technology-integration in the classroom, and the focus is on the needs and wants of those attending. They are normally directed 100% to those attending, and teachers come ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Wednesday 23rd May at 17:30 I excitedly attended the TeachMeet in Somerset West at Somerset House Preparatory School. They were hosting the first ever TeachMeet in the Helderberg Basin, organised by their enthusiastic ICT teacher, Siobhan Louw.
There was an excited buzz with at least 30 teachers from the surrounding areas turning up to see what this was all about. We started off with a delicious light meal of a variety of soups and breads and then it was down to business!&nbs...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Google Docs is a very versatile suite that can be used on a PC, Mac,
tablet or iPad. This month SchoolNetSA is offering a free short online
course introducing Google Docs.
The suggested outline is:
Week 1 (beginning 8 June)
Getting started with Google Docs
Week 2 (beginning 11 June):
a) Google forms are incredible
b) Create and share a presentation using Google Docs
Week 3 (beginning 18 June):
Tips and tricks with Google Docs
This course is supported by ‘how toR...
