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It’s time for you to create your own Blogger blog – take the challenge!
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Just the other day I was showing a group how to blog using one of my favourite sites – Blogger.com – when I discovered to my shock that the new interface was now mandatory. No more hiding behind what one was once comfortable with. I then decided to get to know the new interface and made screenshots as I went along. I would really like to share these with you and encourage you to make yourself a blog. A classroom blog is one of the things you can do to transform your c...Read more
Wonderful Wordstash
This is a guest post from Lisa Gair who is the Technology teacher at the Rock Academy in Fish Hoek. She originally placed this post on her lovely ICT blog: http://icteducator.blogspot.com/, and since Lisa is a keen SchoolNetter I asked her if I could use her post on the SchoolNet blog. Thank you again Lisa!
A friend recently introduced me to Wordstash. (The Wordstash website has changed since this blogpost was written and is now found at http://flashcardstash.com/). It’s very easy to si...Read more
Add navigation pages to your wiki and write on them!
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Opening of the new computer lab at Ekukhanyeni School in Kwazulu-Natal
This report is given by Janet Thomson who is the Executive Director of SchoolNetSA Today (17 May 2012) Hlengiwe and I had an uplifting experience. We attended the opening of a computer lab at Ekukhanyeni Special School for the severely mentally handicapped.
The driving force behind this project is Jonathan Michaels – a young IT entrepreneur who I met at the eThekwini Connected Schools planning meeting. He is involved in developing the Android tablet. He has a For Profit Social Enterpris...Read more
Class Dojo–a fantastic classroom motivational tool
Submitted by Fiona Beal
I have always loved creating a classroom spirit in my classes and one way of doing this is introducing plenty of motivational tools to encourage the learners. I was absolutely delighted recently when I came across this Glogster advertising two teachers’ use of a classroom motivational tool called Class Dojo. This is something that would work so well in a primary school classroom. Caitlin Jones and Erin Schudde did a fantastic job of this Glogster, don’t you agree? (I ...Read more
Four competitons for South African teachers and their classes
Submitted by Fiona Beal
It has come to my notice that there are a few exciting competition available for South African teachers and learners. The first one, a Skype competition is a world wide competition and could include High School classes. More information is available at http://education.skype.com The next three seem more suited to the Primary School learner and are advertised on our South African classroom site http://e-classroom.co.za/. Why not take a look and get your class to participate?
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Why not create a wiki for your classroom?
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Have you ever considered using a wiki in your class? It can be a fabulous classroom tool with a multitude of uses.
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. It is like a website but it doesn’t require any special knowledge of HTML. Anyone who joins the wiki can write and edit on the wiki which makes it ideal for classroom use. What I like about using a w...Read more
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