Written by Fiona Beal
These days there are many wonderful, free Web 2.0 interactive creative writing applications to use with your learners. What I like about these applications is the fact that even the reluctant writers get involved quite easily. The use of these Web 2 tools also open the door to many advantages. For example, stories can be shared with parents instead of being lost in a school classwork book or on a piece of paper. They can also be shared with classes around the world if th...
An exciting event
The Partners in Learning Middle East Innovative Education Forum took place in Aqaba, Jordan last week.
This is a photo of our South African and Lesotho team of 20 who attended the Forum in Jordan. The group consisted of Innovative Teacher winners, Innovative Schools representatives, judges for the event and our local Partners in Learning APM, Angela Schaerer.
We are so pleased to announce that members of our group, who were all regional winners in July in South...
The SimpleK12 Learning community put out this question not too long ago ‘Are you a 21st century teacher’ in their blog post: http://blog.simplek12.com/education/21-signs-youre-a-21st-century-teacher/. They added a number of pointers to consider. This really got me thinking. Let’s be honest – our world is changing rapidly – are we as educators keeping up? What do you think about these questions? Do you think they are a fair reflection of effective 21st century teaching? &nb...
Last year we participated in a yearly project run by Terry Smith, Assistant Professor of Education at Western Illinois University in the USA. I was the IT support to Grade 5B at Fish Hoek Primary who actually won the Top Monster Award with their Tokoloshi Afrika! Let me tell you about it – maybe you would like to participate this year.
A word from Terry Smith the project leader
“Greetings Monster Makers,
Remember Tokoloshi-Afrika from Mrs. Beagley’s class in Cape Town, Sout...
In one of our pre-assignments before attending PIL Institute in Redmond, we were asked to discuss our views on 21st century teaching and learning, and also add artefacts, and place all of this in our Partners in Learning community site. Many of the attendees added video links as their artefacts, so I have listed them here for quick access. These videos capture what, I believe, best describes teaching and learning in the 21st Century. These videos focus on the skills that students need or what teachers s...
With Windows Live Writer you can write your posts offline and then publish them when you are finished. This will be a great help to me as I usually write my posts in Word – and the HTML code is very complicated behind the scenes. Correcting the formatting in the published post is also a headache! I am using Live Writer now for the first time so I’ll be able to comment on how easy it is to use in a minute. To install Live Writer this is what you need to do:
1. Go to the Internet and search for Wi...
Today I would like to point you to a fascinating reading website: http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/.
This is a site where teachers can find books to read to their class as well as some free lesson ideas on the books listed on the site. Each book has a list of activities spanning a few subjects. I came across this site through Technology Tidbits.
This post is actually going to be taken verbatim out of the teaching library website so that you can see its potential. It is taken from the page: http://ww...
Introducing IEARN Projects
Have you heard of IEARN projects? (http://www.iearn.org/) They have so many wonderful projects that teachers can get involved in. Did you know that if you create a project and want teachers to join you, you can advertise it through IEARN projects? Why don’t you take a look through their project book which is embedded at the end of this post, and see if there’s a project that interests you? It is important to note that if you are interested ...
A recent post written on keyboarding by Jacqui Murray got me thinking again about my lack of keyboarding skills. I don’t know about you but I STILL can’t type properly. After all these years I still type with two fingers at great speed, always looking at my keyboard AND I make dozens of typos! They are not spelling mistakes – it is just that my fingers get in the way of each other. A parent assured me recently that he recently found a keyboarding site on the internet and taught...
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Written by Fiona Beal
These days there are many wonderful, free Web 2.0 interactive creative writing applications to use with your learners. What I like about these applications is the fact that even the reluctant writers get involved quite easily. The use of these Web 2 tools also open the door to many advantages. For example, stories can be shared with parents instead of being lost in a school classwork book or on a piece of paper. They can also be shared with classes around the world if th...
An exciting event
The Partners in Learning Middle East Innovative Education Forum took place in Aqaba, Jordan last week.
This is a photo of our South African and Lesotho team of 20 who attended the Forum in Jordan. The group consisted of Innovative Teacher winners, Innovative Schools representatives, judges for the event and our local Partners in Learning APM, Angela Schaerer.
We are so pleased to announce that members of our group, who were all regional winners in July in South...
Last year we participated in a yearly project run by Terry Smith, Assistant Professor of Education at Western Illinois University in the USA. I was the IT support to Grade 5B at Fish Hoek Primary who actually won the Top Monster Award with their Tokoloshi Afrika! Let me tell you about it – maybe you would like to participate this year.
A word from Terry Smith the project leader
“Greetings Monster Makers,
Remember Tokoloshi-Afrika from Mrs. Beagley’s class in Cape Town, Sout...
Don’t you just love these infographics? Facebook is just everywhere! Click on the picture to be taken to the original website.
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With Windows Live Writer you can write your posts offline and then publish them when you are finished. This will be a great help to me as I usually write my posts in Word – and the HTML code is very complicated behind the scenes. Correcting the formatting in the published post is also a headache! I am using Live Writer now for the first time so I’ll be able to comment on how easy it is to use in a minute. To install Live Writer this is what you need to do:
1. Go to the Internet and search for Wi...
Today I would like to point you to a fascinating reading website: http://www.teachinglibrary.co.uk/.
This is a site where teachers can find books to read to their class as well as some free lesson ideas on the books listed on the site. Each book has a list of activities spanning a few subjects. I came across this site through Technology Tidbits.
This post is actually going to be taken verbatim out of the teaching library website so that you can see its potential. It is taken from the page: http://ww...
A recent post written on keyboarding by Jacqui Murray got me thinking again about my lack of keyboarding skills. I don’t know about you but I STILL can’t type properly. After all these years I still type with two fingers at great speed, always looking at my keyboard AND I make dozens of typos! They are not spelling mistakes – it is just that my fingers get in the way of each other. A parent assured me recently that he recently found a keyboarding site on the internet and taught...
