I Am Science – a new free Science app offering great opportunities for high school girls in disadvantaged areas
SchoolNet SA was
invited to brainstorm at the Goethe Institut more than a year ago. It is most pleasing to now report on the
outcome – a new Science learning app called
I am Science which targets early high school girls in disadvantaged areas and
aims to smash gender stereotyping in science, biased against girls and women. The initiative is being implemented by the
Goethe-Institut with support from the GIZ and financial support from the German
Federal Ministry for Economic C...Read more
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South Africa has been conducting a fascinating research project over the past
four years, called Learning Gains through Play (LGP) which is funded by the D G
Murray Trust. Ten schools received technology in the form of a bank of tablets
with carefully selected apps and Xbox Kinect console, large-screen TV and
games. Teachers received personal tablets and intensive professional
development training in mastering and embedding technology in classroom
teaching and learning and learner-driven activ...
The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week. The list is embedded below but can also be found at .The link to the back-d ated posts is:
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Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Microsoft’s annual Skype-a-Thon is a 48-hour long event that aims to connect classrooms across continents, travelling over 10 million virtual miles and connecting half a million students. Between 28 and 29 November 2017 a number of schools in South Africa and Lesotho got involved by connecting with other students, sharing stories, playing games and collaborating on subjects that the classes shared in common.
Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Mpho Phakisi of Lesotho got...
SchoolNet Conference goers in 2017 will remember the valuable contribution made by our overseas presenter, Peter Rafferty and his infectious enthusiasm for innovation in teaching. He has taken the time to write this article about his visit to South Africa. Even more interesting is the way he relates his experiences in South Africa to his own experiences as a learner when he was at school and as a teacher now in England and somehow Peter manages to subtly highlight the impact that technology has had on t...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Microsoft is once again teaming up with Code.org to support the Hour of Code. Although the activities on code.org/minecraft can be completed at no cost at any time, learners around the world are encouraged to be part of an initiative to get students learning the basics of coding during Computer Science Education Week – between 4 and 10 December 2017.
You may have got your learners doing the Minecraft themed Hour of Code activities last year, and if you would like to use...
After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to various subscriptions recently, these are a selection that look useful for teachers https://goo.gl/NWoBGD . (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2).
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The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week. The list is embedded below but can also be found at The link to the back-dated posts is:
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We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar, ‘Putting your story on the map with Google Tour Builder’ will be held this coming Thursday 30th November 2017 at 3:15pm (GMT+2). Our speaker will be Linda Foulkes, MIEE / Freelance Trainer / Consultant / Courseware Author / eLearning Content Creator at Foulkes@Work in the United Kingdom. This will be SchoolNet’s final webinar for 2017.
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Conference 2017 has been and gone but the memory lingers on… This post brings you a handy list of links including links to presentations from some of our presenters. Only 24 of our presenters have shared their presentations to date, and we are very grateful to them. But first, a quick recap!
Over 400 delegates attended the 2017 SchoolNet SA ICT in the
Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Gauteng between
5 – 7 October 2017. It was a conf...
