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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Before opening the
SchoolNet SA 2017 ICT in the Classroom Conference, the national Deputy Minister,
Mr. Enver Surty, sat down with Janet Thomson, Executive Director for SchoolNet
South Africa to discuss the DBE’s approach to digital learning.
The Deputy Minister
thanked Thomson for “the enormous contribution by SchoolNet in the ICT domain”
asserting that “ICT is becoming more critical and central to the facilitation
of teaching and learning”. Surty then demonstrated the d...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Over 400 delegates attended the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Brynaston, Gauteng between 5 – 7 October 2017. The conference was opened by Deputy Minister of Basic Education Enver Surty who also sat down with SchoolNet’s executive director, Janet Thomson, to define the national Department of Basic Education’s plans for digital learning. (See here for more on this interview – )
The opening keynote speaker was Ste...
SchoolNet is pleased to recomment the eighth annual Global Education Conference, a free online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. It will be held Monday, November 13 through Wednesday, November 16, 2017 (November 17th in some time zones). The entire virtual conference will be held online using the Blackboard Collaborate platform.
The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, ...
What is iEARN?
iEARN (https://iearn.org/) is a non-profit organization made up of well over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 140 countries. Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet is the Country Co-ordinator for South Africa. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. More than 2,000,000 students and 500 educators each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide. 30 different languages are...
Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka
SchoolNet SA has been contracted by the
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to conduct training for 30 Education
Library Information and Technology Service (ELITS) Officials during the first
week of December 2017.
The traditional role of a librarian as a knowledge manager has evolved
to become that of being a curator of resources and a partner in the development
of online learning materials. The intention of this course is to equip
officials who run libraries with the s...
Submitted by Mathapelo Sehume from SchoolNet
This month’s
spotlight is on Ms Violet Shadung, a Grade 8 -11 English, Maths and Technology
teacher from Ruabohlale Secondary School.
Ms
Shadung started basic ICT skills training in 2016 along with her colleagues
from Ruabohlale Secondary. Back when she started her journey, the “only thing she
could do on her computer was type”. Since her participation in basic ICT skills
workshops, she has improved her technology skills and now considers herself ...
On Thursday 26th October 2017 at 3:15pm we held a free SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘We can code it – An introduction to Scratch and coding’ which was presented by Nomusa Keninda, Senior E- Learning Specialist in the Mpumalanga Department of Education and founder of the Mpumalanga ICT Club. Coding is becoming a vital skill that should be part of every classroom. Scratch is a great, free, online program to introduce to your learners. Learners as young as 5 years can use Scratch to expres...
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/wYiE6r. (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2)
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Here is a message from Anthony Peters from Parklands College about an exciting free spelling initiative that takes place online on Friday 27th October 2017. It sounds great!
“Hi all
I’m helping to spread an exciting initiative around South Africa and it has the ambitious aim of improving English literacy competence of individuals not just within South Africa but across the whole African continent! Spelling competitions are a big focus at the moment and there are four a year, one in each...
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