Apply to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert – applications close 15 July 2017

MIE Experts are part of an exclusive Microsoft program created to recognize global educator visionaries who are using technology to improve teaching and learning. Outstanding MIE Experts from South Africa and Lesotho are selected to attend Education Exchange (E2) events both locally and internationally; they participate in webinars to boost their own skills; they feature in case studies, blogposts and webinars; and they are part of a local and international community of teachers who share ideas and best ...

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MIEExpert Spotlight #28: Charmaine Roynon from Cape Town talks about coding and growing great teachers

Charmaine Roynon, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert from Cape Town, is currently the ICT Integrator at Wynberg Girl’s Junior School, (also coined WGJS). In addition she is also Head of Curriculum Development and Teacher Training at EDU 365 SA. Charmaine says, “Working in the Education space is an ongoing adventure – it is dynamic and exciting. I thrive on working with curriculum and learning new, authentic methods to deliver curriculum. I would like to see teachers being given FAR, FAR mor...

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Gerald Plaatjies – passionate about using Microsoft Office in the classroom

It is not every day that you find a Maths author is also a teacher who is passionate about using technology in his classroom. Mr Gerald Plaatjies is a Grade 5 Maths teachers at Eden Park Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa (Ekurhuleni West District), and he is very passionate about integrating technology in education. He has been teaching Maths at Eden Park Primary School for over 21 years, and during this time he has created a variety of learning materials for his learners using Microsoft Off...

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SchoolNet webinar recording and downloadable presentation link ‘Coding – it’s not scary- it’s easy and it’s free…’ by Charmaine Roynon

On Tuesday afternoon 27 Hune at 3:30pm we held a free SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Coding – it’s not scary- it’s easy, it’s free and it promotes cerebral fitness!’ Our speaker was Charmaine Roynon, a Microsoft MIEExpert from Cape Town. Charmaine is the ICT Integrator at Wynberg Girl’s Junior School, and she is also Head of Curriculum Development and Teacher Training at EDU 365 SA.  Charmaine is very interested in coding and its importance t...

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Education Exchange (E2) Africa brings Innovative Teachers together

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer On 29 and 30 May 2017, the Education Exchange (E2) Africa Forum bought together almost sixty MIE Experts and representatives of Microsoft Schools for two days of hands-on learning, networking, and trying out some of the latest Microsoft tools at the Microsoft offices in Bryanston. Thirty one Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts who have shown commitment to online learning and networking were invited to attend the Forum, including two MIE Experts from Kenya, one from Rwanda ...

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Have you registered for SchoolNet’s ICT in the Classroom Conference in October?

SchoolNet SA will be holding an ICT in the Classroom Conference this year at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on 5-7 October. We’d love you to attend as a participant, a presenter or an exhibitor. At least 500 teachers and Education Department officials from all provinces are expected to attend. The Schoolnet ICT in the Classroom C onference has been sponsored by Intel and Microsoft on a bi-annual basis in a number of provinces over the past twenty years.  Please...

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