Using Minecraft: Education Edition as a tool to demonstrate the solution in a problem-based learning activity
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently I had the privilege of attending at the amazing Microsoft Educator
Exchange (E2) Africa Forum as a #MIEExpert Educator. The E2 had the theme of #Makewhatsnext and it was held at Microsoft’s
headquarters in Johannesburg. I was excited about the emphasis that would be placed on using Minecraft: Education Edition in our classrooms. Stephen Reid, the Minecraft ‘Guru’ from Immersive Minds in Scotland gave an amazing keynote on problem-based learn...Read more
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:
...
Hack the Classroom is one of Microsoft’s exciting, free, online, live events designed to show you what’s possible and ignite new ideas. This event will keep you in touch with all the ways to incorporate technology into your classroom. This year, the event will be live from the ISTE Conference bringing you the latest tools designed to empower your students to create the world of tomorrow! It is really worth...
Gizelle
Simpson is a teacher and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert from Malmsbury in the Western Cape.
She teaches English as a Home Language as well as English as a First Additional
Language at Wesbank Secondary School, and she is also a qualified Psychometrist.
Gizelle was one of the 30 MIEExpert Educators selected to attend the Microsoft
E2 Africa Form in Johannesburg, and in this article she gives a reflection on
the event.
“So there I was, boarding an aeroplane to Johanne...
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:
...
We are pleased to announce that SchoolNet SA will be holding an ICT in the Classroom Conference this year. We’d like to invite you to consider attending as a participant, a presenter or an exhibitor.
About the Conference
SchoolNet SA will be celebrating 20 years of leading change in ICT integration for teaching and learning. This celebration will culminate at our national conference which will be held at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Gauteng from 5th- 7th October 2017. At least 500 te...
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:
x
...
Brescia House School held its second annual CuriosITy dinner on 17 May 2017 which was attended by more than two hundred people – mostly women and girls – who enjoyed an evening intended to inspire girls to pursue careers in IT.
Grade 11 girls who are taking either Information Technology or Computer Applications Technology as subjects were invited to the dinner from schools around Gauteng – with some schools travelling from other provinces to attend. During the course of the evening the girls mo...
Here is some exciting news from Microsoft:
1. Did you know that the Class Hack Contest is Back?
During the September 24th Hack the Classroom event, in 2016 Microsoft showcased Sway as a fun and easy tool for sharing content. To carry the momentum forward, Microsoft is running a competition to see who can develop the best lesson that includes the use of Sway as a creative method for delivering content to students. Closing date is 7th June. Find out more on the Microsoft Educator Community https:/...
