Why not register for the free, online Global Conference Network’s Library 2017 Mini-Conference: DIGITAL LITERACY & FAKE NEWS
Did you know that the second of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: “Digital Literacy + FakeNews,” will be held online (and for free) on Thursday June 1st from 12:00 – 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).
This event is being organized in partnership with futurist Bryan Alexander, who will serve as moderator for the opening panel and as the closing keynote speaker. Invited panelists and presenters will look deeply at the foundational relationship of librarie...Read more
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/8vRtyp (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2)
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This is the first in a series of posts about using Minecraft: Education Edition in your classroom. (The series of posts can be accessed at: ) In this post we introduce you to this global sensation that has been personalised for use in schools, specifically for education, and is being used effectively by educators in more than 50 countries of the
world.
Minecraft is hitting the world by storm! You just have to mention the word ‘Minecraft’ in class and hands go up with learner...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently this great infographic created Mia MacMeekin was displayed on the TeachThought blog, and I was delighted to see that Mia shared this with a Creative Commons license. In learner-centered teaching, the focus is on the student as learner, with the aim of improving student learning and success..This infographic shows some of the classroom strategies for achieving it.(Click on the image below to see an enlarged version). Our thanks go to Mia MacKeekin for expressing these idea...
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 http://bit.ly/2o6XoAt. The link to the back-dated posts is
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This is a guest post from Matthew Hains from Crawford College, Sandton. . Matthew is one of our Microsoft 2016/2017 #MIEExperts from South Africa. Matthew recently shared a blogpost on the SchoolNet blog describing his visit to Microsoft’s E2 Global Exchange Toronto in Canada as part of the South African delegation. Read his post here. Also visit Matthew;’s technology blog http://www.techteachers.co.za.
In today’s post Matthew talks about his use of PowerPoint to create a game.
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2017 Computer Applications Olympiad sees the introduction of a Second Round. The Olympiad is for CAT learners, ICDL candidates and others who are computer literate.
What is the Applications Olympiad?
Being able to use computer applications is fast becoming essential for study and work. Applications help learners to make sense of data and to strengthen insight. The Computer Applications Olympiad encourages learners to see the bigger picture where: Data à Information à Knowledge à Ins...
We are pleased to announce that Megan Rademeyer and MIEExpert Justin Harper will be presenting a free Microsoft Virtual Academy webinar from the Microsoft Office in Johannesburg on Microsoft Classroom. Office 365 Education now includes Microsoft Classroom, a single experience for managing all classes and assignment workflow for teachers and students. Microsoft Classroom is your homepage for managing all of your classes. Organize multiple class sections, create and grade assignments, collaborate with o...
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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Submitted by Janet Thomson Executive Director of SchoolNet SA
SchoolNet wishes to congratulate
the deserving winners and finalists of the 2017 National Teachers Awards. The
prestigious ceremony was held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in
Johannesburg on Saturday 25 March and was re-broadcast on SABC 2 on Thursday 30th
March
The National Teaching Awards were
established in 2000 and are now their seventeenth year. There are twelve categories, comprising a
range of accomplishments from excell...
