Wednesday 16th November – FINAL DAY programme for the online Global Education Conference

Wednesday, November 16th, is the final day of our the seventh annual Global Education Conference. It’s been an amazing conference, hope you can join us for some of the final keynotes or sessions! IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers:  http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/need-more-help. We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for ...

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Tuesday 15th November – Day 2 programme for the online Global Education Conference

Tuesday, November 15th, is day three of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. We are ready for another great day of sessions and keynotes!IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers:  http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/need-more-help. We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. Here is a pl...

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Teachers – join Microsoft for Skype-a-Thon 2016 on 29th and 30th November

Here is a message from Microsoft: “At Microsoft, we believe a powerful way to learn is from each other and if we can connect classrooms, we can change the world. That’s why we’re empowering students and educators around the globe to do just that. On November 29th and 30th Microsoft is hosting a Global Education Skype-a-Thon. Over the 48 hours, classrooms will connect to other classrooms and guest speakers around the world using Skype and contribute to help reach the goal t...

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Sunday 13th November – Day 1 programme for the online Global Education Conference

Sunday, November 13th, is day one of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. We are ready for a great opening day of sessions and keynotes!IMPORTANT NOTES: If the conference site should experience any difficulties, a back-up site with session calendars and links is at http://www.globaledcon.com. Recordings of any sessions that have taken place will accessible on the conference recordings page, usually within a few minutes after a session has ended.  Follow the Twitter co...

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Useful Google in education posts this week #80

After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to various subscriptions recently, these are a selection that look useful for teachers. (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2) https://goo.gl/BpB8WE  Useful Google in Education posts this week #80 View more lists from Fiona Beal ...

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Technology Use in the Classroom = A Massive Opportunity for Language Gains

Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet SA This is an extract from a recent learning brief conducted over the past three years which has tracked the development of two cohorts of Foundation Phase learners. The purpose of this learning brief is to share the findings of the research conducted over the past three years which has tracked the development of two cohorts of Foundation Phase learners. These learners have experienced a technology-enabled, play-infused learning environment from ...

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Google in Education posts this week #79

After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to various subscriptions recently, these are a selection that look useful for teachers. (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2) Google in Education posts this week #79 View more lists from Fiona Beal ...

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Webinar recording ‘Tech-ing Additional Languages (using iPads)’ by Bronwyn Desjardins

On Thursday afternoon 3 November 2016 we held a webinar entitled, ‘Tech-ing Additional Languages’ using SchoolNet’s Adobe Connect platform. Our speaker was Bronwyn Desjardins,  an Educational Technology Coach at St Stithians Girls’ Preparatory in Johannesburg.   Bronwyn is also an iTeacher (2012) winner, MIE runner-up (2010) and Apple Distinguished Educator who has presented at numerous IT conferences. She has 18 years of teaching experience including teaching ...

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