Great Google posts this week #41
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MIEExpert Spotlight #2: Brescia House School in Johannesburg sets a record with 16 teachers selected for the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert program in 2016
This is the second post in the series “MIEExpert
Spotlight for South Africa”. The tab with all the posts can be found at
Brescia House School in Johannesburg is well known for its
standards of excellence in education. It is a private Catholic school for girls that rates the use of
technology as a high priority for all students at the school. The girls use
different devices to suit the needs to the various age groups, for example
iPads are used in the Foundation Phase; Windows 8 ta...Read more
Avatars #4: Use BeFunky for cartoon-like avatars created from photos
Submitted by Fiona Beal
This is the fourth in a series of posts on using
avatars in the classroom. My students use avatars for various purposes such as
uploading a profile picture to their Edmodo profile, Google classroom profile,
Gmail profile, blog profile etc. In this series of posts we will look at these
various avatar creation applications in more details. Previous posts can be
accessed by clicking on the avatars tag on the blog here http://goo.gl/72Q0cu.
Today we look at Be Funky.&...Read more
Learning Tools for OneNote Customer Preview add-in launched making it easier to read and write…
Microsoft has recently launched the official Learning Tools for OneNote (Customer Preview) add-in. It can be downloaded from http://www.onenote.com/learningtools.
The Learning Tools for OneNote add-in helps everyone improve their reading and writing skills, including gifted learners, students with learning differences or a combination of any of the broad range of unique student abilities.
“Students spend so much energy decoding that they can’t focus on content. This tool will help...Read more
A brief overview of the ‘Get Trained’ option in the new Microsoft Educator Community
In our previous post about the new Microsoft Educator Community entitled, ‘Take some time to join the new Microsoft Educator Community today!‘ we spoke about how to join this great new community that Microsoft has developed. You’ll find this community at:
https://www.educatornetwork.com/. This new site is a central destination where you’ll have access to well over 1.5 million educators around the world plus more. Some of the things you’ll be able to do on the Microsoft Educa...Read more
Great Google posts this week #40
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Rate us (SchoolNet) on SchoolAdvisor and be in line to win a trip to Mauritius!
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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #35
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Take some time to join the new Microsoft Educator Community today!
Submitted by Fiona Beal
In around October 2015 Microsoft moved the Microsoft Educator Network to its new destination now called the Microsoft Educator Community. Have you perhaps visited the new site and joined?
What is the new site about?
This new site is a central destination where you’ll have access to over 1.5 million educators around the world, a fresh selection of professional development courses and resources, thousands of inspiring lesson plans, and access to live lessons and virtual fi...Read more
Opportunity for teachers – iEARN Photography and Design Challenge 2016 (closing date 15th Jan)
We would like to alert our South African teachers to this great opportunity – the iEARN Photography and Design Challenge 2016. The closing date is 15th January 2016.
What is the challenge?
The iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) Photography and Design Challenge is an online challenge which invites iEARN members to produce photography or graphic designs that deliver a message and reflect a concept and purpose.
The iEARN Photography and Design Challenge is open to all iEARN pa...Read more
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