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What is the right (Learning Management System) LMS for you and why would you use one?

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In our modern digitally-orinetated classrooms, the use of a Learning Management System (LMS) classrooms helps the teacher connect the students’ everyday life with an educational system for easier technology integration.   A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of electronic educational technology courses or teaching programs. LMSes are made to help educators create and deliver content...

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Create a simple New Year greeting using Microsoft PowerPoint…

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It is very simple to create  a lovely New Year’s greeting to put on Facebook or a blog using Microsoft PowerPoint. It takes next to no time! We have done this for two year’s running now. What do you need PowerPoint installed on your device or you can use the free PowerPoint online found in OneDrive A free PowerPoint template Some creativity… Steps to creating an image greeting 1. Search for Free Happy New Year PowerPoint templates using your browser. I came up with a selection from a site c...

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How to open and view an emailed PDF document on a mobile device

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Generally if you are going to send documents to another person via email, the safest and most popular format to use is the PDF format. This is because the PDF format keeps the formatting in the document intact but also because free applications to open PDFs can be easily downloaded from the Internet. Opening emailed PDFs on Android devices Android devices can view PDF files easily by downloading Google Drive, a free application,  from the Google Play store, that is, if it is...

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The yearly Edublogs Awards – a recap. of the 2015 winners

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If you are a blogger you’ll know about the annual Edublogs Awards. The Edublog Awards started in 2004. They promote and demonstrate the educational value of social media such as the use of blogs and Twitter for educational purposes.  These awards take place in November/December yearly in three stages. First there is the Nominations stage. This is followed by the Voting stage. Finally the winners are announced.  I always love looking through the winning blogs as th...

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MIEExpert Spotlight for South Africa #1: Warren Sparrow talks about using OneNote, Sway and Office Mix in the classroom

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Microsoft and SchoolNet SA recently congratulated the 61 new 2016 South African and Lesotho Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts who have been selected to be part of the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert programme for 2015-2016. In this series of posts we will be highlighting these MIEExperts. We thought we would start with Warren Sparrow Warren is the Head of Information and Communications Technology at Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School.  Warren in the news! Warren has re...

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Have you visited the new Microsoft Educator Community (MEC) recently?

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Microsoft says, “Education can change the world. At Microsoft, we believe that education is the single most important investment in the future of individuals, communities, nations, and the world – that it is vital to sustainable social and economic success. It is also a fundamental human right. But the reality is that education globally faces a crisis; a crisis of resources, time, and support.” To this effect Microsoft is continually bringing new ideas to teachers in a myriad of ways. One ...

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