4Africa Virtual Academy webinar #2: OneNote for Education
Are you and your students using One Note? OneNote is a powerful note-taking tool created by Microsoft. Some say it is one of the best note-taking applications available. OneNote has been around for quite some times as part of the Microsoft Office suite but now Microsoft has made this free digital notebook available separately via Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Chrome. It is such a versatile, useful application that it should be used by everyone!
OneNote looks like a digital notebook with ...Read more
Submitted by Fiona Beal
We are presenting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. The first three in the series have already been posted: Digital storytelling #1: What exactly is digital storytelling? Digital storytelling #2: How do I get started writing a digital story?Digital storytelling #3: Which tools can I use for creating a digital story. Today we review places to find free images and sound effects for digital storytelling.
Digital Storytelling combines writing, ...
In August we displayed a post about entering for the Microsoft Innovative Educator program for 2015. Click on the image below to be taken to the recording. If you have a collaborative spirit, are resourceful and entrepreneurial, relish the role of being a change agent, and work to achieve excellence in education using advanced technologies and social media – then you may have what it takes to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIE).
Megan Rademeyer and Victor Ngobeni presented a webinar toge...
In its 14th year, the 2015 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) attracted 600,000 unique candidates who competed to demonstrate their mastery of Microsoft Office products. 145 student finalists from 47 countries participated in the final round of competition.
“More than 1.2 billion people use Office worldwide, and these students have taken the time to set themselves apart as the best of the best,” said Alison Cunard, General Manager of Learning Experiences at Microsoft. “Ear...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
We are presenting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. The first two is the series have already been posted: Digital storytelling #1: What exactly is digital storytelling? and Digital storytelling #2: How do I get started writing a digital story? Today we look at tools that can be used to create and present a digital story.
There is no shortage of tools to use to create digital stories, whether online or offline. Here are some tools your student...
SchoolNet’s Megan Rademeyer and Microsoft’s Victor Ngobeni are presenting a monthly Microsoft Virtual Academy webinar on the various Microsoft Education tools and programmes along with suggestions and examples of how teachers can use these tools in their classrooms. Some sessions have been pre-recorded, but as from August 2015, the monthly webinars will be broadcast live. Look out the broadcast dates and time on the Microsoft in Education – South Africa and Lesotho Facebook page if you would ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
We are presenting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. The first in the series focusing on what digital storytelling is all about was entitled, Digital storytelling #1: What exactly is digital storytelling? Today we look at ways of getting started with digital storytelling
The main problem with writing a story is finding the initial inspiration. Here are a few methods that might help!
(1) Find story starter sites on the Internet
There are plenty of these ty...
In August 2015 SchoolNet’s Megan Rademeyer travelled to the Seychelles to conduct a three day capacity building session with curriculum developers at the Seychelles Ministry of Education on behalf of Microsoft. The training involved working with officials from the Centre for Curriculum Assessment and Teacher Support, the Schools Division and the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (SITE) to develop strategies for integrating technology into the curriculum and assessment policies. The workshop gav...
