Register for the upcoming EdTechTeam Summits featuring Google for Education in Cape Town and be in line to win a Chromebook

We invite you to join us for the South Africa EdTechTeam Summits featuring Google for Education. These high intensity one and two day events focus on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education, iOS and other digital learning tools to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. The program features Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, Apple Distinguished Educators practicing administrators, solution providers, and representatives from the G...

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Microsoft webinar from the Joburg studio TODAY at 3pm ‘Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts’… Are you the next Microsoft Innovative Educator?

Microsoft is looking for self-driven educators who are passionate about their careers and inspiring students with outside-the-box thinking. 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). At 3pm just link to this URL  http://mva.zoom.ms/. A recording will be ...

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Conference highlights #16 ‘All about the Vodacom e-school by Justice Tyobeka’

We are currently presenting a series of posts displaying the presentations given at the recent SchoolNet Conference in Durban, In each post we share the presentation made by the presenter. The rest of the Conference highlight posts can be viewed on this blog at this link: http://goo.gl/yYX7WE. At the recent SchoolNet ICT in the classroom conference Justice Tyobeka spoke about the Vodacom e-school. Have you heard of it? It can be accessed at  http://goo.gl/ZTcJ96  Lessons can be accessed for Gr...

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Conference highlights #15: ‘Letters of appreciation from five Telkom teachers who attended the SchoolNet conference as sponsored delegates’

The Telkom Foundation sponsored a number of teachers to the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference in July this year. In this post we feature the five letters of appreciation we received from these teachers with their thoughts about the conference and how it impacted them. Neliswa Ester Zini from Queenstown This serves to notify you that I enjoyed the conference. Everything about it was excellent. I gained a lot from the presentations and keynotes, now I know how to attract my learner’s attentio...

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Conference highlights #14: ‘Reading and Viewing’ – a presentation from Pauline Skosana

We are currently presenting a series of posts displaying the presentations given at the recent SchoolNet Conference in Durban, In each post we share the presentation made by the presenter. The rest of the Conference highlight posts can be viewed on this blog at this link: http://goo.gl/yYX7WE. The three slideshows on this page were all part of a presentation on ‘Reading and Viewing’ given by Pauline Skosana at the SchoolNet conference.   ‘Reading and viewing’ by Paulinah Skosana ...

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Conference highlights #13: ‘The role of the 21st century mentality in school leadership’ by Lindiwe Buthelezi

We are currently presenting a series of posts displaying the presentations given at the recent SchoolNet Conference in Durban, In each post we share the presentation made by the presenter. The rest of the Conference highlight posts can be viewed on this blog at this link: http://goo.gl/yYX7WE. The following presentation by Lindiwe Buthelezi talks about the difficulties experienced by South African teachers at a time when technology is changing the way we live, work and learn. She gives special thanks to ...

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SchoolNet delegates attend XXII iEARN Conference and Youth Summit 2015 in Brasilia

iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communication technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day engage in collaborative project work worldwide. iEARN provides a platform for teachers and learners to communicate, apply and share knowledge. The iEARN conference was held at ESAF School of Finance and Administration in Brasilia. Delegates arrived on Sunday mid-day and were warmly welcomed by the conference organizers.  A total of thirty-fi...

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Conference highlights #12: Learn how to use Google Mapmaker by Saul Pillay

Do you know about Google Mapmaker? Find it at www.google.com/mapmaker.   Use Google Mapmaker to improve the map of places that matter to you. You can actually update the actual map on Google as seen by millions of users all over the world.  You can add a place by following instructions given on Mapmaker. You can also edit a place that has changed: You can add a road: There’s so much more you can do with this fascinating application, Google Mapmaker. At the SchoolNet Confer...

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