Anglo Platinum Community Project takes Intel professional development to teachers in Limpopo and NorthWest
Anglo Platinum has a passionate commitment to the communities in the vicinities of its mines. Recently SchoolNet SA was contracted by Anglo Platinum to provide professional development to teachers from 226 schools who had received ICT equipment as part of Anglo Platinum’s social responsibility framework. The intention of this initiative is to uplift and support specifically targeted communities in the North West (Bojanala District) and in Limpopo (Waterberg, Greater Sekhukhune and Capricorn Districts)....Read more
The Mpumalanga Department of Education has embarked upon a pilot project that involves equipping schools with technology and access to the 2Enable app and empowering teachers with the skills to use the content available through the app to enhance teaching and learning. Microsoft commissioned SchoolNet SA to develop a course called Using Digital Resources in the Classroom that aims to equip participants with the skills to effectively use digital content learning resources in the classroom. On 2 and 3 June...
SchoolNet SA recently ran a Microsoft Partners in Learning HelpDesk course with 27 out-of-school youth from the villages surrounding the Buffleshoek Trust’s nine partner schools. The training, led by Trainer Themba Mabaso, took place at the Acorns to Oaks Comprehensive High School in Acornhoek. The training included a beginners guide to computer hardware, supporting networked computers, installing an operating system and supporting hardware. As part of the course students were required to dismantle com...
We will be holding a short, free SchoolNet webinar on Thursday 30th July (tomorrow) at 3:15 . Our speaker will be Phuti Ragophala from Pula Madibogo Primary in Limpopo.who will share on how she uses Microsoft Sway to profile her teaching life. We invite you join us at the webinar.
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Meeting Name: How to use Microsoft Sway to profile teaching life
Summary: In this webinar Phuti shows how to use Sway.com to profile teaching life. She says, “Sway is one of the recent apps...
This is a message from Google South Africa:
“As teachers we are continually looking for areas to grow in, Google has created a Computational Thinking MOOC which is free for teachers, we would love you to sign up and do the course! The course should between 10 and 30 hours to complete and is open until the end of September. Here is more information about it: Computational Thinking to grow as a teacher
Get started now with Computational Thinking for Educators, an online course where you will learn ...
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).
The group of S.A teachers that attended the E2 Global Forum in Seattle
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What is iEARN?
iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 140 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide. There are over 150 projects in iEARN, all designed and facilitated by teachers and students to fit their curriculum and classroom needs and schedules. Projects tak...
We are featuring each of the four new Microsoft Virtual Academy courses in four blogposts. We started yesterday with the Teacher Academy: In the Cloud: File Storage, Collaboration and Communication with Office 365 course.
Yesterday we posted a blogpost to the effect that Microsoft has announced that they are making four Teacher Academy online courses available both at Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) and IT Academy. All the courses are designed to empower educators with the ability to effective...
From all corners of the globe came powerful stories and images sharing youth perspectives on local issues. We are now pleased to announce the creative work chosen for First, Second, and Audience Awards in each category of the 2015 Adobe Youth Voices Awards. Congratulations to the youth artists who collaborated on the winning projects and to everyone who took part in creating media with purpose this year. See the projects ›
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1st prize: Making Light in Tbilisi — San Francisco, California, ...
Microsoft has announced that they are making four Teacher Academy online courses available both at Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) and IT Academy. All the courses are designed to empower educators with the ability to effectively integrate Microsoft’s tools in their classrooms. The online courses, 3 hours each, are based on Teacher Academies face-to-face courses (originally developed in the US). Courses are highly interactive, and include text, voice, video, simulations, quizzes, “do-it-yourself” se...
