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How to use WhatsApp on your PC via WhatsApp Web

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp is one of the really popular low-cost mobile messenger services in South Africa.   One of the newer updates to WhatsApp is that you can now use it on your PC by linking it to your phone version of WhatsApp.  The messages you send and receive are fully synced between your phone and your computer, and you can see all messages on both devices.Any action you take on the phone will apply to WhatsApp Web and vice versa.This means that what you receive on your cell’s W...

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Conference highlights #6: ‘Rethinking the way we teach’ and other presentations by our Keynote Shelley Shott

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Shelley Shot (@sshott_shott) from Intel was the keynote speaker on Day 3 (3rd Juky 2015). She presented the closing plenary keynote. Shelley is well known to South Africans because she was the first Intel facilitator to visit us back in 2003 and has been a frequent presenter at our conferences ever since. As Intel’s Global Education Specialist, Shelley now drives the development and strategy for basic education around the world. A former middle school teacher and current university lecturer, ...

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Conference highlights #5: Teachers Thrilled with our recent 2015 Learning Technologies Conference in Durban…report back by Janet Thomson

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This is a condensed version of the Conference report submitted by Janet Thomson the Executive Director of SchoolNetSA. The full report can be read on the SchoolNet website. Over 500 teachers from across South Africa gathered at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof for the ICT in the Classroom conference held between 1 and 3 July 2015. SchoolNet South Africa has been hosting this ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) conference for educators, provincial and national educational department officials, spon...

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SiliconCape Women: Schools Workshops – Introducing STEM and Computer Science. Interested?

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This is a message from Cara Turner about SiliconCape Women’s School workshops in Cape Town What are we trying to do? Open girls’ and young women’s eyes to the world of digital and technology and the vast opportunities there.  Provide them with knowledge and background idea of the spaces involved.  Give practical demonstrations of skills and application in the tech-related fields.  Equip them with sufficient digital skills/knowledge to allow them to take the next steps (f...

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OneNote Class Notebook for IT Admins Webcast invitation from Microsoft…

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Interested in knowing more about the amazing free application One Note and how to implement it at your school? The OneNote team is putting on a series of webcasts for IT Admins, starting July 21st,  at 12:00 PST.  They are having these every two weeks from now until late September.  Given the numerous changes, updates, and improvements coming out with OneNote they wanted to set up this series and talk with our IT Admins at schools to help ensure a smooth rollout when the school year start...

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Conference highlights #4: Resources shared by Holly Clarke one of our keynotes

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We loved having Holly Clarke at our Conference. Her keynote was very stirring and well-received (see our Conference day 2 report-back http://goo.gl/hvVhnJ).  If you want to know more about Holly this is what she writes in the About section of her blog  http://goo.gl/tF4xNH: Holly has shared her resources for the SchoolNet Conference by means of a Google site . Do take a look…  . ...

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Conference highlights #5: Resources shared by one our conference keynote speakers, Stuart Ball from Microsoft UK

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We loved having the energetic Stuart Ball at our Conference. He will long be remembered for his ‘I love PowerPoint’ keynote which was very well-received (see our Conference Day 1 report-back http://goo.gl/VOU0O5). Stuart is from Microsoft UK and he is responsible for the Microsoft UK Teachers Blog http://goo.gl/7PIbH1 Stuart has shared many of his conference presentations with us. Here is a list: a) Microsoft PowerPoint and Learning Styles https://goo.gl/XlVN8Q 2) Kodukup Teacher Resource Pack...

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