13 great Google posts this week #21
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SchoolNet Conference Day 3 (3rd July 2015) plus tweet collection
This was the final day of the SchoolNet Conference. The collection of tweets show that it was a day full of great presentations.
Just to name a few, Linda Foulkes shared on OneNote and Stuart Ball shared on Kudu Labs.
Victor Ngebeni from Microsoft shared on participating in Mystery Skypes with a class https://goo.gl/X4tDJc
Keynote Speaker: Shelley Shott
Shelley Shot (@sshott_shott) from Intel was the keynote speaker on Day 3. She spoke on Rethinking the way we teach
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SchoolNet Conference Day 2 (2nd July 2015) plus tweet collection
Our SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal Day 2 was another great day where delegates learned a lot from one another and the great local and international presenters.
Sean Hampton-Cole (@SeanHCole),a teacher from Crawford College, generated a lot of tweets as a result of his presentations on using Google Search effectively and Gamification in the classroom.
Keynote speaker Holly Clarke
Our Keynote speaker for today was Holly Clarke, a great Google thinker from th...Read more
SchoolNet Conference Day 1 (1st July 2015) plus tweet collection
Our SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom got off to a great start in Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal today with 550 participants.
Shafika Isaacs from the DBE officially opened the conference and welcomed the guest speakers; Phil Mnisi from the DBE delivered the opening address on behalf of the Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Enver Surty; and Jonathan Manning, Headmaster at St Mary’s DSG welcomed the guests.
Keynote speaker – Stuart Ball from the UK
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Microsoft Math – get your Grade 10-12 Maths students set up for this service as soon as they return to school in the third term
If your Grade 10-12 Maths students are not yet taking advantage of this great, free service offered by Microsoft please get them registered as soon as they return to school in the third term. This is a free service that they will benefit from enormously.
What is Microsoft Math?
On 26 November 2014 the Nokia MoMaths name changed to Microsoft Math due to the acquisition of Nokia Devices & Services business by Microsoft. The new name for the service was selected to be Microsoft Math. https://math.micro...Read more
12 great Google posts this week #20
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Webinar recording from SchoolNet’s free webinar on Thursday 25th June at 3:15pm on ‘Alice – how you can use it in the classroom’ by Clair Dean
On Thursday afternoon 25th June we held a webinar entitled, ‘Alice – how you can use it in the classroom’. Our speaker was Claire Dean Head of ICT at Stirling Primary School, East London
Background to the webinar
Claire is an expert on using Alice in the classroom. Alice is a free, innovative 3-D interactive animation environment (suitable for learners who are ten years old o...Read more
This week’s useful Microsoft posts for teachers #10
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SchoolNet conducts professional development workshops as part of the Telkom Foundation ICT project in Multigrade Farm Schools
Telkom Foundation in 2014, sponsored ICT infrastructure worth over R 200,000 per winner in each of the twelve categories of the National Teaching Awards. As part of Telkom’s ongoing support in education, they have partnered with Rally2 Read in an attempt to improve literacy in Primary schools and in addition are providing ICT infrastructure that includes content, maintenance, support and a professional development pathway for teachers in project schools.
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Three options available at the EdTechTeam’s Google Pre-Summit Workshops in October…
In October 2015 SchoolNet, Parklands College in Cape Town and Selbourne Senior Primary in East London will be hosting two EdTechTeam Google Summits as well as three Pre-Summit workshops (which are outlined below). Please visit http://za.gafesummit.com/ to register.
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