‘Microsoft helps upskill with technology’- great article in the Star Workplace newspaper
Recently four South African educators recognised as Microsoft MIEExperts for 2015, plus representatives from the Microsoft Showcase School in South Africa Brescia House, attended the Global Forum in Dubai. These are teachers elected for their innovative use of technology in the classroom. This is a newspaper article featuring one of those educators, Phuti Ragophala who is the principal of Pula Madibogo primary in Limpopo. She is seen here with Anthony Salcito, the Vice President of Education ...Read more
Are you interested in innovation in teaching and learning? Here is a great free professional development opportunity for you to join.
Brescia House in Johannesburg will be holding a TeachMeet on Tuesday 9 June from 3-5pm. This is a completely free event, but pre-registration is required. You can register online at www.brescia.co.za/teachmeet. Space is limited to the first 160 people who respond.
During the afternoon there will be 7minute presentations by teachers sharing ideas, resources, tools or...
In November last year we published news about this upcoming TeachMeet in Port Elizabeth: Exciting news – Two TeachMeets planned in Port Elizabeth in 2015 – save the dates! This will be the 26th TeachMeet in South Africa to date!
Well, the long awaited moment has arrived and the TeachMeet takes place tomorrow! If you have ever attended a TeachMeet you will know how exciting it is to network with other teachers and listen to the short presentations which have ideas for the classroom. It will be wo...
SchoolNet will be hosting two Google Summits in 2015 along with the EdTechTeam from the USA, Parklands College Cape Town, and Selbourne Primary, East London. The dates are:
Parklands College, Cape Town: October 9th and 10th
Selbourne Primary, East London: October 2nd and 3rd.
Please visit the EdTechTeams:
Please visit the EdTechTeams website to find out more and to register: http://za.gafesummit.com/
Since their inception in South Africa two years ago, these Go...
On Thursday afternoon 19th March 2015 at 3.15pm we held a very informative SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Stop MOOCing about! Time to get serious about online learning and explore iTunesU!’ This was presented by Alan Goldberg who is the Director for educational implementation of Apple Technology at Digicape in Cape Town.
The webinar description
Alan Goldberg, our webinar presenter for this week, says: “iTunes U offers the world’s largest catalogue of educational content from top educatio...
Quite often a teacher wishes he/she could learn more about using technology in the classroom – but there seems to be no time! The ideal in this scenario would be a course that is free to all, has a self assessment tool to identify one’s needs, is short, is available online, let’s you works at your own individual pace, has support and extension activities and top marks would be that it meets a recognised criteria such as UNESCO competencies for ICT in Education. Does this sound like some of your tho...
Microsoft Showcase Classroom
We invite all school leaders and educators to an afternoon showcase experience to demonstrate how Windows 8 Tablets, Office 365, Microsoft Professional Development and other education tools and resources can help to transform learning. The right technology in the hands of educators with access to the best solutions and pedagogical training will create a force that truly transforms education across South Africa.
Event details
Durban
Tuesday, 24th March, 2015
Point Yac...
Background to this webinar
Alan Goldberg, our webinar presenter for this week, says: “iTunes U offers the world’s largest catalogue of educational content from top education institutions worldwide (32 countries), with over 7,500 public courses across all disciplines. From the likes of Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, the Museum of Modern Art, London School of Economics, Kyoto University and more; to hundreds of K-12 schools, museums and art galleries, including the Smithsonian Institution to the ...
