The SchoolNet
Conference 2017 has been and gone but the memory lingers on… This post brings you a handy list of links including links to presentations from some of our presenters. Only 24 of our presenters have shared their presentations to date, and we are very grateful to them. But first, a quick recap!
Over 400 delegates attended the 2017 SchoolNet SA ICT in the
Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Gauteng between
5 – 7 October 2017. It was a conference to remember with amazing international
keynote speakers and a great assortment of local speakers as well. The conference was opened by Deputy Minister
of Basic Education Enver Surty who also sat down with SchoolNet’s executive
director, Janet Thomson, to define the national Department of Basic Education’s
plans for digital learning. SchoolNetSA also celebrated its 20th
Anniversary at a well- attended cocktail function at the SchoolNet Conference –
and what a celebration it was!
Here is the handy, updated list of links to various aspects of
the conference:
Conference
presentations
Shared presentations from conference presenters have been uploaded to Google
Drive
Interview with the Deputy
Minister of Basic Education
- The full interview with the Deputy
Minister of Basic Education can be on the SchoolNet YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/uK9xWNKxAZk - The blogpost can be found at:
Conference
websites
- The 2017 Conference website which also hosts the programme and a link to the
final resources can be found at: http://www.schoolnet.org.za/conference2017/
. - The
main links can be found on the Past conferences page on the SchoolNet website http://www.schoolnet.org.za/teacher-resources/past-conferences/
Conference photos
- A
comprehensive album of delegates’ conference photos is available from this
link https://photos.app.goo.gl/k0ggFcOdEEmSpvoF2 - The majority of the
photos have been uploaded to the Schoolnet gallery on the SchoolNet website
Conference reports
- Janet Thomason’s
SchoolNet Conference report ‘Standing Room only @Schoolnet 2017 Conference’ - Blogposts
written about the 2017 conference:
Video footage
To access Maggie Verster’s videos that she live streamed using Facebook Live:
- The Deputy Minster’s Opening address
- Sariejie Musgrave’s Keynote Anytime Anywhere
learning - the 20th anniversary celebration
- Ollie Bray’s closing plenary
- All the above-mentioned videos: https://www.facebook.com/maggieverster/videos/
- There is also some video footage from
Peter Rafferty of the prize giving ceremony which can be accessed at: https://www.pscp.tv/raff31/1lPJqwOOyLmKb?autoplay&t=19
Storify curated list of conference tweets
The link to the Storify collection of tweets can be accessed at:
https://storify.com/JanetThomson/schoolnet-conference-2017#publicize
The Conference was a huge success and we thank Brescia House for the incredible facilities they provided.
