SchoolNet started a free member
programme for South African educators towards the end of 2011 as a way of providing various free, online professional initiatives that focus on
integrating ICT into daily teaching.

What does Schoolnet’s membership programme include?

Social Media Initiatives

• The SchoolNet SA blog has
  regular updates of posts which would interest teachers
• Our SchoolNet Facebook page has daily updates of resources
  and events
• We
  can be reached on Twitter at @SchoolNetSA.
• Our SchoolNet YouTube
  channel is updated when necessary
• Our SlideShare
  tutorials can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/Schoolnetsa11/presentations
• SchoolNet is
  participating in the TeachMeet programmes developing around the country in the
  Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng, and has created a TeachMeet
  wiki for South Africa to advertise these
  event
• We
  send out a regular newsletter to keep our members informed of all our
  happenings, upcoming events and opportunities. 
• View
  our SchoolNet Weeky Times
  which is an online newspaper collection of our weekly tweets made using
  Paper.Li.
• View
  our curated online newspapers on topics of interest made with Scoop.it. These include topics such as Learning with tablets, Tablet-use
  videos, Using gamification in
  education etc.

Benefits

As a member, you will:

• receive early access to notifications of forthcoming offers and
  opportunities
• have the opportunity
  to grow personally and become more proficient in integrating ICT into your
  daily classroom routine by enjoying an online professional development experience.
• have opportunities to
  network with like-minded professionals
• gain preferential
  access to professional growth interventions such as courses, conferences
  and webinars
• receive a monthly
  newsletter outlining all our happenings, upcoming events and opportunities at
  SchoolNet
• participate in SchoolNet’s social networking  initiatives

How to Join as a Member

This is available to all South African educators.

1. Go to the Schoolnet website’s
home page and click on ‘Sign up for
SchoolNet membership’.

2. Follow the prompts and wait for confirmation of your username and
password.

3. Contact fiona (at) schoolnet.org.za if you experience any
difficulties.

Here is a PowerPoint presentation to guide you in the steps to joining us. It can be downloaded from http://1drv.ms/22iount