The Doodle4Google South Africa of my Dreams winner announced Doodle4GoogleSA Awards
Google.co.za recently announced the winning Doodle in the Doodle4Google South Africa of my dreams contest. The Doodle was created by Katya Ludick, who won a R100,000 technology award for her school, Hoerskool Noordheuwel at the Doodle4GoogleSA Awards in Johannesburg.
Katya’s Doodle was displayed on the Google.co.za page on 3rd December. Her caption for her Doodle was ‘SA Flag is proudly represented in the Google letters. The reflection symbolises 20 years of freedom. In my South African dream there ...Read more
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When Google+ came out in 2011 my immediate thought was – I simply don’t have time for another social network! But as time has progressed I have seen that Google+ is a different kind of social network, one that you can’t really ignore! It has grown in popularity to become the second-largest social media site in the world (according to Mashable) with a monthly use by 235 million users.
What exactly is Google Plus?
Google+ is a social network that builds off o...
This is another guest post from Deidre Bothma who is the Digital Learning Coordinator at Elkanah House Junior Schools. Deidre does very exciting lessons in her Grade R – 3 classes using a wide range of technology applications. Her previous guest post was entitled Grade 3 Afrikaans Quiz using PowerPoint. In this post Deidre’s classes use Microsoft Word, QR Codes and iPads in a project-based lesson on Extreme Weather. This post also featured on Deidre’s blog http://technoboffins.wor...
This is another guest post from Tiaan Lotter (@MrLotter), a Google Certified Teacher and GEG Leader from South Africa. Tiaan is a very innovative Afrikaans teacher from Parklands College and he frequently presents at conferences around South Africa. Visit his website at . In previous guest posts Tiaan shared about his experience at the Google Teacher Academy in London; he also contributed Gone Google? Now go Advanced…; Teaching with Twitter in #Afrikaans and Teaching Poetry with Prezi – Poe...
This is a post that I came across on TeachThought last night called ‘The Must-Have Educational Apps List For Android’ by Terry Heick. There was an option to embed the list on one’s own blog so I thought I would give this a try especially as there are so many teachers in South Africa that use Android Apps in the classroom.
The Must-Have Educational Apps List For Android
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Sometimes you want to send an email to a group of students for them to be able to communicate with one another. Google Groups provide a really convenient way to create online groups and email distribution lists. This is a great way for a High School class or a Higher Education class to communicate.
Depending on the group settings, you can send a message to all members using a single email address, create a question and answer forum or post a message to the group via a web interface. After...
SchoolNet is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our 2015 ‘ICT in the Classroom’ conference at St Mary’s School in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal in July 2015. Here is our SAVE THE DATE flier. More details will follow in early 2015.
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If you have ever attended a TeachMeet you will know how exciting it is to hear everybody’s 3-5 minute ideas. Drik Greeff who is from the Department of Education in the Eastern Cape in the eLearning sub-directorate has sent a,essage about two TeachMeets in Port Elizabeth planned for 2015. If yyou live in that area please save these dates.
“Dear Colleagues in the Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas
We have exciting news: There will be two Teachmeet events in Port Elizabeth in 2015! Please wri...
Have you noticed? Today the name of the current Nokia Mobile Mathematics for Grade 10-12 Maths students changed due to the acquisition of Nokia Devices & Services business by Microsoft. The new name for the service is Microsoft Math
The upgrade to the website consists of simply a new landing (log-in) page, where you will see the new name, Microsoft Math, as well as a new layout including images and an introductory text about the service. Microsoft Math has also uploaded an Overvi...
