Take your primary school class on a tour of the continents using Google Earth
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Google Earth is one of the most amazing applications that has ever been created, in my opinion. is a free, downloadable program that can be used on any operating system with huge potential for education at all levels. Users can explore all parts of our planet, with easy-to-navigate satellite views of the entire Earth overlayed with pictures and facts. Students love finding their own homes in satellite and street view in Google Earth.
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Before setting up your Office 365 site (known as a tenancy) you should run a check on your educational establishment computers and mobile devices to make sure they have an up to date operating system and browser. You can see a complete list of the technical stuff here.
You might also need to reset your firewall to allow Office 365 to work. Details of how to do this can also be found in the technical stuff section.
You should have the details of your domain name and access to your...
The Global Classroom Project is a grassroots global education community dedicated to enabling teachers and students explore new ways to connect, learn, share, and collaborateglobally. More information at http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/.
Here are some of their weekend events:
Saturday and Sunday, September 6th + 7th 12pm – 9pm
CUE Learning Revolution Online Summit Featuring Google for Education, CUE and The Learning Revolution Project, the producers of the Google Teacher ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Nowadays a student’s story writing no longer needs to remain hidden in their classwork books at school. They can easily share their hard work online, even in the form of videos. here are three ways to take a story that has been written and illustrated in a presentation format such as Powerpoint and convert it to a video fomat online
1. How to convert a PowerPoint presentation to a video file
I was delighted when I came across this very clear explanation of how to convert a Po...
The Nokia Mobile Maths service started in 2008 with 300 learners and within a couple of years had grown to 50,000 learners. Nokia then opened the service to informal learning so that students could have 24/7 access to its materials. This programme has had major impact in interactive Maths learning. 53% of students are active users. The competence level of the users rose by 14%. 82% of the usage happens after school hours.
What are some of the features that make this service so useful to Grade 10-...
The African Storybook Project (ASP) is a project that is currently creating and encouraging the use of a multilingual, digital library of stories for the first few years of reading. The website was launched recently at a multilingual symposium in Pretoria and can be located at http://africanstorybook.org/
Recently a free, five-week, online course entitled ‘Digital Storytelling for the African Storybook Project 2014’ was on offer for teachers in Africa from SchoolNetSA and the African Storybook Proj...
The Department of Communications, in partnership with Department of Basic Education has been rolling out end-to-end ICT solutions to selected 1650 schools. Telkom SA has been selected to provide the installations and equipment to the participating schools in the country. As part of the complete solution which includes internet access (education site only), hardware (computer equipment) and training to schools. The Department has a Memorandum of Understanding with Intel South Africa to provide free teache...
Submitted by Janet Thomson
SchoolNet South Africa has had the privilege to be funded over the next three years by the D G Murray Trust in South Africa to study the benefits of learning through the use of play and innovative technologies for learners in grades R and 1 in ten schools in two provinces in South Africa, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The D G Murray Trust has a particular interest in the early primary years where the greatest impact can be made. As the focus of this project is play, we...
South Africa’s first dedicated Doodle4Google competition is under way – make sure your learners enter to stand the chance to win a R100 000 technology grant for your school. The winning artwork will be displayed on the Google SA homepage for a day!
To get your school involved, simply download & print the entry form and get your learners Doodling around the theme South Africa of My Dreams. Entries must be submitted online or through the post by 22/10/2014. Visit the Doodle4Google website...
