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It seems there might still a way to get Windows Movie Maker on to your Windows 10 computer…

Submitted by Fiona Beal One of the programs I sorely miss on my Windows 10 computer is Windows Movie Maker (or Windows Live Movie Maker as it was later named.)  I  had used it for several years before Microsoft discontinued it in Jan 2017. I really missed using it in my classes at school.  As I searched the Internet there seemed no way to download this program successfully. Until, one day, I  came across a YouTube video named Windows MovieMaker Full Version FREE!! ||2017 It seems ...

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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #134

The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week. The list is embedded below but can also be found at .The link to the back-dated posts is:  ...

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Webinar recording and presentation download link for ‘Putting your story on the map with Google Tourbuilder’ by Linda Foulkes.

On Thursday Thursday 30th November 2017 at 3:15pm (GMT+2) we held a free SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Putting your story on the map with Google Tour Builder‘‘ which was presented by Linda Foulkes, SMIEE / Freelance Trainer / Consultant / Courseware Author / eLearning Content Creator at Foulkes@Work in the United Kingdom.  How much do you know about Google Tour Builder? Google describes its product like this: “Tour Builder is a new way to show people the places yo...

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The BCX Disrupt Summit brings inspiration to Johannesburg

Recently on 16 – 17 November the inaugural BCX Disrupt Summit took place in Johannesberg, hosted in collaboration with BrainFarm, with the exhilarating Kyalami racetrack as the backdrop. Omashani from SchoolNet attended. The BCX Disrupt website advertised the event saying: “For the first time in Africa, the world’s greatest thinkers gathered on one stage, giving us a glimpse of a future brimming with opportunity.”   Listen to will.I.am announcing this inspirational event in this s...

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I Am Science – a new free Science app offering great opportunities for high school girls in disadvantaged areas

SchoolNet SA was invited to brainstorm at the Goethe Institut more than a year ago.  It is most pleasing to now report on the outcome – a new Science learning app called I am Science which targets early high school girls in disadvantaged areas and aims to smash gender stereotyping in science, biased against girls and women.   The initiative is being implemented by the Goethe-Institut with support from the GIZ and financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic C...

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The Story of a Successful School…

SchoolNet South Africa has been conducting a fascinating research project over the past four years, called Learning Gains through Play (LGP) which is funded by the D G Murray Trust. Ten schools received technology in the form of a bank of tablets with carefully selected apps and Xbox Kinect console, large-screen TV and games. Teachers received personal tablets and intensive professional development training in mastering and embedding technology in classroom teaching and learning and learner-driven activ...

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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #133

The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week. The list is embedded below but can also be found at .The link to the back-d ated posts is:  ...

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Lesotho gets Skyping

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer Microsoft’s annual Skype-a-Thon is a 48-hour long event that aims to connect classrooms across continents, travelling over 10 million virtual miles and connecting half a million students. Between 28 and 29 November 2017 a number of schools in South Africa and Lesotho got involved by connecting with other students, sharing stories, playing games and collaborating on subjects that the classes shared in common. Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Mpho Phakisi of Lesotho got...

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