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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #130

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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Screencasting with Screencast-o-Matic – a superb tool for making classroom videos

Submitted by Fiona Beal My favourite screencasting tool, right now, is Screencast-O-Matic. Screencast-O-matic is a free, online tool to use if you want to quickly show someone how to do something on the computer. It easily creates a video of what you are doing and saying. These videos are called screencasts. If you want to create good screencasts without the hassle of downloading and installing any application on your computer then Screencast-O-Matic is the best available tool for the purpose. Screenca...

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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #129

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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Do you know about the free Freemake Video Downloader and the Freemake Video Converter software?

Submitted by Fiona Beal One of the great, offline, freeware tools that I have used on my Windows laptop for several years – since 2014 when I first heard about it – is the very popular Freemake software. Do you know it? It consists of the Freemake Video Converter application and the The Freemake Video downloader.  I have found both of these to be safe and reliable free software, and have used them time and again very successfully.  You can obtain these from Freemake http://www.fr...

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Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #128

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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Deputy Minister defines national plans for digital learning at the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference

Before opening the SchoolNet SA 2017 ICT in the Classroom Conference, the national Deputy Minister, Mr. Enver Surty, sat down with Janet Thomson, Executive Director for SchoolNet South Africa to discuss the DBE’s approach to digital learning.    The Deputy Minister thanked Thomson for “the enormous contribution by SchoolNet in the ICT domain” asserting that “ICT is becoming more critical and central to the facilitation of teaching and learning”. Surty then demonstrated the d...

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ICT in the Classroom Conference – three days of learning, networking and sharing

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer Over 400 delegates attended the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Brynaston, Gauteng between 5 – 7 October 2017. 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. (See here for more on this interview – ) The opening keynote speaker was Ste...

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Join the 2017 online Global Education Conference in November – think about offering a presentation

SchoolNet is pleased to recomment the eighth annual Global Education Conference, a free online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. It will be held Monday, November 13 through Wednesday, November 16, 2017 (November 17th in some time zones). The entire virtual conference will be held online using the Blackboard Collaborate platform. The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, ...

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