SchoolNet free webinar ‘Coding – it’s not scary- it’s easy and it’s free…’ by MIEExpert Charmaine Roynon on 27 June at 3:30pm
We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar, ‘Coding – it’s not scary- it’s easy, it’s free and it promotes cerebral fitness!’ will be held on Tuesday 27th June at 3:30pm. Our speaker will be Charmaine Roynon, a Microsoft MIEExpert from Cape Town. Charmaine is the ICT Integrator at Wynberg Girl’s Junior School, and she is also Head of Curriculum Development and Teacher Training at EDU 365 SA. Charmaine is very interested in coding and its importance to...Read more
A message from Angela Schaerer from Microsoft:
Microsoft and Brescia House School in Johannesburg are excited to invite you to code and create with us at the Youth Spark Live Event in Johannesburg this week!
As the Education Teacher Engagement Manager at Microsoft, I would like to invite your school to join other young people from around the region for the two-day YouthSpark Live event taking place this week. Microsoft SA would be honoured to include you in this event. We hope you can join us f...
This is another amazing guest post from Anthony Peters @apeters522, Anthony is a very innovative English High School teacher from Parklands College in CapeTown, who delights in using technology in his High School English classes very creatively. We are always very happy when Anthony submits a post to us. You can view his 14 previous posts on our blog via the ‘Anthony Peters’ label https://goo.gl/3We6is under Quick links on the right side.
“E-days have always been something...
After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to our various subscriptions recently, these are a selection that look useful for teachers https://goo.gl/vbF3cf. (The link to previous posts can be found here https://goo.gl/CNO3M2)
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Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently I had the privilege of attending at the amazing Microsoft Educator
Exchange (E2) Africa Forum as a #MIEExpert Educator. The E2 had the theme of #Makewhatsnext and it was held at Microsoft’s
headquarters in Johannesburg. I was excited about the emphasis that would be placed on using Minecraft: Education Edition in our classrooms. Stephen Reid, the Minecraft ‘Guru’ from Immersive Minds in Scotland gave an amazing keynote on problem-based learn...
We are pleased to announce that SchoolNet SA will be holding an ICT in the Classroom Conference this year. We’d like to invite you to consider attending as a participant, a presenter or an exhibitor. Â SchoolNet SA will be celebrating 20 years of leading change in ICT integration for teaching and learning. This celebration will culminate at our national conference which will be held at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Gauteng from 5th- 7th October 2017. At least 500 teachers and Education Departme...
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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Hack the Classroom is one of Microsoft’s exciting, free, online, live events designed to show you what’s possible and ignite new ideas. This event will keep you in touch with all the ways to incorporate technology into your classroom. This year, the event will be live from the ISTE Conference bringing you the latest tools designed to empower your students to create the world of tomorrow! It is really worth...
Gizelle
Simpson is a teacher and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert from Malmsbury in the Western Cape.
She teaches English as a Home Language as well as English as a First Additional
Language at Wesbank Secondary School, and she is also a qualified Psychometrist.
Gizelle was one of the 30 MIEExpert Educators selected to attend the Microsoft
E2 Africa Form in Johannesburg, and in this article she gives a reflection on
the event.
“So there I was, boarding an aeroplane to Johanne...
