MIEExpert Spotlight #14: Chipa Maimela talks about the importance of ICT in taking science content to under-resourced schools
This is the fourteenth post in the series “MIEExpert Spotlight for South Africa”. The tab with all the posts can be found at: . Today we focus on Chipa Maimela from Johannesburg who is one of our Microsoft’s #MIEExperts for 2016. Chipa was a
high school Science teacher in Limpopo before he was appointed to Wits as an Educational Developer. He lectures in instructional design using ICT technology and he trains the academic staff on eLearning. He has his own blog of science resou...Read more
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Saturday morning (14th May) I attended the Cape Town Maths Day at Grove Primary along with 50 other teachers. The focus was on exploring Maths digitally so we were asked to bring along a laptop or another suitable device. The program was great. We each received a wonderful goodie bag at registration that included a useful, large Sharp calculator. Throughout the morning we were given great demonstrations and useful Maths tips to try out in our classrooms. Here are my ...
We invite you to join Megan Rademeyer and Victor Ngobeni who will be presenting a free Microsoft webinar this Thursday 19th May at 3pm. It is entitled ‘Çollaboration with OneNote Class Notebook’.
Time: Thursday afternoon 19 May at 3pm – 3:45pm.
Presenters: Megan Rademeyer and Victor Ngobeni
Topic: Çollaboration with OneNote Class Notebook
Link to join: http://mva.zoom.ms/
Explanation
OneNote Class Notebook makes it easier for students to collaborate. We know that Microsoft OneNote is a...
Have you seen this post entitled ‘Africa’s brightest students shine at Intel ISEF 2016‘ written dy Danny Linington from IT News, Africa? It is a report back on the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2016), which was held in the United States in Phoenix, Arizona last week. Approximately 1,700 high school students from over 75 countries attended. Among these individuals three students from South Africa were highlighted and we offer them congratulations.
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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:
Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #51
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After looking through all the Google posts that were shared to various subscriptions recently, these are a selection that look useful for teachers. All the previous posts in this series can be accessed on this link : (Google links)
Great Google posts #54
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This is another guest post from Anthony Peters@apeters522, a very innovative English High School teacher from Parklands College in CapeTown who delights in using technology in the classroom creatively. We are always delighted to publish posts by Anthony. You can view all his previous posts on our blog via the Anthony Peters label under ‘Quick links’ on the right side.
Lesson objectives
“For the last two weeks, the grade 7 learners have been involved in a Parklands College Investigati...
This is the thirteenth post in the series “MIEExpert Spotlight for South Africa”. The tab with all the posts can be found at: . Today we focus again on Mabore Lekalaka from Limpopo who is one of our Microsoft’s #MIEExperts for 2016.
More about Mabore
Mabore Lekalakala, a Mathematics and Computer Literacy teacher at Toronto Primary School in Limpopo Province, South Africa is passionate about using technology in the classroom on a daily basis. She says, “My passion is developing young ...
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:
Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #50
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This was an email from Lyn Ross advertising an exciting Maths Day on 14th May.
“Hi Primary School Teachers!
In a unique collaboration between Matific, Sharp Calculators
and Living Maths, we are excited to present the Cape Town MathsDay being held at The Grove Primary School on Saturday morning, 14 May 2016.
We have packed the morning with great presentations and interactive workshops, with loads of free giveaways ...
