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Useful Google posts for teachers this week #53

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 #53 View more lists from Fiona Beal ...

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GEG West Coast invites you to a Google Educator Group event ‘Share, Show & Tell’ on Tues 26th May

Want to learn more about using Google Apps in your classroom? There is a great Google Educator Group event coming up in Cape Town… GEG West Coast invites you to their next Google Educator Group event  ‘Share, Show & Tell.’ They’d like to create a space where we can learn from, upskill and inspire one another with ideas around the use of Google Apps for Education. They therefore invite educators, school leaders and administrators, to come and share their experiences...

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Competition up for grabs – win an An iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Why not enter?

We bring you another GREAT competition announcement from School Advisor and Digicape! How would you like to win a iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil? How to enter this competition SchoolNet South Africa (SchoolNet SA) is listed on SchoolAdvisor, an online platform for finding school suppliers. By reviewing a school supplier such as SchoolNet SA on SchoolAdvisor, you have the chance to WIN an iPad Pro + Apple Pencil! (T&Cs apply). It’s as easy as that! SchoolAdvisor allows schools to search fo...

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Interested in digital storytelling? Join the global #Storymaker2016 tweetchat on Weds 4th May at 2-3pm

This post comes from an email to SchoolNet from David Barnard:  “Storytelling is increasingly relevant to the strategic communication and awareness-raising activities of nonprofit organisations (NPOs) worldwide, and especially in Africa.  That’s why TechSoup organises the annual Storymakers digital storytelling campaign to assist NPOs create stories that will generate the necessary public interest and attention. One of the main events of Storymakers 2016 is a global tweet-chat...

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A second report back from MIE Tracy Heath on the Microsoft E2 Educator Exchange that took place in Hungary in March 2016

We featured Tracy Heath’s first report-back on the amazing Microsoft E2 Teacher Exchange that took place in Hungary in April in a post entitled ‘Learnings and Memories from the E2 Educator Exchange – Hack the Classroom, in Budapest, Hungary’ by Tracy Heath, a MIEExpert from South Africa’ However Tracy has so much to share that she has submitted a follow-up post entitled ‘The Gobal E2 Exchange – a time of unending learning’.  Tracy is a teache...

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Let’s look at the ‘Find a lesson’ option on the Microsoft Educator Community – why not join today?

This is the third post in a series on the Microsoft Educator Community. The previous two are: *The NEW Microsoft Educator Community – all you need to know! Why not pay a visit… *A brief overview of the ‘Get Trained’ option in the new Microsoft Educator Communit Today we’ll look at the section called ‘ Find a lesson’. What is the Microsoft Educator Community? You’ll find the Microsoft Educator Community community at: https://www.educatornetwork.com/. This...

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MIEExpert Spotlight #12: Mochudu Machaba from Limpopo talks about Teaching with Technology

This is the twelfth post in the series “MIEExpert Spotlight for South Africa”. The tab with all the posts can be found at: . Today we focus on Mochudu Machaba who is a Grade 5 and 6 teacher at Ngwanamago Primary School situated around 25 kilometers from Polokwane in South Africa’s Limpopo province. She is also recognised for being an Educator Community Influencer and Contributor, a Microsoft MIE Trainer and a Microsoft Master Trainer. More about Mochudu Machaba Mochudu Machaba is a Grade...

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Global Leadership week takes place this week online – why not join in?

What is Global Leadership week? Global Leadership Week (GLW) is a week-long celebration of leadership through global action in K-20 education, taking place April 25 – 29, 2016, and organized by the Global Education Conference (GEC) Network. GLW is an opportunity for global education leaders (and those who want to be!) to learn from one another and share effective principles in leadership, particularly within the context of an interconnected, global age. What happens duri...

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