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‘Learnings and Memories from the E2 Educator Exchange- Hack the Classroom, in Budapest, Hungary’ by Tracy Heath, a MIEExpert from South Africa

This is a report back on the Microsoft Educator Exchange E2 event in Budapest from one of our South African MIEExperts Tracy Heath. Tracy is a teacher at Brescia House in Johannesburg “Being selected to go to Budapest was like waking up in a dream and living it! The most exciting memory for me is how excited all the teachers were about what they do. Teaching for these teachers is a passion and the passion for their kids was infectious and inspiring! Everyone was thrilled to be included in the E...

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MIEExpert Spotlight #10: Bruce Eyles from Johannesburg talks about his use of Sway in the classroom

This is a guest post from Bruce Eyles, a MIEExpert from St David’s Mrist in Johannesburg. Bruce teaches English and RE to Grade 7s and he is head of Life Skills in the Senior Prep. He teaches Life Skills to Grade 6. Apart from that he spends a lot of time coaching sport. In this post Bruce shares the different ways that he uses Sway in the classroom.  Although we have 1:1 devices in the classes that I teach, the students unfortunately 😢 do not use Microsoft devices. In its wisdom our IT...

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A report back on the Microsoft Educator Exchange E2 event in Budapest from one of our South African MIEExperts Moses Sehoole

Pablo Picasso once said:  “Action is the foundational key to all success…” I want to tell you about my amazing trip to Budapest with Microsoft as a MIEExpert, along with two other teachers from South Africa and Angela Schaerer from Microsoft in March this year. My background in using Microsoft applications After attending a Microsoft Education Master Training on ICT integration in teaching and learning in 2015, I have never looked back. I was very motivated and inspired by the prese...

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GlobalEd.TV presents free webinar: “Challenges and Strategies in Global Education” Thurs 7th April

GlobalEd TV is a free inclusive and comprehensive webinar series which spotlights theories and best practices related to multiculturalism in schools and organizations all over the world. This 5 part series is designed to inform educators, students and parents about the role of cultural and global competence in education. Hosted twice a month by the Global Education Conference Network, the Learning Revolution, and Know My World, participants will be included in global conversations with featured exper...

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Mpumalanga Microsoft Educator Community Networking Session well attended

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer An impressive 160 teachers attended a Microsoft Educator Community Networking Session held on 22-23 March 2016, in the school holidays,  at the Vodacom supported ICT Resource Centre in Emalahleni. Mpumalanga teachers in the area were asked to attend a session on one of the days of their school holidays to learn more about new trends in education for using technology in the classroom. The sessions were organised by  Nomusa Keninda, eLearning Spec...

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Brescia House School hosts a party – IT Style

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer In celebration of their 50th Birthday, Brescia House School hosted a Microsoft TeachMeet with a difference on 15 March 2016. Teachers were seated at tables, each decorated using a birthday party theme, and invited to share their ideas on innovation in teaching and learning with those seated at their tables. Each of the tables was hosted by a Brescia House School teacher who is also currently a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. In addition to sharing ideas fo...

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Three South African teachers join 250 global teachers at the Microsoft E2 Teacher exchange in Budapest. Will it be you, next year?

Submitted by Fiona Beal Three of our Microsoft MIEExpert teachers were selected to attend the dazzling Microsoft E2 Global Teacher Exchange in beautiful Budapest this year from March 8th – 10th. Keshma Patel (Micklefield School, Western Cape, Moses Sello Sehoole (Mankuroane Technical and Commercial High, North West Province) and Tracy Heath (Brescia House School, Gauteng) left our shores earlier this month, along with Angela Schaerer from Microsoft,  to attend a conference where they would be ...

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