Great Google posts this week #40
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Rate us (SchoolNet) on SchoolAdvisor and be in line to win a trip to Mauritius!
School Advisor says:
“SchoolNet is now listed on the SchoolAdvisor
website. This is a new online platform that brings schools and
suppliers together, by hosting an ever increasing base of school
suppliers and the services that they offer, and allowing schools to
search for, get quotes and rate suppliers directly. We believe that this
platform will help you to find the best supplier or product for your
needs, and ensure that you receive the best service – as suppliers are
kept ...Read more
Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #35
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Take some time to join the new Microsoft Educator Community today!
Submitted by Fiona Beal
In around October 2015 Microsoft moved the Microsoft Educator Network to its new destination now called the Microsoft Educator Community. Have you perhaps visited the new site and joined?
What is the new site about?
This new site is a central destination where you’ll have access to over 1.5 million educators around the world, a fresh selection of professional development courses and resources, thousands of inspiring lesson plans, and access to live lessons and virtual fi...Read more
Opportunity for teachers – iEARN Photography and Design Challenge 2016 (closing date 15th Jan)
We would like to alert our South African teachers to this great opportunity – the iEARN Photography and Design Challenge 2016. The closing date is 15th January 2016.
What is the challenge?
The iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) Photography and Design Challenge is an online challenge which invites iEARN members to produce photography or graphic designs that deliver a message and reflect a concept and purpose.
The iEARN Photography and Design Challenge is open to all iEARN pa...Read more
Teachers, get started with Twitter – you’ll never look back!
Nowadays, in the era of
social networking, it is vital for a teacher to get on to Twitter in order
to find out what is happening in education. I have learned SO much from Twitter
and am connected to fantastic educators all over the world as a result of using
it. This post will show you how to get started.
What is
Twitter?
Twitter is a free social networking service that
allows its users to send and read short 140-character messages known as tweets.
It’s a fantastic way to share ide...Read more
SeeSaw – a great place for student driven portfolios. Why not get started today?
SeeSaw is a free application I really want to explore in
2016. Anthony Egbers demonstrated See Saw http://web.seesaw.me
, in a Demoslam presentation at the Google
Summit in 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. Ever since then I have been planning
to try out SeeSaw. It is available via
a browser or via iOS and Android.
What exactly is
SeeSaw?
SeeSaw enables to to create and host Student Driven Digital Portfolios. This is what the SeeSaw website
says: “SeeSaw empowers students of any a...Read more
A global opportunity for a South African teacher interested in climate change
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Yesterday I received an email from Kottie Christie-Blick in New York. She mentions a very interesting opportunity for a South African teacher. This is what she says:
“I enjoyed my time living in South Africa and visiting the schools. I’m now back in New York and am working on two projects that may be of interest to your South African teachers. One is an interactive website my students and I recently created to provide an audience for children t...Read more
Have you discovered Microsoft’s Docs.com? Create documents, journal entries and collections with it…
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Today when I was browsing the net I cam upon an
interesting publication called The Feed #3
hosted in Docs. com. It reminded me of SlideShare.
On closer examination I discovered that Docs.com
is a file sharing site from Microsoft that lets you share many of your
Microsoft Office files with other people. The interesting thing is that when
you share, the file formats of your files are unchanged. The Feed #3,
then, is Microsoft PowerPoint embedded and shared online. I ...Read more
Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #34
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