Digital storytelling #3: Which tools can I use for creating a digital story
Submitted by Fiona Beal
We are presenting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. The first two is the series have already been posted: Digital storytelling #1: What exactly is digital storytelling? and Digital storytelling #2: How do I get started writing a digital story? Today we look at tools that can be used to create and present a digital story.
There is no shortage of tools to use to create digital stories, whether online or offline. Here are some tools your student...Read more
SchoolNet’s Megan Rademeyer and Microsoft’s Victor Ngobeni are presenting a monthly Microsoft Virtual Academy webinar on the various Microsoft Education tools and programmes along with suggestions and examples of how teachers can use these tools in their classrooms. Some sessions have been pre-recorded, but as from August 2015, the monthly webinars will be broadcast live. Look out the broadcast dates and time on the Microsoft in Education – South Africa and Lesotho Facebook page if you would ...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
We are presenting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. The first in the series focusing on what digital storytelling is all about was entitled, Digital storytelling #1: What exactly is digital storytelling? Today we look at ways of getting started with digital storytelling
The main problem with writing a story is finding the initial inspiration. Here are a few methods that might help!
(1) Find story starter sites on the Internet
There are plenty of these ty...
In August 2015 SchoolNet’s Megan Rademeyer travelled to the Seychelles to conduct a three day capacity building session with curriculum developers at the Seychelles Ministry of Education on behalf of Microsoft. The training involved working with officials from the Centre for Curriculum Assessment and Teacher Support, the Schools Division and the Seychelles Institute of Teacher Education (SITE) to develop strategies for integrating technology into the curriculum and assessment policies. The workshop gav...
Boaramelo SS, Lekhulong SS, Concordia SS and Sehunelo SS are four schools that attended the Microsoft Help Desk course facilitated by SchoolNet. The trainer’s approach to the group was different to the way he usually conducted training and as a result teachers and learners paid better attention. This also created enthusiasm and a competition amongst the groups. Understanding the hardware is the chapter that most trainees enjoyed the most because the training was conducted in a classroom and participant...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Today we are starting a series of four posts about digital storytelling. Today is the first in the series focusing on what digital storytelling is all about.
Do you like stories? We ALL do! Our brains are wired for stories. Our lives are stories one scene after another!
The term Digital Storytelling has different meanings in different contexts I have discovered. Sometimes writing a story using a lovely online story editor such as Storybird is referred to as Digital Storytelling &#...
The DG Murray Trust have been very generous in their support of the Learning Gains through Play project being implemented in KZN and the Western Cape. One year into the project it was time for members of the Board of Trustees from DG Murray to visit one of the project schools in order to see for themselves how their funding was being used. The visit was scheduled for August 20th and the selected school was Solomon Qatyana Primary situated in Asanda Village in Strand. Solomon Qatya...
We invite you to join us for the South Africa EdTechTeam Summits featuring Google for Education, when you sign up you will automatically enter in a raffle for codes for an eloboosting service. These high intensity one and two day events focus on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education, iOS and other digital learning tools to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. The program features Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, Apple Distin...
Microsoft is looking for self-driven educators who are passionate about their careers and inspiring students with outside-the-box thinking. If you have a collaborative spirit, are resourceful and entrepreneurial, relish the role of being a change agent, and work to achieve excellence in education using advanced technologies and social media – then you may have what it takes to be a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIE).
MIE experts get to share their thoughts on the effective use of technology ...
