This week’s useful Microsoft posts for teachers #10
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A report back on the Microsoft In Education Global Forum Dubai by Karen Stadler, a MIEExpert15 in South Africa
This is a guest post from Karen Stadler one of South Africa’s Microsoft MIEExperts for 2015. Karen teaches at Elkanah House Senior Primary and is well known globally especially for her Travelling Rhino project and her award-winning wiki. This post can also be found on her blog on this link.
This year eight teachers from South Africa who had been selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts 2015 attended one of the two Global Forums as part of their prize. In the next two posts we will ...Read more
Webinar recording from SchoolNet’s free webinar on Thursday 11th June at 3:15pm ‘Microsoft Sway – what it is, how to use it in the classroom, and how to create one’ by Fiona Beal
On Thursday afternoon 11th June we held a webinar entitled, ‘Microsoft Sway – what it is, how to use it in the classroom, and how to create one’.
Background to the webinar
Sway is a new, free presentation web app – part of the Microsoft Office family of products. It creates lovely eye-catching, attractive, online presentations. It is also available as a iOS app. All you have to do to get started is go to this URL https://sway.com/ and join up by creating a Microsoft ID. Then just explore!...Read more
15 great Google posts this week #18
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This week’s useful Microsoft posts for teachers #9
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Some story updates from the amazing, local African Storybook website
This week the African Storybook Project sent out a newsflash showing their most recent story updates. We have displayed them below with links to their spot on the website.
Have you visited http://www.africanstorybook.org/, the home of the African Storybook Project (ASP)? It is a truly amazing, local website. The stories, which are all for the younger grades, can be read on site or downloaded to print and use. Their current collection of Featured Stories on the website home page is a great re...Read more
A Grade 9 surprise at the Applications Olympiad
A Grade 9 learner from the Free State surprised the Applications Olympiad organisers by making it to the Finals with 13 matriculants.
The Applications Olympiad is aimed at learners who take the subject CAT (Computer Application Technology) – which is offered in Grades 10, 11 and 12 only. Computer Olympiad Manager Peter Waker remarked, “We are used to having participants from lower grades, and some of them do quite well, but this is the first time ever that a Grade 9 learner makes it t...Read more
Registration is now CLOSED…
There is two weeks to go until the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference which is taking place in Durban at St Mary's DSG, Kloof from 1-3 July.Check out the Final Programme. Registration is closed….
Three International Speakers
We have three first-class international speakers – Holly Clark, Stuart Ball and Shelley Shott as well as a host of great local presenters.
Stuart Ball
Stuart Ball manages the UK Microsoft Partners in Learning Programme. He is a fo...Read more
This week’s useful Microsoft posts for teachers #8
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