PowerPoint is alive and well! 25+ ideas for using PowerPoint creatively in the classroom…
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Microsoft Break into Code Challenge! Learn to code! Win cash prizes! Closing date 7 June
Become a creator of technology. Break into code! Get excited about coding with a new contest from Microsoft Imagine. Break into code! Learn to code! Create a game! Win cash prizes.
Microsoft Imagine introduces the Break Into Code challenge as a beginner level challenge that will get your students excited about coding even if you or they don’t have any previous experience. Microsoft Research’s TouchDevelop gets students of all ages started with a simple, easy to follow tutorial on coding a brick br...Read more
Africa Code Week: you and your students can take part in the pilot event at the Science Centre in Cape Town June 1 to June 4.
Coding is the new important language! Every school-going child everywhere deserves to be fluent in coding by the time they leave school. The post that follows tells of a great coding opporunity coming up and is taken from the Cape Town Science Centre’s website: http://ctsc.org.za/africacodeweek/
A joint initiative by SAP, Simplon, Galway Education Center and Cape Town Science Centre, Africa Code Week is a one-of-kind educational initiative taking place in October 2015 across 11 countries. Spark...Read more
11 great Google posts this week #14
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This week’s useful Microsoft posts for teachers #5
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EdTechTeam iOS and Google Summit South African Tour…This will be good! Reduced pricing!
We are pleased to announce the first EdTechTeam iOS in Education Summit (8 October 2015) and the EdTechTeam Google in Education Tour Cape Town Summit (9, 10 October) to be held at Parklands College in Cape Town.
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 Tr...Read more
Classroom Stories ‘Creative tools in the student-centred 21st century classroom’ free iPad event in Joburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban
This is a message from Michelle Lissoos from Think Ahead about a International speaker they are bringing to South Africa.
Join our international speaker, Paul Hamilton as he takes you through a visual journey of how creative teachers use mobile technologies over traditional technological tools, to create relevant and collaborative learning spaces.
Paul explores how the iPad complements proven pedagogical practices, whilst at the same time inspires students to create and publish authentic con...Read more
Don’t miss hearing Chris Emdin at the Inspired Teachers’ Conference in August
This is a message from Dunne Edelstein from Quality Life with regards to the Inspired Teachers’ Conference in Johannesburg that is coming up later this year…
“We’re very excited to announce that the Inspired Teachers Conference, powered by QualityLife Company, is bringing internationally recognised Dr Christopher Emdin – a science advocate who uses hip-hop to make better teachers – to South Africa this year.
“Dr. Christopher Emdin, Associate Professor in the Department of...Read more
Links to photos and events at the Microsoft E2 Global Educator Exchange via Angela Schaerer
The Microsoft E2 Global Educator Exchange took place in Redmond, Washington earlier this month. Angela Schaerer from Microsoft has provided us with all these links to this great event.
Event photos here
Microsoft blog posts:
Event curtain-raiser – Educating Fearlessly: Redefining Bravery at the E2 Global Educator Exchange
Day 1 recap – Being Brave: Educators from Around the Globe Are Challenging Themselves to Transform Education
Day 2 recap – Making a Difference: How Educators Inspire Bravery ...Read more
All the recordings from the Google Education on Air Online conference on May 8 and 9, 2015
Google’s recent free online conference on May 8th and 9th was a HUGE two-day event with amazing speakers. What a great way to share information with the world of educators. All the recordings were uploaded by the next day! The 2015 Education on Air conference featured tens of thousands of registered educators from 185 countries. They had more than 100 sessions to choose from in the two-day event.
Where to find the recordings
The recordings can be found neatly organised at the following link: ht...Read more
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