Dialogue: Supporting Play Pedagogy
SchoolNet South Africa wishes to invite you to a dialogue titled: The Pedagogy of Play, Coding and Robotics, and Technology in Education. The event is going to be held at The Forge, 87 De Korte St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001. It starts at 14:30 pm to 16:00 pm on Friday, 28 October 2022.
For the month of October, SchoolNet South Africa is running a #SupportOurTeachers campaign, and this dialogue forms part of our activities for the month. We have invited well-esteemed guests to explore how and whet...Read more
#TeacherAppreciationMonth #SupportOurTeachers
By SchoolNet South Africa
Date: 12 October 2022
The #SupportOurTeachers campaign seeks to raise awareness about the importance of building strong support structures for teachers. Teaching is one of the most rewarding and challenging professions.
Whilst teachers shape young minds, inspire children to greatness, and play pivotal roles in the life of a child, teachers also experience many stressors. Demanding curriculum, administration, lack of resources, viole...
Teacher Appreciation Month
Teachers are an important pillar of our society. They nurture children to do well and succeed in life and the world. But far too often they do not get the support, appreciation and respect they deserve for the daily pastoral care they provide to our learners
So, October 5, is World Teachers’ Day which aims to dedicate time to appreciate teachers for all the wonderful work they do in and out of the classroom to encourage our learners to be their best selves.
Closer to home, S...
Supportive environments enable the success of Learning Gains through Play (LGP). There are various factors contributing to this success.
The affordance of technology has the potential to change classroom practice. However to enable successful integration, it is important to mobilise the senior management team, teacher colleagues across grades, resources, and supportive school environments to enable the successful implementation of technology in the classroom.
As witnessed in the LGP project, partic...
Telkom Connected Project support specialists have been working diligently in keeping the schools running effectively as they monitor and assist with technical issues, and internet connectivity as well as keeping the schools’ computer labs, teachers’ laptops, and students’ tablets up to date and working. However, this comes with its own set of challenges, hence the need for Telkom, SchoolNet SA, Feature IT, and Mustek to come on board and offer the Digital Support Specialists a technical...
Do you want your business to show up when people search for it online? Are you looking for your business to stand out and connect with customers for free ? or are you planning to reach a bigger customer base using Google Ads?
SchoolNet South Africa in partnership with Google Digital Skills for Africa is offering FREE training for businesses that want to explore tools and solutions to help their business grow.
The training will explore tools such as Google Ads, Google Analytics, and Google my Business, a t...
SchoolNet South Africa in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) would like to invite teachers and students to take part in a Free Commonwealth of Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-Delta) programme. The C-Delta course is accredited with the South African Council for Educators (SACE) with 40 CPTD Points that can go towards teachers’ professional development points.
The C-DELTA programme provides a framework for fostering digital learning and developing skilled citizens...
Teachers are always looking for digital resources to make teaching and learning fun and inspiring. We have taken the time to make your time as a teacher easier by doing the research for you and finding free digital resources that can help you in the classroom.
1. e-classroom
The sites consist of CAPS-related worksheets for Grade R-6 which are mainly in English (and Afrikaans) but are currently being translated into the other South African languages.
2. Thunderbolt Kids
This site is part of Siyavula and c...
Are your students’ changemakers? Do your students use technology to make a change? Do your students what to make positive changes in their communities?
Why not enter the #CienaChallenge and showcase Africa’s young talent?
The Ciena Solutions Challenge is a global design challenge inviting middle and high school students (aged 11-19) to design solutions to real problems and take action to build a better world. The Ciena Solutions Challenge invites students around the world to use Challenge Bas...
