There’s still time to submit a story suitable for a Grade 3 reader for the African Storybook project. Join us!
We have just completed our course on writing and now we are waiting for stories suitable for Grade 3 students around Africa to read to be submitted from teachers around the country who have completed the course. WE hope that many of them will get their classes to write as well all in time for the launch of the African Storybook Project website in July. If you would like to contribute a story, please consider it. Here are the details.
1. The stories must be written in PowerPoint or similar and ...Read more
Below is a brochure about the African Storybook project that has been put out by Saide (South African Institute of Distance Education) in Johannesburg . Saide is administering this great project which aims to facilitate availability, access to, and use of sufficient good stories for early reading practice for African children ages 2 to 9. It will do this by setting up an interactive website with stories for early reading and by encouraging educators and literacy development organisations working in e...
The African Storybook Project is really something to get excited about. We have written a number of blogposts about this exciting venture on this blog:
a) Introducing The African Storybook Project…
b) 30 days of Writing #1: Welcome to the African Storybook project
c) An exciting, free digital storytelling course and writing opportunity for South African educators. Please sign up…
The ‘Digital Storytelling and the African Storybook project’ short online course for tea...
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If you are a South African teacher reading this we would like to tell you about a writing opportunity and a free online writing course that is coming up with SchoolNetSA as part of this amazing African Storybook project and website that is being developed for Africa. Our 30 days of writing posts will lead up to giving more information about this. WATCH THIS SPACE!
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Submitted by Fiona Beal. Po...
This is a reflection by Fiona Beal from SchoolNet on the initial workshop of the African Storybook project held in Johannesburg last month.
If you had been walking past the Boardroom in the offices of Saide (South African Distance Education) in Johannesburg on Saturday 10 November 2012 you would have heard loud hoots of laughter. If you had tiptoed to the door and peeped inside to see what was happening you might have seen a group of adults sitting totally engrossed in a very...
