Mochudu Machaba from Ngwanamago Primary School in Limpopo is  one of the Microsoft MIEExperts from South Africa, 2015 who attended the E2 Global Teacher Exchange in Seattle along with three other South African MIEExperts. At the SchoolNet Conference she gave a presentation highlighting her use of OneNote in the classroom.  She also spoke about how the 21st century child learns. She has shared both of these with us. Below is Mochudu’s presentation where she speaks about her use of One Note in ...

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Shelley Shot (@sshott_shott) from Intel was the keynote speaker on Day 3 (3rd Juky 2015). She presented the closing plenary keynote. Shelley is well known to South Africans because she was the first Intel facilitator to visit us back in 2003 and has been a frequent presenter at our conferences ever since. As Intel’s Global Education Specialist, Shelley now drives the development and strategy for basic education around the world. A former middle school teacher and current university lecturer, ...

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This is a condensed version of the Conference report submitted by Janet Thomson the Executive Director of SchoolNetSA. The full report can be read on the SchoolNet website. Over 500 teachers from across South Africa gathered at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof for the ICT in the Classroom conference held between 1 and 3 July 2015. SchoolNet South Africa has been hosting this ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) conference for educators, provincial and national educational department officials, spon...

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We loved having Holly Clarke at our Conference. Her keynote was very stirring and well-received (see our Conference day 2 report-back http://goo.gl/hvVhnJ).  If you want to know more about Holly this is what she writes in the About section of her blog  http://goo.gl/tF4xNH: Holly has shared her resources for the SchoolNet Conference by means of a Google site . Do take a look…  . ...

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We loved having the energetic Stuart Ball at our Conference. He will long be remembered for his ‘I love PowerPoint’ keynote which was very well-received (see our Conference Day 1 report-back http://goo.gl/VOU0O5). Stuart is from Microsoft UK and he is responsible for the Microsoft UK Teachers Blog http://goo.gl/7PIbH1 Stuart has shared many of his conference presentations with us. Here is a list: a) Microsoft PowerPoint and Learning Styles https://goo.gl/XlVN8Q 2) Kodukup Teacher Resource Pack...

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Phuti Ragaphala, one of our Microsoft MIEExperts  really enjoyed the recent SchoolNet Conference. She has creatively presented her ten takeaways from the conference using the wonderful, free, online application,  Microsoft Sway. Take a look:                        ...

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