The Global Education Conference Day 1 is here – join online for free!
Steve Hargadon, Co-founder and co-chair of the Global Education Conference says in an email:The sixth annual Global Education Conference, our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend!
A full listing of sessions is below. You’re going to be blown away.
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There is one event an educator does not want to miss out on every year in South Africa, and that is the EdTechTeam’s Global Summit featuring Google for Education (https://za.gafesummit.com/). Every year this amazing team sweeps in with new brooms and they dust away all the cobwebs from one’s mind showing us what can be achieved not only by using Google Apps in the classroom but also by redefining our roles as teachers. “I am not just the teacher, ...
This post is adapted from the report written by Janet Thomson, CEO of SchoolNet. The full report can be found on our website here https://goo.gl/Leh2In This post captures ten of the highlights from the report.
The Reading Association of South Africa and the Pan-African Reading for All Conference was held at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town from 2nd – 5th September. The theme was Imagination and Literacy.
1. Opening plenary
Top: David Harrison at the Opening ...
We invite you to join us for the South Africa EdTechTeam Summits featuring Google for Education. 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 Trainers, Apple Distinguished Educators practicing administrators, solution providers, and representatives from the G...
iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communication technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day engage in collaborative project work worldwide. iEARN provides a platform for teachers and learners to communicate, apply and share knowledge. The iEARN conference was held at ESAF School of Finance and Administration in Brasilia.
Delegates arrived on Sunday mid-day and were warmly welcomed by the conference organizers. A total of thirty-fi...
There are nine EdTechSummits for teachers talking place in South Africa this month, all free! (Note this is not to be confused with the upcoming EdTechTeam’s Google Summits at Parklands)
Here us a message from the EdTechSummit team:
”We’re excited for EdTech Summit Africa 2015! Here are some important details:
WEBSITE: we are updating our site continually with workshop schedules, descriptions, presenter profiles, and new blogs! www.edtechsummitafrica.com
REGISTER TO ATTEND: http://ti...
Recently we held the SchoolNet Conference in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal and the very first session was called ‘Twitter for Beginners’ presented by Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet. Before displaying the presentation let’s talk about Twitter, and, if you are not yet on Twitter perhaps this is the time to join!
What is Twitter?
Twitter is a free social networking service that allows its users to send and read short 140-character messages known as tweets. It’s a fantastic way to share ideas an...
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...
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 ...
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...
