A feast awaits you today – Google Education on Air online conference – all free!
Submitted by Fiona Beal
This morning I had an email from Mary Hacking from Grove Primary in Cape Town reminding me of the Google Online Conference on 8th and 9th May and saying how much she enjoyed yesterday’s presentations: https://educationonair.withgoogle.com/live/2015-may. When you open this website you’ll see the times for your own country, which is amazing! I discovered that in South Africa we operate with SAST – South African Standard Time!
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There are less than two months to go until the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference. If you would like to attend, but are wondering how you will cover the costs, below are some options to consider:
Apply to be a presenter
Presenters for sessions lasting an hour or more do not need to pay the conference fee to attend the conference and presenters of half hour sessions get 50% off the conference fee. Please consider sharing your leadership strategies, innovative lessons and technical know-how w...
We would like to invite you to register for our upcoming 2015 ICT in the Classroom Conference taking place in Durban from 1-3 July 2015. The venue is St Mary’s DSG in Kloof. Thisconference has always been very popular with educators, school leaders and ICT coordinators in the past and we are expecting another very successful three-day event this year. If you are keen to learn more about using technology in engaging ways in and beyond the classroom, this conference is for you! Our conference w...
We would like to invite you to register for our upcoming 2015 ICT in the Classroom Conference taking place in Durban in July 2015.
Three first-class International Speakers
We have three first-class international speakers – Holly Clark, Stuart Ball and Shelley Stott as well as a host of great local presenters!
Holly Clarke
Holly is a technology and innovation specialist from San Diego, California. She has been helping teachers redefine instruction in their classrooms by overseeing 1:1 tablet ...
This all sounds very exciting! This is a free, international online conference created by Google. Why not add this Google online event to your dairies for May 8th, 9th and 10th! This post with the latest announcement was recently posted on the Google for Education blog
Last month Google announced their Education on Air conference — a free online conference taking place May 8-9, 2015. They have now released the schedule of sessions, based on suggestions from those who sent in ideas. They’ll emphasiz...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Recently I attended the second ETILAB Think Tank on Emerging Technologies in Education. The ‘Étilab’ concept was something new to me so I looked forward to finding out more about that as well.
The preliminary program for the day:
General overview of glocal developments regarding emerging technologies in Higher Education, Schools and Industry
Vision Setting: how glocal developments inform and shape our vision
The ETILAB’s response to glocal challenges
e-Vi...
This is an exciting message from Karen Walstra from the Google team in South Africa.
“Dear Google for Education user,
Hope you are well. I am writing to let you know that we just announced Education on Air, a free online conference for educators on May 8-9, 2015. (Time zone is US based)
Day 1 of the event will focus on “leading for the future” with sessions from educators, students, and other leaders.
On Day 2 over 100 educators will lead sessions on “shaping the class...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Monday the 16th of February 400 excited delegates gathered at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg for the South African iPad Summit. These iPad summits are held all over the world, so it was an honour to be able to attend the first one in Africa. The aim of the summit was to share ideas on the benefits of the tablet in the classroom as a tool for learning, sharing and improving creativity.
This event was hosted by Think Ahead (Michelle Lissoos) and Apple’s Core...
600 attendees from 40 countries are currently attending the 2015 Microsoft Global Forum in Dubai. From Twitter I gleaned the following photos. We have a number of South African teachers representing our country. Four of them are #MIEExpert15 teachers namely Kathryn Riva, Karen Stadler, Lyneth Crighton and Phuti Ragophala. Here the four of them can be seen standing…
Some of our SA teachers are highlighting their projects
Megan Rademeyer and Lyneth Crighton presented at the Global Summit. ...
SchoolNet is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our 2015 ‘ICT in the Classroom’ conference in July 2015. Here are some of the details:
Date
1-3 July 2015
Venue
St Mary’s School in Kloof, Kwazulu-Natal
Fees
Book on or before the 30th April: R750
Book after the 30th April: R850
Who should attend
Teachers, school leaders and ICT co-ordinators, who want to learn more about using technology in engaging ways in and beyond the classroom
Conference themes
Curri...
