Thembelihle Primary School embraces Intel’s ‘Getting Started’ Training
Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka
Thembelihle Primary School is situated in KZN Midlands, Central Howick. The School Management Team bought laptops for the staff including digital data projector per classroom. The laptops are loaded with the latest software i.e. windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013. The training consists of nine educators from the Primary school and two educators from the Pre-Primary school. The first session started on a high note and with lots of enthusiasm as teachers were looking for...Read more
Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet
Intel® SA recently sponsored training for Free State principals which included over 50 schools with a whopping total of 170 delegates from the South African Principals’ Association. The South African Principal’s Association (SAPA) is an organisation that brings principals into a professional learning community where current issues facing teachers are discussed. It also provides principals with invaluable support material, collegial interaction and...
Submitted by Omashani NaidooThe Intel Roundtable curriculum discussion was held at Wolfson’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom. South Africa participated with 25 other countries from Asia, Europe, North America and Africa. This event was well represented by over 70 delegates from various Education sectors with Omashani Naidoo representing SchoolNetSA.
Omashani says, “The Roundtable workshop was indeed an eye-opener. There are many parallels and actually being a third wor...
Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka of SchoolNet
Thembelihle Primary School is situated in Howick. Their Management Team decided to buy laptops for the staff including a digital data projector per classroom. The laptops are loaded with the latest software i.e. Windows 8 and Microsoft Office 2013. The training consists of nine educators from the Primary school and two educators from the Pre-Primary school.
The first session started on a high note and with lots of enthusiasm as teachers were looking ...
Submitted by Omashani NaidooEkukhanyeni High School won professional development training at Intel’s One Day Conference in KwaZulu Natal. Ms Hlengiwe Mfeka facilitated the training which was attended by 14 educators who were very enthusiastic and looking forward to learn.
The session started with introductions and the educators enjoyed the manner in which it was done. Each person was asked to give an adjective beginning with the first letter of their name which describes their character which wa...
Submitted by Omashani Naidoo
PG Bison, through Infundo Consulting, sponsored training for teachers in the Ugie area in the Eastern Cape. Ugie High was used as a venue and although there was enough computers for all the teachers, not of them worked properly. However stable access to the Internet was a pleasure and this allowed teachers to engage more fully with the course and understand how to perform searches, send and receive emails and that there was nothing to it at all!
Sixteen teachers atte...
Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet
MC Kharbai (MCK) is a special public school situated in Lenasia, Johannesburg-South. The school caters for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing as well as mild-moderately mentally challenged learners. MC Kharbai offers the full GDE curriculum to Deaf learners and a skills curriculum for learners who experience moderate to severe learning barriers. Learners hail from the following areas in the South: Vlakfontein, Orange Farm, Lenasia, Kliptown, Eldorado Park, Ennerdale, La...
What are you doing this coming Saturday, April 13th? If you live in KZN, you won’t want to miss the Intel Teach One Day Conference at Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg which is proudly presented by SchoolNet. The brochure can be seen below. To book your place please contact: Info@schoolnet.org.za or phone 011 403 5777 If you would like to download and print this brochure, please click on the following attachment link.
Intel Teach One Day Conference in Piet...
Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet
Thembelihle Primary School is a small school, recently established by the Methodist Church in Howick for the benefit of learners from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has expanded gradually from just being a play school and with the help of some overseas funding has built additional classroom and employed new teachers. It is now in the process of registering as an independent school with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. The majority of ...
Submitted by Nomty Gcaba and Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet
Inqolayolwazi Primary School, in oZwathini, Kwazulu-Natal received a sponsorship of 25 tablets and 2 laptops from Sweden due to the generosity of BJörn Homströ. Mrs Sylvia Chamane, principal of Inqolayolwazi sought SchoolNet’s assistance to maximise the donation and purchased more laptops. Intel® Education sponsored Getting Started training to all teachers at the school.
The teachers reflected that this training was a godsend ...
