Microsoft webinar on Weds at 3:30 – especially relevant to those who are entering the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert competition
We invite you to a second Microsoft Partners in Learning webinar to be held on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30pm.. This will be of special interest to those who are entering Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competition in South Africa where the first closing date is 3 June if you would like to be chosen as one of the 15 teachers who will be completely sponsored to the SchoolNet Conference in Bloemfontein in July 2013. (The final closing date for the Microsoft’s Innovative Educator Expert competit...Read more
submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Applications are currently open for the Microsoft Innovative School’s programme. The Microsoft Innovative Schools program is “a leading change management program for district and school leaders to drive their own innovation processes while identifying partners, technologies and environments that further improve student learning.”
Schools with a track-record of inspirational leadership, innovation and successful implementations of change are invite...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer
Teachers from South Africa
and Lesotho are invited to apply to be Microsoft Innovative Educator:
Experts to stand a chance of
winning a trip to the Partners in Learning Global Forum. To do this you will
need to fill in the online application form and upload a learning activity
which includes a two-minute video describing how you used technology to enhance
a lesson or project to the Partners
in Learning Network.
From the applications that
are received by ...
Microsoft is currently holding free workshops
around the country to prepare teachers for the Microsoft Partners in Learning Innovative
Educator Forum this year, and we are holding two in the Cape Town region over
the next two Saturdays. We would love
you to attend one of them (the presenter at both workshops will be Fiona Beal).
Dates
Saturday 11th May 2013 – Somerset House Preparatory School, Drama Street,
Somerset West from 8:30 – 4pm
Saturday 18th May 2013 – St Cyprians School,...
In April and May we will be running a free Microsoft Innovation workshop in every province. During the workshop teachers will learn about digital tools they can use to engage learners; where to find ideas and inspiration for enhancing their lessons by integrating technology; and how to share learning activities with other teachers through the Partners in Learning Network (www.pil-network.com). The workshop will also cover some 21 Century Learning Design dimensions which will help teachers to design or en...
Have you taken a look around the Partners in Learning Network lately? It’s FULL of the most incredible resources – free tools, learning activities for the classroom, tutorials, discussions, resources, professional development opportunities galore, opportunities to gain badges, networking opportunities, etc. No wonder Microsoft is wanting all teachers everywhere to see what is there and to join the network – all free. They have a great prize on offer if you join bef...
The South Africa and Lesotho Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum recognises innovative teachers who are using ICT in engaging ways to enhance teaching and learning. SchoolNet works closely with Microsoft in organising this event which was formerly known as the Innovative Teacher competition.
This competition is aimed at teachers who are using technology to enhance learning activities or as part of project based activities. The Forum rewards creative and dynamic teachers with great prizes and pr...
Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of Schoolnet
The Microsoft Partners in Learning Network has been re-launched and is well worth visiting to access the Microsoft Learning Suite tools and lesson plans; to get support from tutorials and online professional development and to connect with other teachers to share resources and to discuss hot topics. The Partners in Learning Network is also the place where teachers who are entering the 2013 South Africa and Lesotho Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum will nee...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
In July 2011 I was very privileged to attend the inaugural Microsoft Partner’s in Learning Institute in Seattle. Whilst there I connected with a virtual blogging friend, Julie Hembree, who visited me at my hotel. It is really exciting to meet virtual technology friends for the first time. Since then Julie has gone on to be an Edublogs winner with her amazing librarian blog, Bulldog Readers, plus a United States finalist in the Partners in Learning Global Forum held in Prague 201...
What is the Partners in Learning Network?
Details of the Partners in Learning Network competition
There’s another super competition up for grabs for educators this time from Microsoft. This involves simply joining the Partners in Learning Network, inviting your friends and by so doing being in a draw for a new Windows Surface. Here are the details of the competition:
“Dear Innovative Educators
We are thrilled to offer you an opportunity to win a “Surface” for your school! “Surface” i...
