Let’s look at the ‘Find a lesson’ option on the Microsoft Educator Community – why not join today?
This is the third post in a series on the Microsoft Educator Community. The previous two are:
*The NEW Microsoft Educator Community – all you need to know! Why not pay a visit…
*A brief overview of the ‘Get Trained’ option in the new Microsoft Educator Communit
Today we’ll look at the section called ‘ Find a lesson’.
What is the Microsoft Educator Community?
You’ll find the Microsoft Educator Community community at: https://www.educatornetwork.com/.
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This is the twelfth post in the series “MIEExpert Spotlight for South Africa”. The tab with all the posts can be found at: . Today we focus on Mochudu Machaba who is a Grade 5 and 6 teacher at Ngwanamago Primary School situated around 25 kilometers from Polokwane in South Africa’s Limpopo province. She is also recognised for being an Educator Community Influencer and Contributor, a Microsoft MIE Trainer and a Microsoft Master Trainer.
More about Mochudu Machaba
Mochudu Machaba is a Grade...
The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week:
Useful Microsoft posts for teachers this week #48
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This is a guest post from Kathryn Riva, a MIEExpert from
Micklefield Primary in Cape Town. Kathryn Used Sway and other applications in a project with her Grade 7s this year. Follow Kathryn on Twitter @kathriva
“The Grade 7s are required to do a project in the first term in which they have to…
Draw a sketch map(s) of own area
Include symbols, key and scale
Record own observations of land use and kinds of vegetation
Show four cardinal compass directions
I decided to make this...
The free Microsoft webinar scheduled for TOMORROW, Tuesday 19th April, features the gamification application teachers and students all over the world are talking about – Minecraft!
Time: Tuesday afternoon 19 April at 3pm – 3:45pm.
Presenter: Megan Rademeyer and Victor Ngobeni
Topic:Minecraft
Explanation: “Minecraft is a computer game that uses virtual building blocks to create opportunities for creative problem-solving. More than a million people are playing Minecraft at any one ...
This is a report back on the Microsoft Educator Exchange E2 event in Budapest from one of our South African MIEExperts, Keshma Patel. Keshma is a teacher at Micklefield Primary in Cape Town
“What an honour it was to be selected as one of three South Africans to attend this year’s Microsoft E2 Global Exchange conference in Budapest, Hungary! Besides Budapest being a beautiful city rich in culture and history we had plenty to learn and even more people to meet.
Some of my highlight...
The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week:
Useful Microsoft in Education posts this week #47
View more lists from SchoolNet
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Are you coming to CuriosITy? Wondering what it is all about? We;;…tThere is a fantastic dinner coming up on the 25th May with a great speaker – and all for a good cause. By purchasing a ticket and attending the event you also sponsor 2 Grade 11 girls from broader Johannesburg doing Information Technology or Computer Applications Technology to attend and be inspired by Lori Milner, a modern corporate woman. Please help the Brescia House student ambassadors inspire a new generation of women wa...
This is a report back on the Microsoft Educator Exchange E2 event in Budapest from one of our South African MIEExperts Tracy Heath. Tracy is a teacher at Brescia House in Johannesburg
“Being selected to go to Budapest was like waking up in a
dream and living it! The most exciting memory for me is how excited all the
teachers were about what they do. Teaching for these teachers is a passion and
the passion for their kids was infectious and inspiring! Everyone was thrilled
to be included in the E...
This is a guest post from Bruce Eyles, a MIEExpert from St David’s Mrist in Johannesburg. Bruce teaches English and RE to Grade 7s and he is head of Life Skills in the Senior Prep. He teaches Life Skills to Grade 6. Apart from that he spends a lot of time coaching sport. In this post Bruce shares the different ways that he uses Sway in the classroom.
Although we have 1:1 devices in the classes that I teach, the students unfortunately 😢 do not use Microsoft devices. In its wisdom our IT...
