5 Resources for Educators and Highlights from Microsoft Reimagine
Picture credit: Microsoft Reimagine
Microsoft Reimagine is an online event that explores innovative ways to support inclusive learning for K-12 (Grade 0-12) students. It is a digital experience where educators get to re-envision unique ways to use technology and explore new possibilities to enhance teaching and learning for students.
The event explored multiple education solutions for schools to use in order to empower educators. Some of the solutions shared were the new edition of Windows 11 (Wind...Read more
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase daily in South Africa, and organisations, businesses, and corporates working remotely, we have gathered all the shared list of resources into one easily accessible blog with those relevant to the South African Curriculum at the top of the list, these resources can be implemented quickly and without any IT specialty.
The resources focus on remote communication, content learning platforms, management systems, and reading platforms.
Here is a curated li...
Every now and then you come across a great blog that shares really interesting resources and shows how to use them in the classroom. Today I came across such a blog called Raki’s Rad Resources and on this blog were a number of great posts I would like to share with you http://www.rakisradresources.com
I really liked the Top Ten Lists that she has placed on her blog. These are collections of resources she has collected and feels they are worth sharing:
1. 10 best reading websites for the elementary cl...
In South Africa there are many online resources available to teachers free of
charge to assist them in their classroom activities. This post outlines a few of
these.
1. e-classroom (http://e-classroom.co.za).
One of the really popular sites in South Africa that has over 2,000,000 downloads per month is e-classroom. The sites consists of CAPS related worksheets for Grade R-6 which are mainly in English (and Afrikaans) but are currently being translated into the other South African languages.
On...
At the recent SchoolNet Conference our two UK International presenters, Frédéric Kastner from The Virtual School in the UK and Malik Wilson, a media professional, gave a couple of presentations on OER (Open Education Resources) that were very popular, and not everyone could get into their sessions. They have kindly created resources for all the teachers who could not attend their session and have sent us the links to pass on. They have created the video tutorial on how to create your own resources....
Logo Design by FlamingText.com
As the digital age and technology integration with lessons becomes more and more part of our daily lives, teachers look for web resources and new online materials as part of their preparation to help them with their teaching. This is definitely not an easy task for one needs to ‘live’ online in order to be able to keep up with what is available online. So I thought I would mention four very useful resource sites that teachers in South Africa should consider joining.
...
Do take a look at our wonderful ‘proudly South-African” site, http://e-classroom.co.za, that provides a delightful array of FREE beautifully created worksheets for our South African teachers. This site, e-Classroom, has reached over 500 000 hits and is the number one “e-classroom” website on Google!
e-Classroom is a portal which provides free support resource material for educators and parents and is aimed at learners in Grades R-3. Their content is very much in line with 21st cent...
