NPI Consulting Sponsors 50 Teachers from KwaZulu-Natal for Digital Learning Conference!

Exciting Opportunity! NPI Consulting Sponsors 50 Teachers from KwaZulu-Natal for Digital Learning Conference! We’re delighted to share thrilling news! NPI Consulting will sponsor 50 committed teachers from KwaZulu-Natal to be part of the upcoming Digital Learning Conference. 🗓️ Save the Date: March 25 to 27, 2024 📍 Venue: 9 Posselt Drive, La Mercy, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal About the Conference: In collaboration with the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Education Department and Anton Lembede MST Acad...

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🎉 Exciting Invitation! 🎉

Join us for a three-day digital learning conference to transform education. Our amazing Executive Director, Omashani Naidoo, invites education enthusiasts to an inspiring journey at SchoolNet South Africa! 📽️ Click the link below and be part of this incredible experience: Discover how educators, leaders, and innovators are uniting under the banner of #SchoolNetConference to revolutionise learning!  🔗 Don’t miss out on: ✨ Cutting-edge discussions ✨ Innovative approaches to education ✨...

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Agnes Rasesemola – Spreading the reach of the SchoolNet Digital Learning Conference

The SchoolNet SA Digital Learning conference attracted almost 500 teachers who enjoyed three days of networking and learning new skills and tools for utilizing digital resources in their classrooms. We often wonder what ideas teachers implement after they have attended a conference; whether they pursue any conference connections; and the extent to which they share what they have learnt with colleagues. We were delighted to hear from Agnes Rasesemola, the principal of Sunrise View Secondary in Rustenbur...

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A visit to the Cape of Good Hope and the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference – by Peter Rafferty

SchoolNet Conference goers in 2017 will remember the valuable contribution made by our overseas presenter, Peter Rafferty and his infectious enthusiasm for innovation in teaching. He has taken the time to write this article about his visit to South Africa. Even more interesting is the way he relates his experiences in South Africa to his own experiences as a learner when he was at school and as a teacher now in England and somehow Peter manages to subtly highlight the impact that technology has had on t...

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The SchoolNet 2017 ICT in the Classroom Conference – a handy list of links…

The SchoolNet Conference 2017 has been and gone but the memory lingers on… This post brings you a handy list of links including links to presentations from some of our presenters. Only 24 of our presenters have shared their presentations to date, and we are very grateful to them. But first, a quick recap!  Over 400 delegates attended the 2017 SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Bryanston, Gauteng between 5 – 7 October 2017.  It was a conf...

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Deputy Minister defines national plans for digital learning at the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference

Before opening the SchoolNet SA 2017 ICT in the Classroom Conference, the national Deputy Minister, Mr. Enver Surty, sat down with Janet Thomson, Executive Director for SchoolNet South Africa to discuss the DBE’s approach to digital learning.    The Deputy Minister thanked Thomson for “the enormous contribution by SchoolNet in the ICT domain” asserting that “ICT is becoming more critical and central to the facilitation of teaching and learning”. Surty then demonstrated the d...

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ICT in the Classroom Conference – three days of learning, networking and sharing

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer Over 400 delegates attended the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference held at Brescia House School in Brynaston, Gauteng between 5 – 7 October 2017. The conference was opened by Deputy Minister of Basic Education Enver Surty who also sat down with SchoolNet’s executive director, Janet Thomson, to define the national Department of Basic Education’s plans for digital learning. (See here for more on this interview – ) The opening keynote speaker was Ste...

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SchoolNet’s 20th Anniversary was celebrated at the SchoolNet conference – and what a celebration it was!

SchoolNetSA celebrated its 20th Anniversary at the SchoolNet Conference – and what a celebration it was! This 20th Anniversary was celebrated on Friday 6th October at a well- attended cocktail function at Brescia House School in Johannesburg. The Telkom Foundation not only made it possible for a large number of teachers to attend the conference but also funded the birthday celebration. Telkom was one of the very first funders of SchoolNet back in the 1990s – so it was most appropriate that...

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Standing Room Only @SchoolNetSA 2017 Conference – by Janet Thomson

Mr Enver Surty, Deputy Minister of Education and Mr Nathi Kunene of the Telkom Foundation  The Deputy Minister wowed delegates with his opening address at the 2017 ICT in the Classroom Conference held at Brescia House School in Johannesburg at the weekend. SchoolNet South Africa proudly hosted the national ‘ICT in the Classroom’ conference at Brescia House School from 5 – 7 October 2017. Over 400 hundred delegates from around the country attended the conference, including ed...

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We are excited about our international keynote speakers who will be presenting at the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference

Yes, we are excited about our four international keynote speakers who will be presenting at the SchoolNet ICT in the Classroom Conference on 5-7 October at Brescia House in Johannesburg. The draft program is downloadable on our Conference page: http://www.schoolnet.org.za/conference2017/ We are also very excited about our many local presenters who will be delivering really exciting sessions,  but this post focuses our four keynote presenters, all international speakers, three of whom are from...

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