Join the TeachMeet at Elkanah House in Cape Town Saturday 8th June.
TeachMeets are short two-hour events where teachers teach teachers about what they are doing in their classes to promote technology. This could be a lesson or idea where they use iPads, tablets or PCs. We love to keep track of where this happens in South Africa on our TeachMeet-South Africa wiki (http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/) so that we can promote the TeachMeet and follow the event on Twitter. Consequently we would like to advertise the 17th TeachMeet in SA (to our Knowledg...Read more
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Every time I attend a TeachMeet I come away feeling inspired and encouraged after experiencing the fantastic atmosphere and enthusiastic presentations delivered by teachers. I love to see the types of innovation that teachers are employing in their classrooms. On Tuesday 12th March 2013 I attended the second TeachMeet in East London. Last time it was held at Stirling Primary (organised by Claire Dean) and this time it was held at Clarendon Primary (organised by Sharon Cox). You ...
TeachMeets are places where teachers teach teachers about what they are doing in their classes to promote technology. We love to keep track of where this happens in South Africa so that we can promote them. Here are three that we know about for the months of March and April .
1) TeachMeet in East London
Two schools in East London are taking turns in holding the TeachMeet. Last year Stirling Primary was the host and now it is Clarendon Primary’s turn on Tuesday 12 March from 3-5pm. Read mo...
Brescia House in Johannesburg is holding a ‘How do I do IT in my classroom’ day on Saturday 16th March 2013 from 8-1pm. The programme shown below looks awesome. If you would like to download the programme for easier viewing here is the link: How do I do IT in my classroom?
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In the past year, worldwide, a different kind of
professional development movement has started and become very widespread. This
type of professional development is called an EdCamp (mostly found in the US)
or a TeachMeet, a UK term. In South Africa we have adopted the UK term and have
been pleased to see the growth of TeachMeets. These are generally a type of
collaborative conferences lasting but a few hours, better known as an
‘unconferences’ since the attendees are the presenters and the f...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
After attending the TeachMeet at Somerset House Preparatory school in Somerset West last night, I left with a feeling of great hope for education in South Africa. The teachers who presented were so enthusiastic about what they do, and the ideas shared about how to make education inspiring and relevant made me wish I was back in the classroom!
Somerset Prep – a primary school that embraces BYOD
Somerset House Prep is a very go-ahead primary school nestled in the heart of the ...
The East London TeachMeet logo
Submitted by Fiona Beal
In September I had the HUGE privilege of flying up to East London to attend the first TeachMeet in the Eastern Cape. I was invited by two schools, Stirling Primary and Clarendon Primary. Whatever one may hear about education in the Eastern Cape, these two schools are beacons of light providing an excellent education for their students. I was taken on a tour of the schools which left me quite amazed. The TeachMeet was organised...
Submitted by Fiona Beal
On Wednesday 29th August at 6pm I made my way to the Helderberg Basin’s second TeachMeet. This was held at the beautiful Cape Dutch style school Somerset House in Somerset West and I knew I was in for a treat. If you as a teacher have never been to a TeachMeet, please consider it – you come away inspired and enthusiastic and you just want to try EVERYHING that was recommended.
Teachers appeared from all around Somerset West, ready for an engaging evening. Somerset...
As Siobhan says in her advert above, if you are looking to share great teaching ideas and want to learn more about how to integrate ICT tools into successful and collaborative lessons, (and you live in the Somerset West area), please join the Somerset House team with their upcoming ‘TeachMeet in the Helderberg Basin’ as they call it. I attended the last one and it was a fantastic evening. I actually wrote a report back on the event in this blog if you would like to read it: Report back on ...
