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Create a blogging culture in your English classroom
Recently I created a Slideshare called ‘Your blog can be a fantastic teaching tool’ and I wrote from the standpoint of the teacher using a blog to teach. I posted this in an earlier blog post. Here it is just as a reminder.
A blog can be a fantastic teaching tool
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Today’s post examines how a blog can be very beneficial to the students in a classroom, and in this case, an English classroom.
Create a blog for yourself and for your students
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A recap. of our South African teachers’ involvement in the Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum in 2011
Since the Partners in Learning Forum (formerly known as the Innovative Teachers’ Forum) has opened its 2012 competition and we at SchoolNet are encouraging all teachers to participate in our free online support group http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course (so that we can support you with your entry), I thought I would write and tell you something about our participants last year.
Face-to-face Courses in 2011 and 2012
SchoolNet hosted a number of free face-to-f...Read more
Microsoft announces the Partners in Learning South African Forum 2012
Calling all South African teachers who are using technology in engaging ways. Entries are now open for the Microsoft Partners in Learning South African Forum 2012.
Share your innovative lesson or project that uses ICT and you could win a trip to Morocco to attend the Middle East Africa Forum and from there, possibly the Global Forum in Athens, Greece.
What do teachers need to do to enter the Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum?
Teachers need to have run a project or lesson that uses ICT in a creative an...Read more
12 more places to find reading material for Foundation Phase learners
The Internet is a goldmine for reading materials. Earlier this week I wrote a post highlighting 12 websites that provide great reading material for young learners. (https://www.schoolnet.org.za/2012/01/bring-technology-into-your-foundation.html). These sites could be very useful to link to with the new CAPS curriculum being implemented in South Africa for Grades 1 – 3 this year since there is a big emphasis on reading.
In this post I list ANOTHER 12 sites that can be used to encourage read...Read more
ISTE-NASA Education Project Application Deadline, January 15
ISTE and NASA are collaborating to provide a great project for Middle and High School teachers who are enthusiastic about SPACE. The selected teachers will work together in groups to produce educational materials for teachers and students about the Earth’s magnetosphere. The final projects stand a chance to be featured at the ISTE 2012 annual conference and exposition, and may also be selected for publication on the NASA website.
Are you a Middle or High School teacher that fits thes...Read more
Get ready for World Maths Day!
This is a guest post written by Lisa G who is an ITC teacher in Cape Town. Lisa was a Microsoft Innovative finalist in South Africa in 2011 and she keeps an interesting ITC blog http://icteducator.blogspot.com/. I saw this post on her blog this week and asked her if I could use it as a guest post. Last year I wanted to participate in World Maths Day but didn’t get registered in time. So, don’t be like me…prepare well in advance. You’ll need to start now!
World Maths Day is coming up on 7 March 20...Read more
A fantastic way of integrating technology into your Social Sciences curriculum
Recently I have taken interest in integration the curriculum with Social Sciences so I started doing a websearch. Its amazing what treasures you come across when you do that. After looking through and bookmarking an enormous amount of sites including the Edublogs 2011 winner sites, I came across a social studies Ning site that had won one of the Edublogs awards.
http://sschat.ning.com/
After looking around the Ning I came across a family, the van Soyes, who will be taking a 400-day around-the-w...Read more
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