SchoolNet webinar recording from Thurs 6 March 2014 ‘10+ steps to getting started with a digital classroom’
On Thursday afternoon, 6 March 2014) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘10+ steps to getting started with a digital classroom’ presented by Fiona Beal from SchoolNet.
The webinar description
There’s no doubt that technology can transform teaching and learning in a classroom. But for many of us digital devices for everyone is just a distant dream. However one can still start on the digital route with or without devices for everyone. This webinar encourages you to consider incorpo...Read more
On Thursday afternoon (27 February 2014) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Create an Internet Start page using Protopage’ presented by Fiona Beal from SchoolNet.
The webinar description
Protopage is an Internet start page that you can create and use for quick access to everything on the web that you visit the most. You can use it to:
• Keep bookmarks to frequently accessed web sites
• Organize your day with to-do lists and sticky notes
•...
On Thursday afternoon (20 February 2014) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Get to know Knowmia’presented by Linda Foulkes of Elkanah High School in Cape Town. You’ll see that Linda has also provided a document summarising her research into tools that can be used across devices since her High School uses the BYOD approach.
The webinar description
Linda summarised her presentation like this: ‘”Increase student engagement with this amazing high quality tool, Knowmia, which all...
On Thursday afternoon 13 February at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar about various free sites that can be used to encourage student online writing. The webinar Sideshare and recording can be accessed below.
Title: ‘Great web-based sites (or free aplications) for publishing student writing online’
Summary of webinar:
Nowadays instead of keeping your students’ writing confined to an exercise book in the classroom let your students use free web-based tools to make the most beautiful on...
On Thursday afternoon 6 February at 3.30pm we held our first SchoolNet webinar for 2014. This was a two part webinar presented by Fiona Beal of SchoolNet and the recordings have been separated as follows:
1) Poetry sites you’ll love…
2) Create shapely word clouds with your class using Tagxedo
Webinar Part 1: Poetry sites you’ll love
Title: Poetry sites you’ll love…
A sub-title for this webinar could be ‘Encouraging poetry writing using free online interactives and websites ‘
Su...
On Thursday afternoon (28 November 2013) at 3.30pm we held our final SchoolNet webinar for 2013 entitled ‘Edflipping videos into your lessons’ presented by Linda Foulkes of Elkanah High School in Cape Town.
Presentation
Linda summarised her presentation like this:
“I will demonstrate two very useful and exciting tools in order to create a lesson using a video. Teachers will love these tools. Both resources allow one to track student progress. The first tool is EdTed which allows one to f...
On Thursday afternoon (21 November 2013) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘An introduction to e-books’ presented by Malcolm Seegers a digital publisher for a well-known South African publishing group. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.
Summary of the webinar
Malcom says:
“More and more schools are going digital with many of them putting the technology in the hands of the learners. This webinar will discuss the basics of ebooks –how to choose the correct format, what ...
On Thursday afternoon (31st October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Symbaloo – a great classroom tool for all age groups’’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.
Summary of the webinarFiona says,
”In this webinar we’ll take a look at one of my favourite webtools, Symbaloo, and how it is used in the classroom. (Symbaloo is available on your browser and also as a free iPad and Android app.) It is a great curation/bookmarking tool with a unique, a...
On Thursday afternoon (7 November) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘Using Mind Mapping software in all subjects’ presented by Dr Ron Beyers, Managing Director of Young Engineers and Scientists of Africa. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.
Summary of the webinar
This is Dr Beyer’s description “If your brain is like mine you will understand how some of your learners feel when it comes to making sense of the work. A good educator has the ability to make sense out of ...
On Thursday afternoon (31st October) at 3.30pm we held a SchoolNet webinar entitled ‘7 more unexpected (and GREAT!) ways to use PowerPoint in your classroom’’ presented by Fiona Beal. Thank you to all who attended the webinar.
Summary of the webinarIn this webinar we will look at the very versatile application – PowerPoint – for at least five more great ways on how to use it effectively in your lessons – especially the animation part of PowerPoint. The Internet is a great resource of won...
