For primary school learners

Evolution....relevant for SA teachers as well

The following UK self study units are adapted from the Guide for professional development for primary school teachers: Using ICT to support mathematics in primary schools.

Education: Recipe for failure

Intellectual property (IP) is the outcome of thought or intellectual effort. Intellectual property rights are a series of legal rights that give protection for different types of invention, design, brand name or original creation. The legal rights, which include patents, trade marks and copyright, give the creator the right to prevent the unauthorised use of their materials or creation for the specified period of protection. These rights exist to reward creativity and encourage inventors to share their innovations. Unauthorised use can be a criminal offence, equivalent to theft.

To clear the way for the rest of the discussion, I am aware of the dangers and risks of MXit: addicts - teens and working people - who spend hours a day tap-tapping their phones, paedophiles in chat rooms, the sheer distraction of incoming messages when trying to perform other tasks and so forth. These are real and serious issues that need to be addressed. MXit (the company), child-support organisations, parents and educators have worked hard to minimise the risks, and I think with considerable success.

Dr Math is a maths tutoring service to school learners that uses MXit, the South African mobile instant messenger application. Laurie Butgereit of the CSIR Meraka Institute, Pretoria, presented an update to the project at ICeL titled IM Dr Math: Using Instant Messaging in a Mathematics Tutoring Project.

Social bookmarking how to + Pam's video

From 2009 every Grade 9 pupil will be writing a national certificate whether they are leaving school or not. This was one of five major policy changes announced by Minister of Education Naledi Pandor on Monday. Other changes include proposals to: Lower teacher pupil ratios; Rearrange districts into smaller more manageable areas; Get Internet into every school in the country by 2013; and, Expand Further Education and Training Colleges

A site that support maths, science and life sciences education with a maths toolkit and lots of resources

Maggie's personal journey of how, where and when to use web 2.0 tools in support of teaching and learning. Basic ICT tutorials for teachers as well.

Two senior educationists were invited to share candidly what they felt was the state of education in South Africa and, if wanting, where solutions lay. The seminar was held at the head office of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). The forum was

Educational games developed in SA

A learning object for piloting to demonstrate the usefulness of bubbl.us as a tool for mind-mapping. The context is the NCS

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