Teachers in South Africa

Grade 11 and 12 resources for the maths and science class for cellphones. Cooooooool

I really have to smile at this article. I have been begging teachers to take note and "get with the programme", but instead they responded with a call to ban cellphones. Hallooo! It is not going to stop the cheating and as the report state it does not just include cellphones, it includes the internet as well. Shall we also just ban the internet too? I can understand that the students do not view it as cheating, they feel that they are actually being innovative (if not creative) and it is their teachers problem if they are not bringing technology into the equation. I think we should think about the way we assess.... I need to go blog about this.....;-)

I really have to smile at this article. I have been begging teachers to take note and "get with the programme", but instead they responded with a call to ban cellphones. Hallooo! It is not going to stop the cheating and as the report state it does not just include cellphones, it includes the internet as well. Shall we also just ban the internet too? I can understand that the students do not view it as cheating, they feel that they are actually being innovative (if not creative) and it is their teachers problem if they are not bringing technology into the equation. I think we should think about the way we assess.... I need to go blog about this.....or maybe I should just go and plagarise someones post- which will be more fun....????? ;-)

The company that operates cellphone chat service MXit has lashed out at journalists for what it calls a "dangerous trend to sensationalise headlines". This follows reports about the disappearance of schoolgirl Nabeela Omar. Does the company have a point?

This is a collaborative project to generate Social Media Guidelines for school districts. The goal of this guideline is to provide instructional employees, staff, students, administrators, parents and the school district community direction when using social media applications both inside and outside the classroom.

So glad to discover a local classroom wiki. Will be following it withy interest!

Read before you sneeze.

Mindset Learn is aimed at high school learners and teachers in Grade 10, 11 and 12. Content is curriculum aligned with a specific focus on Mathematics, Physical Science and English.

Discover ideas for instruction that innovative districts have developed to better leverage the increasing number of laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and smart phones that students carry. This webinar explores the latest findings from Speak Up surveys given to K-12 students, teachers and administrators regarding their views on mobile devices within instruction.

The Bursary Programme provides financial assistance to academically deserving and financially needy undergraduate students in any field of study, and any year of study, for a first tertiary qualification.

This is the group for everybody attending www.educationweek.co.za If join this twub you will be able to tack all the tweetrs from here.

This is the group for everybody attending www.educationweek.co.za If join this twub you will be able to track all the tweets from here.

A collaborative presentation compiled by teachers. Some snippets of ideas for lessonplans.

Currently running a blogtwit workshop for teachers

The South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMO) is the official national mathematics competition of the country. It is a three round competition with interesting questions and nice prizes. The three rounds take place in March, May and September of each year. Question papers and solutions of the last few years are available on this web site. The names of each year's individual prize winners and our committee members are also posted.

Hennie's proposal on how to incorporate SM into the WCED web portal and schools