Teachers in South Africa

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Telkom is to spend R22-million at Western Cape schools to boost pupils' access to the Internet, says the Western Cape Education Department

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Celestia is a free and open source space simulator that allows you to explore space right from your computer. Celestia is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux. Celestia has many very cool features, including an eclipse finder. Not only does the eclipse finder allow you to find solar and lunar eclipses on Earth, but you can seek eclipses on other planets as well. I found out something really cool when checking out eclipses on Jupiter - because Jupiter is very large and has many moons, solar eclipses are very common.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

Digital Literacy version 2 teaches generic ICT skills and concepts, and features screen shots and simulations from Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to illustrate and provide hands-on examples for students. The original version of Digital Literacy uses screen shots and simulations from Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Office 2003.

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