Interested in creating media with your students? Why not enter this amazing competition

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU3jRiBohzle0lwXnrXoCAqQguYl5HetKu_GnrD2yNZEIE0Ha7mb68fOrHiBJill3cLJ33tRZ4h_KdcIeYd6ot4YOrTrmZVBhsbBz5HkF0KGb1zs9JQaDG19M6K_LN4lgZwZJo9hdSWg/s1600-h/image%25255B15%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPQ5WDnPFfqM899NJadQQrFWD0tci-4svoHvfsGrupdc3Vqi5HxYQGc_5dF5CSX7w2Y6QdkW7rkHm8YWppCxDbjJH95wjXIUiObR1x_clshehTYxhfhuSH6CBz0SiJhrJecKh5Koa_w4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 7px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Competition</span></h1><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York, NY (January 23, 2013)-- The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations ( <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/13002481105/214248360/239448635/1407883/goto:http:/www.unaoc.org/">UNAOC</a>) and the International Organization for Migration (<a href="http://e2ma.net/go/13002481105/214248360/239448636/1407883/goto:http:/www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home.html">IOM</a>) again invite the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: <strong>migration, diversity and social inclusion.</strong></span> <br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is PLURAL+?</span></strong> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrA10LOEDjs" width="420"></iframe> <br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ invites youth to address key challenges related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness, both at local and global levels.  Young people up to 25 years old are invited to submit short videos of<b> five minutes maximum in length.</b></span><u></u><u></u> <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGaO9UNu5iOJ8Mg1S1P6tXfgLKKb8dgKfmw6ipl-YkYmur6GLdVDwkOJoLzPEyCULo3pWEqlnqzvpWVUtR_XQkOc8HAvjrkwSnZ3gYdGrX40A8239o3Bzc7qv-__LtJbQdheQoMFB_mg/s1600-h/image%25255B6%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCobKHsfDsnOpNxg5jkKI-DKU9PMICa_dMsQYVT5qsAuqZM2Gn8umiwG-XZFsXVE0f6OpyFZjryJPu-TthG9wP_3kqL-VKDTdv3nHFIwG0WWeOechWrsfMLdtfxmltZat9b_K2FAptDI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">From </span><a href="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;" title="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/">http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michele Klein-Solomon, IOM Permanent Observer to the United Nations, said, “PLURAL+ videos touch very sensitive issues in a very real way.  They look at the realities that people are facing.  We like to see young people expressing their profound ideas in a manner that allows the opening of a dialogue.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jordi Torrent, UNAOC Project Manager, Media and Information Literacy, added: “PLURAL+ videos fit very well in this very relevant conversation: how to build more inclusive societies where we can all live together in harmony.”<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLURAL+ supports young people’s expression of their opinions by providing them with a variety of media platforms and distribution networks, including broadcasts, video festivals, conferences and events around the world.  PLURAL+ also reinforces the firm belief of IOM and UNAOC that youth are powerful and creative agents of social change. </span><br /><br /><strong>PLURAL+ 30 Second Spot: SHARE YOUR VISION!</strong><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lSWJLDf_Ays" width="420"></iframe><br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This video was created with the YouTube Video Editor (</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/editor"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.youtube.com/editor</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Competition information</strong></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A prestigious international jury will select three winners in each age categories (9-12, 13-17, and 18-25).  All the winners will be invited to New York, all travel expenses paid, to present their work at the PLURAL + 2013 Awards Ceremony at the Paley Center for Media in December 2013.<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mariana Araujo, a member of the PLURAL+ 2012 international jury commented<strong>,  </strong>“For me PLURAL+ is the best link between intercultural dialogue and intergenerational justice.  I can't imagine a better way to understand the other but through their own eyes and listen with their ears.   With these videos I can internalize their emotions and realities through their stories.”<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">PLURAL+ 2013 deadline for video submission is 30 June, 2013</span>. </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Early submissions are encouraged.   Further information, including guidelines, regulations, awards, and the entry form can be found at the PLURAL+ website at: <a href="http://www.unaoc.org/pluralplus">www.unaoc.org/pluralplus</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012 winners</span><u></u></strong></span><u></u> <br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can watch PLURAL+ 2012 winners <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/13002481105/214248360/239448638/1407883/goto:http:/pluralplus.unaoc.org/winning-videos/plural-2012/">here</a><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><strong style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plural website</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Plural website is worth a visit. It can be found at </span><a href="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/">http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> On the website they give some resources that you can use for creating a video.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSHZsB51p2Iza8TFwSeG7JujoPb2aMZp4tvte8lODrpDq62cLnYomNIGal_TarCisq8kzAhX9daqBCztPjRoWHiCdTuWFBL62Us6R6Ur6lB78zLnpIohGVucJZzOg8pcjdMnWf-_IazQ/s1600-h/image%25255B12%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuDH7xs6OSj_VHbJ6VXQ3ICXAhLyAVMlF0-niBSOQtGoeL1T5n9ItxA8HS7MTbMFxTXPH_FjFVgIJjkU3khSiYIFivGFjx13_elxX1Re5YNJJgS2mbWH6oIqrcnR5dGiYpFUPc_mNBvw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">From <a href="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;" title="http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/">http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PLURAL+</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration with the collaboration of many </span><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/13002481105/214248360/239448639/1407883/goto:http:/pluralplus.unaoc.org/partners/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">international partners,</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For more information, please contact</b></em><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</em><a href="mailto:plural@unaoc.org" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>plural@unaoc.org</em></a><br /><a href="mailto:plural@unaoc.org" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><br /></em></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not give this competition a try! Your students will LOVE it! SchoolNet encourages South African teachers to enter this competition.</span></div>

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South Africa and Lesotho’s success at Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher Forum (PILF) in Morocco

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72uo6EaOLUOAp1TeqnsneG54k7HAtPyBE_uCItayVhFkos-o1oAARpJiBYYtn8658PpEnCZW1MCK4eW75i-7prHuKeR94chf36L1SsPGjIOh9GUPsK-1yOCViUXyAkPMXxrqZBV2f0qk/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzIxjJVff73FAYh9odG-_Dz2_PYlFU1fuo-ANSn-lgO2EesfniV1Rh8Wb8mIpTNXHmfQYbbzlGUnbA8RZLNw5TKHmrK35s2qpmIsnwuatNqF69zvN3mrZ04DeGoy-SNa9D03mpNLb7WE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="200" /></a></div><br /><i>Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of School<span style="font-size: small;"><b>N</b></span>et</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From 27 – 29 September 2012 more than 200 participants from 25 countries participated in the Middle East and Africa Partners in Learning Forum held in Marrakesh, Morocco. Included in the group were seven winning teachers from the South African and Lesotho Partners in Learning Forums who presented their projects to other innovative teachers from the region. </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKigaNoQsDS3txvKF9B2CQiX9xD8dfHJv1ZsANz2YTAcD_7_D-v2VO-PK-u89DPc9Sfua6JJYCjeElmaqZXKPKOF473VWfKPLo4di2nvEKzK21dzpDllGTp9VlvvNjCm318qowotNMc0/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuRAW_hH8jJXJyNVGfJbPtgV_SAfPH5lCTGK3u2dS_TR7su2TF1zEpySaU3nO8p9MX2ko7nNPE7FfQ_9_B-KQVzwJQYB0Cn0AZ8uohtVFp-M17s3OhgoId81AymB-shllq9np0hbA_dw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We are proud of our two winners from SA and Lesotho</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Charli Wiggill (from Eden College in Durban, South Africa) and Kabelo Lucille Mahlatsi (from Leqele High School in Maseru, Lesotho) were among the winners selected to represent their region at the Global Partners in Learning Forum which will be held in Prague in November, 2012.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5oHN2kqVznHO_sGdLqctaAm7dv-5BdXiMigYO32Zb95uOv5ZIJ6duE503_hd1EvqatrjOSAADkXKAwfZughMpbZOIzp2QAliUftbvSr1oorTgkTJVRlzthTzE_nQbRA7r4tmeB51npk/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIv88-oDXkUjeA2iZzNnGMPqz5_GhwVTWFjwha3jD41A2uC5ZKCMt9gTba3vzMg1jMpSN3YpZtXSVilZ8gbMuDeEssR2A14Z5mZogdH0Q8wcExy53WDTD2upY1JRUTQUKTHBO3Lu6t15k/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="298" /></a></div><br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Charli Wiggil’s project ‘Pay it Forward for the Blind’</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Charli Wiggill’s project, “Pay it Forward for the Blind” involved learners identifying with the blind and manufacturing memory game cards in Braille. As an extension project, they adapted existing educational games and designed and created new educational games and toys for the blind. As a Pass it Forward-type exercise, they communicated with and collaborated with other learners in their class and around the world to collect stories recorded as MP3 files which blind children can access and listen to.To read more about this project and to see a short video about it see: <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/Resources/LearningActivities/Details/e3f3b4c6-5d17-4c6d-a939-02f5ef60bdae">http://www.pil-network.com/Resources/LearningActivities/Details/e3f3b4c6-5d17-4c6d-a939-02f5ef60bdae</a></span></span><br />  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLx7T1KbgF9lJnMrvKKUk96aLdbsfKJ2qtIEavmpxne29TlZij-IhigVc44B3lQPbik0q7SpSiPQ0FeVni0pvwZeDnZGxGKVGSn79aI6gmT28n_yRhQxiy-OX7MAuykBveTGgasXrYUk/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqVXr8k7xI40CltYkx_AVLoyh27VEsqdhPNQSQvHGkBWqotJMdgycLjGgPR0iBzVC0L44zw1LrCz5jy5F7OtwP9-IwCfGYuUZ7YtWpFepgZhMOQ3YMwUWJwjKAwvfm1c1AG-8xQiyEyo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lucille Mahlatsi’d project ‘Literature at our fingertips’</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Lucille Kabelo Mahlatsi’s project entitled “Literature at our fingertips” involved learners becoming familiar with the language and background of Shakespearian play “Julius Caesar” through a number of activities. One group of artists created portraits of complex scenes from the play. The researcher group compared Julius Caesar and Moshoeshoe. The third group conducted a debate and the fourth group modernized and simplified the play whilst the actor group performed the play.<span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span>This project can be viewed as a Learning Activity on the Partners in Learning Network at: <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/Resources/LearningActivities/Details/512e34b3-98f4-4c73-8311-e3767408fd21">http://www.pil-network.com/Resources/LearningActivities/Details/512e34b3-98f4-4c73-8311-e3767408fd21</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Qm21HCkxo09AQ_0yFqOBnR5iWj6wJF_QvrivWA4h1EiMJeyFDaBF2qL3EcuE0L_QVboYqQHy_PMf4OAnrtiH674LBXFMOSExuXrNptyS34w6TzWt34tPtAcPghoRDJbGmv1asG_7sjs/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYJs1b819MpWPwjuIDiiO6Dlt-4Q7-XC9QvFQ1nNrXRWeUiol16AhErfbt8xie_niraoipu3vQQIfVsxwt-cIPDQeo23TU4b9C0o82UPRMq3UXxPQxQTG6omVHd6qyc4SQ4yzMqXI99E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />The Innovative School’s track at the Forum</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Middle East and Africa Partners in Learning Forum included a track for Innovative Schools and representatives from a number of schools in the region enjoyed sharing their experiences and learning from one another. The South African delegation included a representative from St Cyprians School, which has been asked to be a Mentor school, and two representatives from St Marys School – Waverly, which has been selected as an Innovative Pilot School. </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA8v_M4YgSFRyBpfOrEabVJJ1WAi0qFO_2SSL0cKtzhIpIvE58DEu53PQY54iwmp1pLQeU58xPqJVxQM0QCwqIKREErjxiian-g47-qxKavLcus2xOT9GwQoHw5inXwcIoUAi7Ewiw-Q/s1600-h/image%25255B20%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIF_WAci-pIPrUbHOOOC4sYYtdBljCd3SQfDAYZVKFQvvUJuXlyFauy1pukf_k-ztDANpB9rGiR0V_WF3JwFhs04Mf-0Of7eECk6rCtWCsus621P_MAke9TTc7Ck7t47cj5l5Dv4qAy7Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i>Partners in Learning </span>Prague Gobal Forum is coming up in November</b></span></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the Forum the South African and Lesotho teachers were grouped with teachers from other countries and asked to develop a new project that they can work on in their respective countries. The best project that is produced will be selected to be showcased at the Global Partners in Learning Forum in Prague. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTNKZeTDBQeRZISf9McX-pOczpQc2dkW3Ae85Jm74Yin1TibfAXYMRuuU3SVjqCIAlrAQNfqwgL3VCOCkleBoP0QjvkD_kQP5PJujkPwDUPoSUXBp9HlsRS0iPMHjefZoZSDCwwHvzV4/s1600-h/image%25255B23%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8cjJ10XJS4ZfkaHvoyyUq1E17fWkL7Iv8oiEDRiMe291eWRgnwJ8bm-f2J5N64buJE_cjYMGNDDtnRlytF7AUzBuR2veUJ0LTfaI1nxpgqUODoyFlaW75XNt968jZfiXcAsqm-K3BUU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Morocco was<span style="font-size: large;"> a </span>great experience!</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In addition to the workshops, presentations and networking opportunities, the group was treated to a Moroccan cultural dinner which showcased traditional foods, dancing and entertainment; as well as an outing to the Medina which included shopping in the souk (traditional market).</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08uOL1B9QkITRlXvwCWwdSVOcB_pJyVsROj8q8XvDwXcYrpXz-5RWiEflTRKUtbP1qeC1LX4Ptx1Xc4WU3p7UVy6U3NJ-g1KZP6Lym9xmFAZIrFAsY_af_bbS_fru0USH71wJCLnaDgM/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSAlNI_Ptqm2CuXVyBB-KxGZWxqz4wjNZP6vI-KdUmmElsDm-5asSzk4NQpOKTkYBCxFzWlGum0oNDEQb8YOlFvdaBSl898BrBI40xwIQFCtDp301T8FtZMg9mHM2ZaETIE2bT5rE2D_M/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Teachers - why not think about entering this Forum in 2013?</span></span></b> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">SchoolNet encourages teachers in South Africa and Lesotho to consider entering an innovative project in this great competition in 2013.<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Keep watching our website for more details<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.schoolnet.org.za/">http://www.schoolnet.org.za/</a> . </span></span></span></span><br /><br /></div>

Competitions Microsoft news South Africa and Lesotho’s success at Microsoft’s Innovative Teacher Forum (PILF) in Morocco

Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet From 27 – 29 September 2012 more than 200 participants from 25 countries participated in the Middle East and Africa Partners in Learning Forum held in Marrakesh, Morocco. Included in the group were seven winn…

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Six fun competitions for SA teachers and their classes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are a number of competitions available for SA teachers at the moment. I will advertise them here by their closing dates:</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. (21 June closing date): Sub-Saharan Africa Schools Olympic Truce Competition</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t7p-TGvjyRU1K0cyNUqx7J0tznqJ9kDgjd2ZUlcMSCJeMWG04hdQAk9ExKFsjb2qSyhoGWIIRcEVk-IXe7ctfA6AGPphKqUWkR5anCOQe3xaMEMr-oYM1y8RFGSLQ6sNv2dEGL7apf0/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5m24rG7E2ecujUa5NW_07h6pDGDAee41W5z2y5ZTbIlJOyshIZTEbvcXbYhELUaf3ujartcNUJgmWPLyKo93dqkx4cUBXXYfIXUC0szaIoG6BuxkGH3aUECThdj2DLf_RkfzEm7bfp2U/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click </span><a href="http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/warm-up-for-the-games/warm-up-for-the-games-competition" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> for more information on the Olympic Truce competition</span>.</span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The competition is simple and flexible, to meet the needs of any classroom. It gives students the opportunity to go beyond sport and learn about the ideals behind the Games. Pupils will work together as a team, participate in exploratory learning and engage with the spirit of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Winning entries will be selected from each of the following regions - Eastern Africa, Western Africa and Southern Africa. The winning schools will receive £500 to run an international event for pupils, teachers and the school community. The winning class will receive a certificate, and you’ll also get the opportunity to show your work to a wider audience. Winning entries will be displayed in a special online gallery and in exhibitions at the British Council office in your country</span>.<br /><br /><b><u>C<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">ompetition formats</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Entries to the competition should be in one of the following three formats:<br />Poster - A3 size, scanned or digitally photographed<br />Digital presentation - PowerPoint, slideshow, Photo Story or any other digital format<br />Newspaper or magazine article - digital text format (MS Word, Adobe PDF or similar) with or without photos</span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Getting started</u></b><br />We’ve got a range of great ideas to kick start your school’s work on the Games. Download our free <a href="http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/warm-up-for-the-games/resources">project templates</a>, get inspiration from the Olympic Truce Project Templates, or take a look at our <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/get-set-for-the-olympic-truce">Olympic Truce learning resources</a>. And find out what other teachers from around the world are doing in our <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/137a258718f4f7e9">discussion forum</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. (</span></b><b>19 May 2012 to 1 September 2012):</b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Global Rockstar competition</span><br /><a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t%28New_Contest6_12_2012%29" title="http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t(New_Contest6_12_2012)">http://www.global-rockstar.com/?ct=t(New_Contest6_12_2012)</a></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFauYu_D33lyRxDeSlnfIsE_MGl5p-QHQ126kgdujmW9nphxtdXMfCNQ1AUU2P32IU1Bw_nBfPIlt__YCCeRnD_3pPS1EVR8WLCXf4rpl7skHMWVcTiPoaGvugbSNJWaQRmI2zAnJDDGM/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3QWBd7qfvkbO-vCK9wuk_Ot9shK92CqKfYFGTwPa-Ru2kfa5BFBwYE7gM3U6w8Q3JEc_uq8GDXVmc_JA_sXWYjGMs0NcWYrvdBV5FhLsnGb1vK2itugUzpPCwFMwr1QERNiHokc2qxE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the great success of <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.net/">http://www.global-rockstar.net</a><br />we launched <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/">http://www.global-rockstar.com</a> today<br />to give musicians and bands great opportunities to promote their careers globally</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Become Global Rockstar 2012 & get featured on the new album.<br />Go to <a href="http://www.global-rockstar.com/">http://www.global-rockstar.com</a>. to find out more. </span><br /><b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is simple!</span></b> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. upload your video or share a YouTube Link on Global Rockstar from 19 May 2012 to 1 September 2012 </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. get people to vote for your video from 1 September 2012 to 1 December 2012.</span></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. (6 September - closing date): <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/cartoon-network-animation-generation-competition-2012/">Cartoon Network Animation Generation Competition 2012</a></span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form. This competition is for 6 – 14 years old students</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9wtcWo2XrTEp7MK0mUzwFiIPY2QkWmoAU5aOeSXjJyPPn6d32Vx4yYCWiULuhe_qrTFRS-g8YZnfFo9P1jgfuO1dBMm2g8KyQamB-AyR1FS5almBhLBzitDBsW9znEivhvcPNqadANM/s1600-h/image%25255B25%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FcHPhk9dYM-xDDlj2mBI7Ek4M3TX2audMtuWkLcYxGEkqubqEUl4dltg8TfgdbI4yhxQeAde2OinmkPasuekIHMwTANXaPEsA7ZyU-EJQ6P2Jm9Ra0U0_ozOoMgScVEw66NEACTDo1w/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="282" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To enter the competition, all learners need to do is draw a NEW character for “The Amazing World of Gumball”, and to incorporate their character into a colourful poster design. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are only two conditions: the learners’ work must be original (so no tracing); and as imaginative and original as possible! </span></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. (21 September 2012 - closing date): Classroom of the Future Grade 6 competition</span></b><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a>  for more details plus the entry form</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2FJIuJkEaFNX-faAK3N2yEfjAS7smmAo9y5oEupoHbkoOqusBDTqalyx6DrXTse6Tb1ElWa-EbX9IwC5yyWGOP81yyrXQJ8kK_3qiOZ1gGsSDqSBwmz3QNPM6trngBc9E4_6x6iDmtA/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm7S80hKIwnGRSwtiMQAdqwi35onFzxBD93k8EIZbcGPviZcMuZVr_yYx2ihnQddccx1O8uEDYLInv-MJ5luB-99ysCuFqzTNBX3Zm1jZwjLky6Ed8gWtIzdgQH_SZMXdFlxs35F22QI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What should teamwork, originality, communication, and critical thinking look like in a classroom of the future? What tools and systems should today’s teachers use to prepare their students for tomorrow?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. (30 September - closing date ) Lucky Star competition</span><br /> </b><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKv3F7Q2BoBdgVnwASrYXhH4h_tBAgWTmRWA-HYsyfXsKdVW_pgq4i_d8xxiNVSLJc_S_WqRPli0-GWaFM0iTC4gKxxePTnyptQ8na8tQ5Si_HnACywk_vy1cytJW2vMCynxKFts6vcU/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOxm6y9drGjmWhcum_j-Vhe11B0pgIY-rwmxa8OqsIDmpakrshU4vNeQ8sZ5eXrq74-dvylu1z8mfezJkUwOPhWKyLrGep2SEIPC-8Q56vLYi0iUBZwKaHu3kIIrhxb0HBQ9-JLcrKQg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="332" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learners need to create their very own unique and delicious fish dish and submit their entries. Your entries should include: The recipe of your fish dish typed or written out Photos showing us your delicious fish dish Open to all Schools and Age Groups. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">6. (31 October 2012 - closing date): Collect-a-can 2012 Schools Competition</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Go to <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/">http://e-classroom.co.za/category/competitions/</a> for more details plus the entry form</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzIhOWVsqx6QdBY8aek7ZuCCu6N_hbpfbHss6Q-Gq51v3tsUVYClnGlLpOzykQmeajxFa0u-YNDy482GobpMtfNk2q2tizqWRsGYhSigC24knL_Si7tAU2hcXJBX0sgjd2s6mJKpar_4/s1600-h/image%25255B22%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixmxlokEybo0UfeQ5HTCeruCKBIAtiCm198HH2VEC6Hhtbkx5iElbcEc43B9a9fUvLzcYsixkCOe_Tgc-9s5odUNNqdSErFIvTLZnXmKGBEkrTLn63PIZzJJQ-YF9pC-mujzYfhe5zZZ0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="304" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Competitions Six fun competitions for SA teachers and their classes

Submitted by Fiona BealThere are a number of competitions available for SA teachers at the moment. I will advertise them here by their closing dates:1. (21 June closing date): Sub-Saharan Africa Schools Olympic Truce Competition Click here for more i…

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Four competitons for South African teachers and their classes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has come to my notice that there are a few exciting competition available for South African teachers and learners. The first one, a Skype competition is a world wide competition and could include High School classes. More information is available at <a href="http://education.skype.com/">http://education.skype.com</a> The next three seem more suited to the Primary School learner and are advertised on our South African classroom site <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/">http://e-classroom.co.za/</a>. Why not take a look and get your class to participate?</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Win your class a Skype video call with a celebrity!</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSqTjQD_Xx3bOa2xatL2ac2DBwpnJv7YGacuNPhlw2VMSkjtcChN72HJJx67fg9Qke1mVS9CNvtoKwmXTzCferNUqp-r7LX2G9-MZGKoCLrEm2pzVyyQZYKPMYjYeaM_ropM0RMRm_x4/s1600-h/image4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7WgrUv7XjPrZUVrVR8ljM1tuFBKM-ZeAF5TWfJEDQY_YLzib8NPuUVwhG1VOoWJ9kl0fDVntBOPzn9C-iAqkWfE8ojz6hRJMby2-4A1QbPPmVgtuZwPj2ZBFXlhC_CXLiZdvk7ibpvU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Calling all teachers!</b></h3><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On June 6th at noon EST, your K-12 class could have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hold a Skype video call with well-known celebrities Steve Harvey, James Patterson, actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse, author Jackie Collins or musician Tinsel Korey through Skype in the classroom’s global Connected Classroom Sweepstakes! Skype in the classroom is thrilled to offer five lucky teachers the opportunity for their students to speak to these celebrities.</span></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Starting today, here’s how you can enter on Facebook:</b></h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>‘<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like’ Skype in the classroom’s Facebook page</span></span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Sign up for Skype in the classroom (if you are not already a registered member)</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Describe in 150 words or less the ways they currently use or would use Skype in their classroom</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Describe in 150 words or less the ways they currently use or would use Skype in their classroom</span></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b><br />Closing date</b></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Make sure to submit your entry before the sweepstakes ends on Tuesday, May 29th and check your email on Tuesday, May 29th at 2:00 P.M. EST to see if you are a winner!</span><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b><br />More information</b></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more information on the Connected Classrooms Sweepstakes, please visit <a href="http://education.skype.com/">http://education.skype.com</a> or the Skype in the classroom Facebook page.</span></div><br /><br /><b></b><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Classroom of the future competition – for Grade 6 pupils in South Africa</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjIdKCgtGK0f2c6E6Q9FgQzJsf0ZdNsEaC5VXbDH6R4si1aliAQe1wHS6PeaIF-TOZxSsOVyaGz8Qo-u5EAZoWDdKJXi6gaFS793sAh7hdQ9CG9H5eMgbgI4_1eOUQwB7eLLSA16JCEw/s1600-h/image%25255B12%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJu_6C6R6kc64rAwnXArV1ms98FxqhAjFsV0AMJQBbWLBVVkhy-QLadc_EAS4-9XlFBc-8rRIKJZ51hA-we_dYB0iS34s5oxd5okI5oHX1L50xSQ5pmjCYILCQAdXQE_jt_1h3aIz1i0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Closing date</b></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">21st September 2012</span></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Prize</b></h3><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Prize: A complete classroom makeover consisting of an eBeam interactive board</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">+ projector, + a Mecer laptop for the teacher + new modular desks and chairs for the</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">students. Prize includes training. Find out more: <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/">http://e-classroom</a></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Cartoon network competition</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfJ0thMqHW7fhLEPJoLI2_ZCrVlmuYpDzn-D_sjrrN8aaLFC0-A4rTzRFw-GYjrSYDO35kfFXtrbRSIZyvEVoBn70d00sWCgxvW4xDkNQ4ydsX5rsCB60pHGRQeLvy4OldAN-ie0-Bo8/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiyt7CtHN89J8twGw8DXhQ6HPPotTvE8-HIon1Wz4nbGsj4R_SUazzhRkFAsZxQYBrKcpxJdUf6zDp031neF_nu8Rcm-J6uz-91u5XMzXX6wb_kL1QaZjtAupUu3Y6GSh2h6x_Jcrlq0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="255" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The 2012 Animation Generation post competition focuses on “The Amazing World of Gumball”, the action-packed popular television show about the adventurous cat, Gumball, who has a flair for misadventure. To enter the competition, all learners need to do is draw a NEW character for “The Amazing World of Gumball”, and to incorporate their character into a colourful poster design.There are only two conditions: the learners’ work must be original (so no tracing); and as imaginative and original as possible!. Find out more <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/">here</a>.   </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Collect – a – can competition</b> </span></div><h2 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP_0fQ1ptW2gs9VVcmys_nD2tHZ6odaumIAo0OzTa3eUdztNYgapxXEsous6ahJ9rFYVLiZ3kGLqRvh5WfbM1QTugE886DL6keA0M4DjslWsoAe6BjfjDCyRGCCMhD9VMpnM2VYuNm0M/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtCkDO4yqMc7tMA4N7VzGFbohnBfLKxbFzZu6PM6zpOiI5_YPLnXTVtDDMOHBFlV8hbZT-ugdUVc9Pzrn4Uy61M6BLJ03OVa4w1CCJt8sUQrJqVhhl0oFXLjEAo0ygNmFas9DAqXm4Fg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="280" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Collect-a-can competition rewards schools for their efforts in collecting cans that can be recycled. To find out more about the competition click <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/2012-schools-competition/">here</a></span> </div></div>

Competitions Four competitons for South African teachers and their classes

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Classroom Innovation - is your classroom like this?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The prestigious Google Academy for 2012 is coming up in London in April and applications had to be in last week. Applicants were given a choice of two topics for creating a video to accompany their online application form, 'Classroom Innovation' and 'Learning and Motivation'. I came across Martin Burnett's video on Classroom Innovation today - just love it. Don't we all want classrooms like this?  By the way, Martin Burnett was the winner of the Best Educational Wiki for 2011 <a href="http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/">http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/</a>. It is REALLY worth taking a look at his wiki.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kIPnqzZPwBc" width="420"></iframe></div>

Competitions google Technology integration Classroom Innovation - is your classroom like this?

The prestigious Google Academy for 2012 is coming up in London in April and applications had to be in last week. Applicants were given a choice of two topics for creating a video to accompany their online application form, 'Classroom Innovation' and …

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Join our webinar session of past winners at 5pm today!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />This afternoon we have another webinar of three past finalists or winners in the South African Partners in Learning forum. Please log in as a guest and join us if you can: <a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/previouswinners4/">http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/previouswinners4/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Ngaka Ralekoala from Bloemfontein</b></span><br />We have Ngaka Ralekoala who worked in a team of four in a project about vulnerable children. In this project l<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">earners from participating schools received training in ethics and research methodology and then conducted research in their local community to determine the needs of vulnerable children.  Through this project, learners have been given the opportunity to collaborate with other schools, the University of the Free State as well as experts in the field of Social Action research from the De </span><span style="color: black;">Montford</span><span style="color: black;"> University in the United Kingdom via the Internet. </span></span><br /><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlKke9SSq4IlK8q6yoeoikC9tpKxMiRaICwOtsUr7b8A1DtFhqaFzdMSBnfzd1fN2tPmiFV1epYVZxht6ECbPveDk00_Whr1JI8KYtXmMB1lGU_YWQP7HWFRiCtu3g4l6a26-xNUQgaM/s1600/Children+who+care-Ngaka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlKke9SSq4IlK8q6yoeoikC9tpKxMiRaICwOtsUr7b8A1DtFhqaFzdMSBnfzd1fN2tPmiFV1epYVZxht6ECbPveDk00_Whr1JI8KYtXmMB1lGU_YWQP7HWFRiCtu3g4l6a26-xNUQgaM/s400/Children+who+care-Ngaka.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Charli Wiggil from Eden College in Durban</b></span><br /><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-ZA; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"> We also have Charli Wiggil from Durban who did a project around the world cup in South Africa called ‘Tweenzites’. In t<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">his grade 10 Life Orientation project involved learners identifying a contemporary problem in their community and exploring it using various technological tools (Intel Thinking with Technology, GPRS, cell phones, Microsoft Office Applications etc). Learners were then challenged to devise strategies to address the problem that they identified and these were presented to local community and government leaders, community members, educators and learners from other schools. It is hoped that the municipality might implement some of the suggestions through their Department Planning Programme. One of the groups developed a DVD to be used in Life Skills by other schools.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUg3_baFVkmUKm7dHmPjdaoMxKsMKaf2h_U6MLHibVtuvGlFImLT7x8n7JyAek3Jx4rld9ExSi6-YoTlqM9U86habdmtcr1p7ZoVrb7K_qx-Eh3PjiKR3uL0WS4TcuXopj0K_DLcoU9E/s1600/Charli.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUg3_baFVkmUKm7dHmPjdaoMxKsMKaf2h_U6MLHibVtuvGlFImLT7x8n7JyAek3Jx4rld9ExSi6-YoTlqM9U86habdmtcr1p7ZoVrb7K_qx-Eh3PjiKR3uL0WS4TcuXopj0K_DLcoU9E/s400/Charli.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Glen Williams from Sunridge Primary in Port Elizabeth</b></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"> The third teacher is Glen Williams who did a project which he calls ‘Silent Morals’ around a particular IT programme called Scratch.Glen says " <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal;">Well</span><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> , m</span><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;">y grade 6 learners had to USE what they learnt in basic programming, EXPLORE, and CREATE an ANIMATED SILENT MOVIE which DEPICTS a MORAL VALUE or LESSON.You will see that I start AND end this presentation with the word FUN, because I believe that education must be ENGAGING in a FUN way. </span><span style="color: black;">Projects</span><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"> allow learners the FREEDOM to EXPERIMENT with what they already learnt in a STRUCTURED way AND forces them to EXPLORE things which they haven’t learnt yet, without RELYING on a teacher."</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2Im1wqvWq6jEusiZsLyBhUl8Y7IEGP3T_SpRe63C-F4rr0uwajsio2KeCVKmEpBSBKTLCn_e5zQaC7semIKpjxaAnL-VdFt7UJkXUILceTvlYB_8d3DWi2pQ-REmFCfYVt-mwuPI8AM/s1600/Silent+Morals+-+Glen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2Im1wqvWq6jEusiZsLyBhUl8Y7IEGP3T_SpRe63C-F4rr0uwajsio2KeCVKmEpBSBKTLCn_e5zQaC7semIKpjxaAnL-VdFt7UJkXUILceTvlYB_8d3DWi2pQ-REmFCfYVt-mwuPI8AM/s400/Silent+Morals+-+Glen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br /></div><br />This all makes for some interesting listening this evening. If you can’t make it the recording will be placed on the wiki tomorrow. (<a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/View+webinar+recordings">http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/View+webinar+recordings</a>) But please join us if you can this evening at 5pm:<br /><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/previouswinners4/">http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/previouswinners4/</a><br /><br />Well, five 'o clock has now been and gone and the webinar is over. Here is a Slideshare with embedded YouTube videos showing the webinars of these three finalists. Take a watch and a listen if you have the time. <br /><br /><div id="__ss_11539587" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/past-pil-winners-webinars-in-south-africa-4" target="_blank" title="Part 4 - Past PIL winners' webinars in South Africa ">Part 4 - Past PIL winners' webinars in South Africa </a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11539587" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">fionabeal</a> </div></div><br />Otherwise, listen to their podcasts instead<br /><br /><object data="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" height="129" id="boo_embed_665090" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665090-ngaka-ralekoala-children-who-care.mp3%3Fkeyed%3Dtrue%26source%3Dembed&mp3Title=Ngaka+Ralekoala+-+Children+who+care&mp3Time=09.12pm+12+Feb+2012&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665090-ngaka-ralekoala-children-who-care&rootID=boo_embed_665090" /><a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/665090-ngaka-ralekoala-children-who-care.mp3?keyed=true&source=embed">Ngaka Ralekoala - Children who care (mp3)</a></object><br /><br /><object data="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" height="129" id="boo_embed_665100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665100-charli-wiggil-tweenzite.mp3%3Fkeyed%3Dtrue%26source%3Dembed&mp3Title=Charli+Wiggil+-+Tweenzite&mp3Time=09.18pm+12+Feb+2012&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665100-charli-wiggil-tweenzite&rootID=boo_embed_665100" /><a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/665100-charli-wiggil-tweenzite.mp3?keyed=true&source=embed">Charli Wiggil - Tweenzite (mp3)</a></object><br /><br /><object data="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" height="129" id="boo_embed_665112" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://abfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/swf/fullsize_player.swf" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="salign" value="lt" /><param name="bgColor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665112-glen-williams-silent-morals.mp3%3Fkeyed%3Dtrue%26source%3Dembed&mp3Title=Glen+Williams+-+Silent+Morals&mp3Time=09.31pm+12+Feb+2012&mp3LinkURL=http%3A%2F%2Faudioboo.fm%2Fboos%2F665112-glen-williams-silent-morals&rootID=boo_embed_665112" /><a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/665112-glen-williams-silent-morals.mp3?keyed=true&source=embed">Glen Williams - Silent Morals (mp3)</a></object><br /><br /><br /></div>

Competitions Microsoft podcasts Project-based learning Slideshare Teaching videos webinars Join our webinar session of past winners at 5pm today!

This afternoon we have another webinar of three past finalists or winners in the South African Partners in Learning forum. Please log in as a guest and join us if you can: http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/previouswinners4/Ngaka Ralekoala from Blo…

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A recap. of our South African teachers' involvement in the Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum in 2011

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">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 <a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course">http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course</a> (so that we can support you with your entry), I thought I would write and tell you something about our participants last year. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Face-to-face Courses in 2011 and 2012</span><br /><br /></b>SchoolNet hosted a number of free face-to-face courses for this competition around the country in 2011 so that teachers could find out more about the requirements of the competition. We are doing the same this year and if you want to be included in one and you have heard nothing about them to date please contact <a href="mailto:almah@schoolnet.org.za">almah@schoolnet.org.za</a> to find out more.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkw4ff4jofIc5m5ymNC6W7GdBVXnQp8npZ4qcIk5dFJi3FuSJRxuZA4exuvGhM9aPedCbZ9diVpotDqIJTxJNzdu-f91Tw22zLjg5LTfb2oG750pdSGC1Z4_TjmNv_jC8dFNRw5So1Hc/s1600/PIL+wiki.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">New this year – an Innovative Online Support Course!</span><br /><br /></b>This year we are also including a free online support course with daily posts which you can follow at at your own pace. It will include two (optional) webinars a week where you can find out about past finalists and winners and hear what they did. If you miss the webinars they will be recorded and you will get access to the link to listen at leisure. "Where will this link be posted?" I can hear you asking. Well, the course will be run from a wiki and if you sign up we will take an extra special interest in you all the way to the final date for entries! The place to sign up is: <br /><a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course">http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkw4ff4jofIc5m5ymNC6W7GdBVXnQp8npZ4qcIk5dFJi3FuSJRxuZA4exuvGhM9aPedCbZ9diVpotDqIJTxJNzdu-f91Tw22zLjg5LTfb2oG750pdSGC1Z4_TjmNv_jC8dFNRw5So1Hc/s1600/PIL+wiki.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkw4ff4jofIc5m5ymNC6W7GdBVXnQp8npZ4qcIk5dFJi3FuSJRxuZA4exuvGhM9aPedCbZ9diVpotDqIJTxJNzdu-f91Tw22zLjg5LTfb2oG750pdSGC1Z4_TjmNv_jC8dFNRw5So1Hc/s400/PIL+wiki.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year’s entrants</span><br /></b><br />So let me tell you about last year’s entrants. Quite a number uploaded their PowerPoint entries (don’t worry, we’ll guide you through all this) by the required date and 22 were chosen because they offered something that was considered innovative for their schools. Those 22 people were elated when they heard of their success especially as they were to be whisked off to Johannesburg to the South African Finals to present their projects to the judges. They stayed in excellent five star accommodation, and for once in their lives teachers were treated like royalty! They also experienced some really innovative workshops and were sponsored to attend the ICT in the Classroom Conference which SchoolNet hosted last year. The winners received their accolades on the last night of the Conference amidst the cheering of the large crowd of educators from around the country.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They had a ball! Did you think that innovative teacher finalists could be so crazy? Look at this!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjMk7XIijPLGkYujJlLVcXWFqA_ffBy6WR5WYJGEwf-ZJcakyiuDAa6VvpsTPGZtdnTDGK1NwKmgrdOF_xAB0G-haiI_XdiQEMenutNROSI3mWiP4mJnVEnINH7ISf_zRpI8spviYbgE/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTg7n5cVCAlQKT7j5XAypexTrHn9UpGtZFxNcJ7GzIBPAJisBxR6jbsyBOlH-Ulrdq4uSIePPeLac_aimbIcLfo2VljOZ-3QtxgjjpkiGJjEdROm18PIKEijClbA2ZklQgp5ZVAD6ojTM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLMD8i_QKRKNhcPXd0Izel0zFXfCWMrzvTX1-q69HecHZ2J7BC9XervwVpWrOoO2LWeAwuCtPbX6-DlBtOfBJ2MdIDLPWTA7CRXdYzWJ-lcxWkPbrDEF7I0tWSzjHPXJ9soPzPAYX-pE/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcg8Q9yRJpZIyET3QtH7HW29rwzibME5Ib2xWqJPEFk9O3sS1LORCSAB0cWONy9WkcWuysxtafgGQ5cDEXcvjcS-11UnfxO-5c1mP3BcD1l2W9FlogppQzN8nUY8ylj2e-9QUH2hN9rr0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmTbXItvJAn6SnvelsuIk5I8teczw8lNl27T6w2N2QM0PtF2R1GxEToVEI502dQcdiyBRvkcTnK7Zr5ZOWYUBmV9res9OHPaPeXF4TpW9nIyjR_Y7XHqN_NuioMBNG7IaJYvEHX8NAQA/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSSjafnSLvzvv148Brl_P-yvt5Gjfz5W33bpX2WvP1ZqOrilsqYvpB7Piieum4tnmWFAcN0NHk2wipBCoAvllwx7dwpp0WeFqDcLt6HSoVVG9iA8-qE67X0T3PRIrwlnH3xX6ucG8Ues/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1slaowwt8AmGw_ePz-p3SHOiXKCXOMY7CB90s-OmHZvSZoU38mbp74xl6UOsiGQsAqE_gyNArdEUrFsYSUdBgXOHvKLZhbfFRj-q2isaq72AIhQd5paJnBsSaeIrZJ58NeRe_uofkTw/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NeP84pohNGuTotrR-7xocSLiFmJE6auL_FZCIJZ6hVkj2WtDI9C6WW2635kcLW0g66aVTZ0ScBjDtMjFTPQpuHa5nj6w4o62GgW0fiLkwSULbTqCl-18BjwzWT2UXb9NhDPTYOlTkyg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the next video (created by Lisa Gair who was a finalist), you can see them riding trolleys down the ramp at the Oliver Thambo Airport in Johannesburg on the way home, excited and happy after an AMAZING week!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="266" id="BLOGGER-video-d75a4589172a86d0-15621" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxs3Q72i-RS5F9-VIFIrvnYckJ1Vc4afZqQbobPzlAYyzmQc6fnNQnnckapAEJxXaYv70-0KGRfZ8kg8_4m-r58PoMksUYXlZZg_Bg0IoC7mN477pXBkPYRTHZRbj7eN1dZk6nM" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The South African winners</span><br /></b><br />The winners were:<br /><br />§ Louise Clarke and Kim Jackson of St Cyprians College in Cape Town for their class project “Tollbooth Movie Maker”; <br />§ Natalie Meerholz of Holy Rosary School in Edenvale for her class project “E-Waste Away”; <br />§ Lyneth Crighton of Brescia House in Bryanston for her class project “DigiGirlz puzzle IT out”; <br />§ Wessel Theron of Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town for his class project “School of Rock”; <br />§ Ryan Galvin of St Nicholas Diocesan School in Pietermaritzburg for his class project “R and J in R and B”. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately we don’t have a photo of the five winners all together, but here is Louise Clarke the overall winner (along with Kim her Grade 4 colleague who was in England at the time) receiving her award and prize.<br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2D8cYSKjbApuwarEhw7lmq_P6WeU1_Wyh3tzbaAT0hrHzccCEs7WC2T5Rly_Qgv7hpQhmPhHNRDU9JjDdIUz84xVBTpq_l2LsomavBEGakBn1C_wuy5jVzFz09PZzSzYe7ZB1yncbkE/s1600-h/image%25255B15%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQSsqmgF3SEzKdFnyDsTNyyIGvpOnnsvx-_7uas_9v5mRKjBBON5zPQkxfqqxOsELVIz2DDR1-Hjw4jWKWg91lyzb5W1M-qbcgG2ADa1sccmMZiQKN4_gwg3wbbB1NI2FIgVFmzLctoU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Jordan finals</span><br /></b><br />The next round of the competition for the five winners was to attend the Middle East and Africa Finals in Jordan in September 2011. I have written a blog post about this if you would like to find out more. Once again it was loads of fun and Microsoft provided the most stunning accommodation. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/09/snippets-from-partners-in-learning.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/09/snippets-from-partners-in-learning.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/09/snippets-from-partners-in-learning.html<br /><br /></a></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFWhsek9eiLsYwhfxgwpF4vtIFjXeDf6Q_dXTHufmFRQE6FJk7qEFGons0i1h6HpVTwcbZvBDcsLEbeFSLTQAd9dnbmOgZEXYf02cAmx9U2dsI5Yy5CpUHbzZ6vx89-wVrwowvStk_Lc/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ib8_KZ7ayw3USohcg5Ya7mBar39_C7-beTIcJthgAd39j7mlf3ZFDvzmmFO7cKiqe6yp_9A2S6ibgKx_vzyxY5fLq_gHW10hD30j9x3VJZ2rAZQBJghhRrcVwL12F1E53KMj1kuO66Q/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a>  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4p-JoJ7uXHkXodXKuWbaajCwFompnxYOEfxdfRUloPOigH3bmdcZamjP-jm7gZ1n2_n3pOovU1_YSDbM10uCOfZ15hcISsEcWpg1lXorpDWpiTRh8-4kGojnl9xTAGEvUiMaqBbNHak/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaLdOJgMHDNECHlbYAObgO9v1q-q9r0UibQWRYiaJT-uIpSg4JkM20m45tmeUbOWUQjT1oUfkv5x9g6_yztYgNDlIHqB_cgum_Zzn8xhp7AckjkxuQdwfjzPc8GmxAiXcQXlkeuLYQg8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The South African and Lesotho winners at this event were:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">§</span><span style="font-size: small;">Louise Clarke and Kim Jackson from St Cyprians College in Cape Town won the 'Collaboration' category for their Grade 4 class project 'Tollbooth Movie Maker'.<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">§</span><span style="font-size: small;">Lyneth Crighton from Brescia House in Bryanston won the 'Cutting Edge' award for her class project 'DigiGirlz puzzle IT out'. <br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">§</span><span style="font-size: small;">Natalie Meerholz of Holy Rosary School in Edenvale came 3rd in the ‘Beyond the Classroom’ award  for her class project 'E-Waste Away'.<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">§</span><span style="font-size: small;">Malatela  Monaheng from Lesotho came 2nd in the 'Challenging Contexts' category. </span><span style="font-size: small;">§</span><span style="font-size: small;">Wessel Theron from Bishops and Thejani Malakane from Lesotho were part of the group that won the 'group project' award in Jordan, which meant the whole group could compete in Washington.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_TEl-MUx4h459h3fVQXaf1zn5rKcllm0t-bYeHU7pFbntErED_hS7HC8lqL39Ql2e1vwwvWekXf3t04uDdAuh24kcrTjXcIsxGHIcQsje5V0FZqOLzpT4ga3-ZtUfspWR8UO5ZREbkg/s1600-h/image%25255B39%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6-kvz9WRU_gociDhn8AHdzxnXAIi458YmhWJpNPfCL6e9rmyvVApnT-jW9sNjMA8P028dS1-6MVj8y_4vLkVaXmPlH4ieEHUBUaOYsR-g1Q5UX1V2KVuoQslFQQ9qXV1hRvfN7Zb9WU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malatela  Monaheng and Wessel Theron (Thejane is seen below)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span> </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The World Finals in Washington in November<br /><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The winners from this event went on to the World Finals in Washington in November. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Here they are in Washington:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXJUgiOI7yQnilDRsAK6hIZW-Y5a4Rfytr747vDz-ppPC3_DLowBRKICwOoRJYrs-dEfcogHHq7la74WbK0z5aR-UtKyTtISTRKyZc8saN0Vi_FrNQTdRufsP6layKdQuMcEKDAM2_FE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of the group with the Whitehouse in the background</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVHxb80ypLsz-_v1RIQwy3lDoncTMUFYGLY85hCsjkBioyZGelwY_p-pbXpEwKCugP9fEo2W4qpy82V2GmLWg9xRi7DvEUvH-fchbP4PiKBBVbbgIdBbCrTWs61nGCsfEbjUSCHZyiGY/s1600-h/image%25255B30%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQimoehDIq2qLt0UZMixxMpkm3om60VjO8QnIrDMyjpqPiHDNJKS1zZqC_23adVbP1qvXQnOK5L8PFJ7o3oox14GcTMBreBYnNRAv3Vq3zU-KKJN0tt41yifYEwBmcb_yv55b6KPso4Q8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natalie at her project stand</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeOfkqS1X1FnJfPlXOrl8yvaRKRojQIn3r9UKjpy31dlKQR_wjcKjQYnBIil7tzS2k2cERgvUJJoxgVnB0qqVNcrkn99eGjI2fx5_UOchVV2ALnelLdJhfrEANkA7Wktn9wO263EIOTo/s1600/blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaeOfkqS1X1FnJfPlXOrl8yvaRKRojQIn3r9UKjpy31dlKQR_wjcKjQYnBIil7tzS2k2cERgvUJJoxgVnB0qqVNcrkn99eGjI2fx5_UOchVV2ALnelLdJhfrEANkA7Wktn9wO263EIOTo/s400/blog.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wessel and Thejane with their winning group from Jordan</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5Qy-OztlxNKejsfMucdnJr_qTC3LDEVo5M4nell1aHkdYKfV5aaOtCE2gi6W8ghcc2GTycK5b7jBUFV7jvUyUsUIkR7ay2il6PE0rz_XXl1MPb7z0h0WDh_-X8kctd5vHy59QJ8vj8k/s1600-h/image%25255B33%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECzhMrO7xL5Kmwo9LTbnapoOL6xuz8t9xGSnpCJZTIo-f2zNdmAQCysC8o8cFR1bx2sHYMlPw4AWRCBJ94mcwLFlq2JmLmfPIkD2DlNqyAnS1iflkCIw9Y1xSSjBPqiy5_bXXSmH9gbk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lyneth at her project stand</span><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lyneth Crighton was also interveiwed by the Global Forum team and found herself being featured on YouTube</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">      </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pkHw8M3YhU4" width="420"></iframe></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is what Natalie Meerholtz said about the event in Facebook, “Awesome closing gala dinner in Washington DC. No SA awards. The Yanks cleaned up on innovative gaming projects! There should have been a category for most spirited country - no doubt South Africa!”</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK33lewmsrMv5bTxzYgLGN0dOfuifV0dghbJhAyj6HnKtO0eFPtOSqgN7_pFzBXkG8Ae8Ur8CKjqJCPyd1L4iWXo4bbfspizhhT5IDRn9fpW3hSTwIY38lY7ip5FiHSeQqxGIYj4YhGYY/s1600-h/image%25255B36%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMyvn-2ejhzKBgGlgAmbLpH1Z0jNcbsQabg10cgvoCw9iKxLD8gMui_kiJS6rj_t8lm0JVgS22tpOP_2DQV_Cl15KIBzJZw0eVSf11bQFu1k5HJy7ohD02sXnHxoirH93BoO04FzJYsI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The final Gala dinner when the Awards were announced</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What this means for you!</span><br /></b><br />Please consider entering a project this year. You just never know what can happen!<br />Projects have to be uploaded by March 15th and the Awards will be handed out at the Basic Education conference in Durban in April. The winners will go on the Middle East and Africa forum in Morocco, and the winners from that occasion will participate in the Global Forum in Athens,  Greece. All expenses are paid by Microsoft each step of the way.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t know where to start? Sign up for our  free online support course so that we can take you through the steps and encourage you during the next 8 weeks.  <a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course">http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> </div></div>

Competitions Microsoft Project-based learning Teaching Technology integration 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…

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Microsoft announces the Partners in Learning South African Forum 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do teachers need to do to enter the Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum?</span></b><br /><br />Teachers need to have run a project or lesson that uses ICT in a creative and engaging way. Teachers then need to complete the PowerPoint entry template describing their project or lesson. This entry then needs to be uploaded to the Partners in Learning Network by Monday 12 March: <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/">http://africa.partnersinlearningnetwork.com/communities/f3a5865473b842f7b690ed9f47217405/Pages/default.aspx</a> . To download the entry template please visit <a href="http://www.schoolnet.org.za/itf">http://www.schoolnet.org.za/itf</a><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Face to face workshops</span></b><br /><br />To find out about face to face Microsoft Innovation Workshops that will be taking place in February 2012 call Almah at SchoolNet on 011 403 5777 or email <a href="http://www.blogger.com/almah@schoolnet.org.za">almah@schoolnet.org.za</a>. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sign up for the online course</span></b><br /><br />To find out about the Online Innovation Course which will be run by Fiona Beal from 16 January 2012 email fiona@schoolnet.org.za or sign up on the wiki <a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course">http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course</a> <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Summary of important links</span></b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>To sign up for the online course go to: <a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course"><br />http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/Sign+up+for+this+course</a><a href="http://partnersinlearningforum-sa.wikispaces.com/"></a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Visit the "South African Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum" on the Partners in Learning Network at <a href="http://africa.partnersinlearningnetwork.com/communities/f3a5865473b842f7b690ed9f47217405/Pages/default.aspx">http://africa.partnersinlearningnetwork.com/communities/f3a5865473b842f7b690ed9f47217405/Pages/default.aspx</a></li><li>For further information visit <a href="http://www.schoolnet.org.za/itf/">http://www.schoolnet.org.za/itf/</a> <b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Read more about the forum<br /></span></b><br />Read more about the Partners in Learning Forum, last years's winners, and the fantastic prizes on offer in this Youblisher.com flipbook below (just click on the writing to enlarge the pages):<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youblisher.com/p/225372-Partners-in-Learning-Global-forum-brochure/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Partners in Learning Global forum brochure" src="http://www.youblisher.com/files/publications/38/225372/200x300.jpg" /></a></div></div><div></div></div>

Competitions Microsoft Project-based learning Teaching Technology integration 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 Moroc…

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ISTE-NASA Education Project Application Deadline, January 15

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">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. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Are you a Middle or High School teacher that fits these requirements? Here is a great project opportunity for you.  Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Here is more information:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTvQMtesDGQP4XTd2Zt7GSnGx1p2Vd700R7uuJDa4ovoDqm8iQ7GFUcAD3xClfIZMzdF-lKzppb0-gIoxKMysEmjJTyl0p9lKiOxn0i61AXBOsUIx47i25JbwMw3opVgOf_fupgVe5hA/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURuaVepOaP6BqEnf0i1uHXY4ifhBIWRGWUC07IQhPzah2Ceg0gHtdWEksda5d8qE4AtZjAfOUbWAUn01rKCVWgWQfgLIbQyWlzqCIfJkjKsoLoq1RhbWapjDEQjSYXj9ykHlWwMh5Ee8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="513" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GtTVOlRv7Cwmo99GUaXjfrDNe2vF8IXx0GPDsBIbuM2_LPWJQffGgVLpsR_41-78tHxDr2opid05Pb2Gl13Pnrf_t-5__xZiqV5Siv9l1b7AUJFGwf3qeEjaBwdMcS-CNYeyroSX6zY/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uRCKUO7qYwl6EjWv6UY8-IL1ZGERBPC-wRDDyNn2ZJCSS7GVArt8uuqHiR16wt-MbW6dxCIHfw12Cv-0Wez-SdNA0HPnlEQO1oA9WxMMVgjybn2GE5G4h7ExygKiU8920m5WSSi55PA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="513" /></a></div>

Collaboration Competitions Project-based learning Technology integration 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 …

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Take a look at the Edublogs Awards winners 2011

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I always look forward in anticipation to the Edublogs Awards every year to see their choice of best blogs, wikis, podcasts, webinar series, social networks, Web tools, individual tweeters  and group twitter hashtags. Initially potential winners from the categories are nominated, and then everyone votes. This is a big affair!<br /><br />Took a look at the winners from around the world.  It is a great way of keeping in touch with what is happening on the social networking scene.   (By the way, with reference to blogs, for your blog to be nominated for the Edublogs Awards it can be part of any platform and not necessarily an Edublogs' blog).<br /><br />I am embedding the winners document below so that you can see the categories, but please visit the actual Google Doc mentioned under <b>a)</b>, or visit the Edublogs Awards site mentioned under<b> b)</b> so that you can actually visit the various links. They are fantastic!<br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="http://www.box.com/embed/b0dtf82gkabxof2.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>a) Their embedded Google Doc:</b></span><br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AlhMhHCqHvgvdERrVTVpZ1NhNmF2b2xvUm1UTFM1Z2c&single=true&gid=0&output=html">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AlhMhHCqHvgvdERrVTVpZ1NhNmF2b2xvUm1UTFM1Z2c&single=true&gid=0&output=html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>b) Their Edublogs Award website:</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://edublogawards.com/">http://edublogawards.com/</a> </div><br /></div>

Blogging Competitions Take a look at the Edublogs Awards winners 2011

I always look forward in anticipation to the Edublogs Awards every year to see their choice of best blogs, wikis, podcasts, webinar series, social networks, Web tools, individual tweeters  and group twitter hashtags. Initially potential winners from …

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What about entering the Star Teachers competition for South Africa?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div closure_uid_j6xseo="106">I was wondering if any of you would like to enter the Star Teacher competition for South Africa?  You have to to enter a community-based project. I entered this competition in 2009 with my Bonding through Blogging project with the elderly and received a fourth place. 1st - 3rd place were flown to the Awards ceremony in Johannesburg. In 4th place I received R1000, a beautiful Parker Pen set and a gorgeous certificate which I still have displayed in my home!</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div closure_uid_7wwpwb="128" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here are the details from an email I received. There are only two days left - so please hurry! (31st August is the closing date!) <a href="https://www.ed.org.za/index.php/teachers?layout=blog">https://www.ed.org.za/index.php/teachers?layout=blog</a></div><div closure_uid_7wwpwb="127" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div closure_uid_7wwpwb="249" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" closure_uid_7wwpwb="247" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; width: 600px;"><tbody> <tr></tr> <tr><td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="280"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Dear Education Stakeholders</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">We believe that every teacher is a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Star</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in their own right and The Stars in Education Awards are our way of celebrating and rewarding the teachers who have gone the extra mile in making a positive difference in the lives of their learners and even their surrounding communities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">To Enter: POST: your story to The Stars in Education Awards, Freepost CB8152, PO Box 7177, Stellenbosch 7599 (no stamp required)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">FAX: 021 865 2166</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">EMAIL:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@argo.org.za" style="color: #942e06;" target="_blank">info@argo.org.za</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">ONLINE:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://a.ss40.shsend.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1314002489534&StID=10004&SID=14&NID=287362&EmID=2297537&Link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5lZC5vcmcuemEv&token=160a6bfdae0e2a94f28ee75eaa4810ef4f6618c0" style="color: #942e06;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">www.ed.org.za</span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">Your entry must include - Name and Surname</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- Name of School, Address and Contact Number</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- Project Name</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- Project Description</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- What made you start this project?</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- Challenges Faced</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">- How did you overcome those challenges?</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 8pt;">Feel free to attach photos to your entry!</span></div></td><td closure_uid_7wwpwb="169" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" width="300"></td></tr> <tr><td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; font-family: arial, sans-serif; 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Competitions What about entering the Star Teachers competition for South Africa?

I was wondering if any of you would like to enter the Star Teacher competition for South Africa?  You have to to enter a community-based project. I entered this competition in 2009 with my Bonding through Blogging project with the elderly and receive…

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