Tech-savvy teachers shine in Durban at the 2012 SA Partners in Learning Forum Awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a news release from Microsoft about the winners of the 2012 Partners in Learning Forum in South Africa. 20 finalists were chosen and they attended the finals in Durban. Microsoft sponsored the finalists to attend the South African Basic Education  Conference and the winners were announced at a ceremony at the conference. Photos have been added by the editor. </span></i><b></b><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Durban – 3 April 2012 </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i>Projects that encourage learners to tell stories digitally; find solutions to rehabilitate a local polluted area; collect data on how trees grow; and create educational toys and games for the blind have won four tech-savvy teachers top honours at Microsoft’s annual Partners in Learning Awards, announced here last night. </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;">The teachers, Caroline Adelaar from St Mary’s School in Johannesburg, Maxwell Funo from Mkhanyiseli Primary in Cape Town, Gaye Pieterse from Durban Girls’ High and Charli Wiggill from Eden College, also from Durban were among 19 finalists at the awards. The awards aim to stimulate the use of technology in schools, enhance teaching and learning and give teachers an opportunity to share their ideas and projects with their peers both locally and across the world. </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;">  </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/AVvXsEjA0wpXUZGwbyoeMjjZYIhVasbiJir-mMqXGodqwlo6NPpC1S7h9rMo2c6sZfgSH_beBXYYuzNxtc7yuHzwxXYw9_z1g-IicKNvZjr2DMFBS0Ky6aq6jL3w9gCynNiwizKt80qoD-QfcxA/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxc2oOoedNwFx0qh6Q4Q9zNMjA5CnLxBOdsKgEBxQ2xPa-435e9cPyNOA2wYDYGCq593silR_OA_3FmNmLHUXJ_zaECYUmpXX0MhREhDAuetjmPAlChyphenhyphenKkHIUuTDddzi4RYUL0f4DTs4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The four overall winners</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;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each of the four innovative teachers has secured a spot to represent South Africa at the regional finals in Morocco in July. Two of the projects, Trees4Africa and the Braille Memory Game/Toys for the Blind, collaborated with other schools to widen the reach of their project results. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjTadA73SXHDhJyJKuKyi6x0sxJVCu1HF03r-beyImtbATAAuzBbIdj4HWRL2qF9bD3CJLvASwBTGlNniqGemSmVFX6pVUDamm8Yfz20B6Gtq8iF1TBZ0VBUBxmpi0Z4gALPQceW9gvYuo/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnxPFruCSvyH-uHOO3E-eHmlXHkqjt3vBjOc2th2TlDyQJH4CVm2jY6fCyGX8hJ5ZXDukS7m-4I_syxVwm_hifalpGpiau6UkCLvcReogfkNSSzFy5J5_433Unowxc44kIljup9vJBX0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEId_LBIrlWK6kxShg-_-dULlxZ2ZzaoS-BpREx8qCyvuHM7MeuM5Shl0tItGp0WJKsANZxFYnpe7BYxzu1d3U512u6h29zfzjkc2iORyADrilVG_1oIINa7TWWj_qq4RSb-NBMbuOQw/?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="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charli Wiggil from Eden College in Durban</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a third, learners were taught how to effectively use social media as a platform for distributing movies while fostering emotional intelligence by teaching them how to use emoticons to comment on their peers’ work. </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;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfOINH7EsyUFf-dgFDVQ5j2j3Z85yAuzHOagy308HWHdEZJimswUfCpTjGnTvMtpMQu8I1XJMdYiR5FlnSFtQ7kD1jW1o1VJe1vI5TQtslagGPwqPuTge-hVhh0KYTkSsEB9HO0EeZdM/s1600/Gaye+Pieterse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfOINH7EsyUFf-dgFDVQ5j2j3Z85yAuzHOagy308HWHdEZJimswUfCpTjGnTvMtpMQu8I1XJMdYiR5FlnSFtQ7kD1jW1o1VJe1vI5TQtslagGPwqPuTge-hVhh0KYTkSsEB9HO0EeZdM/s320/Gaye+Pieterse.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mkanyiseli Primary School teacher Maxwell Funo is delighted with the results his pollution impact project is delivering. “It all began when we noticed an alarming number of learners had been developing infected wounds from playing in polluted areas,” he says. “The children are now able to make a real difference to the safety of their community as we are escalating our suggested solutions to the local municipality and the City of Cape Town.” </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQsqcHoGPXYDiPyPR-XjP2kAfkEa10TQ5apuhAuAmCDn0fcebFEUQZT45BdDjQMzFkcKDukaL-aNiyGmcnF-ICey6mxggKz-HAvxKHGUmoHVocLhm2cYTLJhlkGZUobrIn6XRYeiPcZA/s1600-h/image%25255B22%25255D.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SnDdpha8cn7KrzgExThMMSfmNA37NEzPpIdWb3rgQO3dpUgZAAgKjyf6hGyGx8V8-lJZGf9eqQsWfyuCuLse5V8g94_17bL1yeuTSUhKoZQh2_rOyag3fY05BypZjDnJtrTZxdjX4JA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="161" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maxwell Funo</td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEg1Nifoqj67UGkY_uWSU871JzPbfFnoSnDVh2sEZRD2l4T7xU28C3lu9_rotudd_no2VMuLIMxgTFkcvjjnfxqhmUeHq5tnQnb-eOEQI3exRSTVR5v7N3MW75163u7bPlHE3Z0ICT12S5k/s1600-h/image%25255B30%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHB7nF_uErQ8BvC3eMJQ-W8SSa7kx3BcwyUUvIpr0eSDr-tmO126cRIqGlVVEdqrV42RZMvXXOcFE2mx362Axbesw8555tP21fGZG2-Xv0u6QCZwPhgd6d9_oteTavricjAxdnkRjqmA/?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="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maxwell Funo from <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mkanyiseli Primary School</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Speaking at the awards, Microsoft South Africa managing director Mteto Nyati said a Microsoft-commissioned Innovative Teaching and Learning Research (ITL) study in 2011 showed that innovative teaching practices will flourish when supportive conditions are in place such as peer support, the sharing of ideas and a common vision among teachers to offer relevant, innovative and learner-centric teaching methods.“The quality of the entries demonstrated that even the slightest change in how teachers use the technology tools they already have – like a cell phone or laptop – can impact the way teachers teach and learners learn,” said Nyati. </span></div><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;"><b>The finalists and their projects</b></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/AVvXsEjJqvC7IAwSiJqIR7lQtnZ7iR4Chp2vODN6lrIo8dpb_BQ4qLk7F3343x6oz_btLhHd2EFAY2coKpmhyTBFHGTeVv_sfT8nQ3xXusmhoVtBKf2xVefwqFAZwPN7Z2WEGEJbBMI-iG0cCx0/s1600/Finalists1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqvC7IAwSiJqIR7lQtnZ7iR4Chp2vODN6lrIo8dpb_BQ4qLk7F3343x6oz_btLhHd2EFAY2coKpmhyTBFHGTeVv_sfT8nQ3xXusmhoVtBKf2xVefwqFAZwPN7Z2WEGEJbBMI-iG0cCx0/s400/Finalists1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finalists</td></tr></tbody></table></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><table 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="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR-DNQLjqQv3LKSMvKOycotm98iBhgGppxQ8uO7YKST9SQl9PVy4vW9xBH3A5bNhk6Lfm3qJ2wR78WI2dESZdw7niZal_2kyiPHRb6yqIiRyPn2OwgEHi4Qy2ML7QS7Rr9WBY-snv4ao/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finalists</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following projects were on display at the South African Finals. Unfortunately one of the finalists, Clair Dean from Stirling Primary, was unable to attend the finals this year and her project is not listed here.<br /><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Caroline Adelaar</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">St Mary’s School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Johannesburg </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Gauteng</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Trees4Africa</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Grade two girls initiated a Smithsonian tree growth data collection project and collaborated with other African schools to create a Trees4Africa Wikispace. The wiki will be used to generate collaborative presentations integrating ICT skills, movement and music. These will be filmed and used a community outreach project to encourage sapling planting.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nkosilathi Dlodlo</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Batswana Secondary School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Mafikeng </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">North West</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Serving water to save</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Learners investigated a range of possible causes of water shortages and proposed several solutions. Interviews were conducted with the community and a local mining industry next to the school; models were constructed; research took place in the lab and a song was produced. Findings were presented to the MEC of Education for further consideration.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Riathe Engels </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Harmonie Primary School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Virginia </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Free State</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Innovative ways to recycle -TRASH ART</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">The intention of this project was to give learners not participating in other extra-curricular activities an opportunity to experience technology and learn new skills. Learners collected bags and cans; they researched pollution and the fusing of plastic using the internet and they created art from recyclable materials. At the final event designs were revealed at a fashion show. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Maxwell Funo</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Mkhanyiseli Primary </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Cape Town </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our community our pride</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">This project began when the teacher noticed that learners were developing infected wounds from playing in polluted areas as there were no playgrounds or parks in the area. The grade seven learners photographed the affected learners and interviewed people living near the polluted areas. They are now investigating solutions and raising the issue with the municipality and City of Cape Town. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lisa Gair </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">The Rock Academy</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Fish Hoek </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Cultural Exchange</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">The aim of this project is to connect grade four classes in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates to share information about their environments, cultures and faiths. A variety of tools are being used including a blog, wiki, screencasts and skype to commmunicate and keep a classmate who is spending the year at sea involved. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gilmour Gordon </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Elkanah House School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Tableview </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Fun with Class Music</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Groups of grade sevens wrote stories and selected songs to enhance their plots. They performed the songs, recorded them with their cell-phones and imported the songs into their stories using Moviemaker. Grade eights and nines become familiar with Audacity and manipulating music using this application. They viewed a soundless video clip and added in the sound based on their interpretation of the clip. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Siobhan Louw </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Somerset House </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Somerset West </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ICT'd! Innovative and creative travel document</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">In this project Grade six learners take a virtual international holiday. The “vacation” includes creating an itinerary, booking airline tickets and creating a travel journal. Learners sourced screenshots from online maps and their street views and manipulated these. They also edited photos to put themselves in a variety of destinations. Collaboration with the drama and English teachers allowed for extended learning opportunities.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mabore Dorothy Lekalakala </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Toronto Primary School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Polokwane </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Limpopo Project</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lazily learning</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">The activities in this project draw on the learners’ love of television. Firstly learners watch their favorite television programme and compare and contrast their conclusions with learners from the United States. Secondly they draw up time management tables and share these. Thirdly they create posters and act out puppet shows, dramas, poems and songs on different learning content as alternative entertainment. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hafeeza Ebrahim Mayet </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Marlboro Gardens Secondary School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Sandton </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Gauteng</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mathe City</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">The focus of this project was to build a model of ‘MATHECITY’ that integrates grade five Geometry content. Learners investigated tessellations and created an AutoCollage of these. Learners folded nets of 3D shapes to form buildings and decorated these in the Arts and Culture lessons using MS Paint. Learners then used the model to find out more about cardinal points, measurements and even and odd numbers. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nombuso Mnguni </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Asithuthuke Combined School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Balgowan </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">KwaZulu-Natal</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Designing and building a model of bridge</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">This Grade nine Technology project involved learners identifying contemporary problems in the community and exploring them using various technological tools. Learners were then challenged to design and build a model of a bridge that can be used to address a problem that they identified. This will be presented to the community. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Neith Moore </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">Durban Girls’ High</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Durban </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">KwaZulu-Natal</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Mobile Digital Classroom – ’Flipping’ a studio</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">This teacher designed and built a mobile digital classroom and is training teachers and learners to use it. The flipped classroom has led to teachers starting their own blogs; a local gallery and artists working with the learners; the local environment being interrogated through a ‘shoot-n-share’ task; and the Glenwood Forum being involved as a showcase. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gaye Pieterse </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">Durban Girls’ College</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Durban </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">KZN</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Inside Outside</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">In this digital storytelling project, girls created their own screenplays that showed how emotions are experienced inside and external factors which impact on them. The movies were posted to a closed social networking site and feedback was given. In addition to the technical skills of creating a movie, learners learnt how to comment on peers’ work and how to use digital storytelling to foster emotional intelligence. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Anita van Vuuren </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">Primêre Skool Universitas</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Bloemfontein </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Free State</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>TjokvolLEER</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">In this project, The grade 3 learners chose an individual project to work on with their own plan and goals. They were paired with grade four learners who supported their younger colleagues. The projects involved taking photos, making videos and producing PowerPoint presentations. In addition to doing worthwhile activities such as making cards to sell to support the CANSA foundation, this project taught time and self-management skills and the importance of completing something that you start.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Charli Wiggill </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">Eden College Durban</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Durban </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">KwaZulu-Natal</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Braille Memory Game and Toys for the Blind</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">In this project pupils identified with the blind and manufactured 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 pupils in their class and around the world.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Lerato Mazimba </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">St. Bernard's High School</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Bloemfontein </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Free State</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>From Trash to Couture</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Learners sketched designs of fashionable clothing and shoes; runways and props for a fashion show. They gathered waste material and learnt how to turn this into fashionable items. They began designing clothes or shoes from plastic and waste material and then graduated to designing couture clothes using cloth from old clothes. Invitations, score sheets, photos and film were all produced as part of the fashion show.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Michelle Dreyer</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Courtrai Primary School </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Paarl - Boland </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bread Tags</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">This school’s enrichment team has implemented a number of initiatives to collect plastic bread bag tags and to use these across learning areas. Activities include competitions to guess how many tags are in a jar; using bread tags to create three dimensional objects in Technology; and finding out about the stages of production in Economic and Management Sciences. The school hopes to collect enough bread tags to purchase a wheel chair.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sarah Hanton </b></span> <br /><span style="text-align: left;">Boudina McConnachie</span><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Anna Wertlen</span><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Victoria Girls High School</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Grahamstown </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Eastern Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Good Vibrations through Social Networking</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Using internet research, interviews and awareNet (an online school social network) learners engaged in cross-curricular research projects focusing on science and music. They created on-line teaching and learning resources and they collaborated with one another and with community members to research and publish information. This project involved working with a disadvantaged school, sharing presentations at SciFest and using discussion forums, messaging and chat to develop and share resources. </span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Jenny Martin </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Somerset House </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Somerset West </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Western Cape</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>T-ICT 7.0</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Grade seven learners were challenged to research randomly assigned ICT tools, work out how to use them and then record videos of themselves discussing the merits of their tools. The project included a WebQuest and a wiki maintained by learners who wished to build a tool to support their peers in this challenge. Learners identified community members who could benefit from their tools and then demonstrated the tools to them.</span></td></tr><tr> <td valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Joan Martin </b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Gaye Pieterse</span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">Durban Girls’ College </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Durban </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">KwaZulu-Natal</span></td> <td valign="top" width="496"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Project Runway</b></span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">The objective of this project is to integrate technology with art. Learners were required to research an artist and to then present their findings in an innovative way by transforming the artist’s concepts into fashion design. Learners were required to research their artist and find inspiration, “buy” their fabric online and create a PowerPoint with suitable music showcasing their designs.<b> </b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The prize-winners</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",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;">Categories for Awards</span><br /><br /></b><u>Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom</u></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1st place</i>: Charli Wiggill, Eden College Durban, KZN – Braille Memory Game and Toys for the Blind</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>2nd place:</i> Caroline Adelaar, St Mary’s School, Gauteng – Trees4Africa</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>Collaboration</u></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1st place:</i> Maxwell Funo, Mkhanyiseli Primary School, WC – Our Community Our Pride</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>2nd place</i>: Lerato Mazimba, St Bernard’s High School, FS – From Trash to Couture </span></li></ul><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/AVvXsEgWuJIBo1tcDII_OmvtnIixRK2Q6Gl_hdbGo1cqyz4ixcl41NOHaULvVN0fBPZjPEehXamSRpI1VSPiyYjHW_8u8-wy4kqVgCDrJwgPtYW6s6SPz0LxYyoFSMzJJTveLXcHSdwqKTxZ84s/s1600/misc_123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuJIBo1tcDII_OmvtnIixRK2Q6Gl_hdbGo1cqyz4ixcl41NOHaULvVN0fBPZjPEehXamSRpI1VSPiyYjHW_8u8-wy4kqVgCDrJwgPtYW6s6SPz0LxYyoFSMzJJTveLXcHSdwqKTxZ84s/s320/misc_123.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lerato Mazimba</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Knowledge Building and Critical Thinking</u></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1st place</i>: Gaye Pieterse, Durban Girls‘ College, KZN – Inside Outside</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>2nd place</i>: Jenny Martin and Siobhan Louw, Somerset House, WC – T-ICT 7.0</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><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/AVvXsEi9FCrXmABosOaMME7Nj5sfUXPDnNgcMsOs4WnG0hoKLcY_CLuA_S53UWZ85UP3nKB5VqV-WOO9cjgla80F3X6O7zyDFIkuHLqenWvQdxNds4SMmWW3_xL-zOKJTehq8DyIKN_yG9EqnUU/s1600/Siobhan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FCrXmABosOaMME7Nj5sfUXPDnNgcMsOs4WnG0hoKLcY_CLuA_S53UWZ85UP3nKB5VqV-WOO9cjgla80F3X6O7zyDFIkuHLqenWvQdxNds4SMmWW3_xL-zOKJTehq8DyIKN_yG9EqnUU/s320/Siobhan.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siobhan Lowe and Jenny Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><u>Cutting Edge Use of Microsoft Technology for Learning</u></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1st place</i>: Caroline Adelaar, St Mary’s School, Gauteng – Trees4Africa</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>2nd place</i>: Anita van Vuuren,Primêre Skool Universitas, FS – TjokvolLEER</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68hyLtj6gYdBe2gPNz2V0XJQx1sC0Y6sjUM-5m3noNQ_VYnjl6OCmb89CFMGQ9Ii7m0J6fx12GUxdCIXjWdFFviR6s4XXs_EKsf5gBzSS6qSQoKEcpuF3VwzUd7ewx_bvKdWr3Nsbaoo/s1600-h/image%25255B39%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ItWnlIWtkPUCzVUUcWjwqoadl-4720s4O5RzICj2QRqCoPRoOS7C51wB2E-ZchHJ0OraFrrECLZZDq2iX4ZFk2FprC9HHnrnk9HtUU0ONVO_-v5S3QSupHhLORAAwDR7hRxMHdZ0EZo/?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="183" /></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;"><u>Innovation in Challenging Context</u></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>1st place</i>: Maxwell Funo, Mkhanyiseli Primary School, WC – Our Community Our Pride<br /></span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>2nd place:</i> Nkosilathi Dlodlo, Batswana Secondary School, NW – Serving Water to Serve</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQkEk0hlq1z1E9YZI5nGGvgiNdl10pQPLv1mEJD8IvGZrbaow-3-q2qDQzf-4QXeoOPCeHlEZ8nROcsYHoDWJyq2ILHbzFc3MDWML8Xb7QGq2CRkSNzDDjw84SODWqfxg-D5rnX72JXo/s1600-h/image%25255B48%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvyGpRtdvRHYuW-1ukNjG9eK6yE5xGWifinN0pqRJjgWB4ZHkB7EXFOD21plTqyVomLgjuqUrAklOBiBb_crO-bCaeW_tucPIuMNlKdB76GNkwumJIwRn5Iz4eypin_US7TvCWnl9lwQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 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;"><u>Educators’ Choice</u></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Riathe Engels, Harmonie Primary School, FS – Innovative Ways to Recycle – TRASH ART</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcoR-Vcpa_TIxN1ltqj5_6_NZo7XSAaSmz0W1C2v7ZX5X4DYa2q3kW1qEkJav65syYKaDcs_R4gK_dzSU0L-kkLq2CF-C1a0SJ-REzrvcwtJCYllfopHlvL_4zg5YIf8gD3hPXWnMgMX0/s1600-h/image%25255B45%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_GngzFBS9G9eKX2_vB2kPeElIs6faQgFE_TXdJMAP7oZP1V3qcKuwD5tSV-t9VLnV8FrD0kF-QuCLmuzHGSE2Udz6zat_ovf5kKzZXR80LLeGF7_m35u6qy83m1ns22M13sHeHF64Ao/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="187" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;">Judges‘ Awards:</span></u></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Use of Social Networking -Sarah Hanton, Boudina McConnachie, Anna Wertlen, Victoria Girls High School, EC - Good Vibrations through Social Networking </span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitibxQvUhpuz0-4UX4xUIFCEibrw_duvsyYmT2qoEz6D2GxIa5WTfhw9yTLoRxkrQMF7roPd8lXMeco1LYX0-bB90OrkBIGX-MaA-oR9b5PQ-Xu35LjE5P3p48IoKKrv08ug_wTroVqjs/s1600/misc+128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitibxQvUhpuz0-4UX4xUIFCEibrw_duvsyYmT2qoEz6D2GxIa5WTfhw9yTLoRxkrQMF7roPd8lXMeco1LYX0-bB90OrkBIGX-MaA-oR9b5PQ-Xu35LjE5P3p48IoKKrv08ug_wTroVqjs/s320/misc+128.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Use of Technology – Neith Moore, Durban Girls‘ High, KZN – The Mobile Digital Classroom – ’Flipping’ a Studio</span></li></ul><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/AVvXsEgIcG899hpRQTYJmIx1aLYA9DV3TH6qouy5KdWzj5Ko8oi-uS88PXK8Z2eVuQGRAyZdSvK9SjP94kMc7KpEatquDDFp-N6xA0wdHUVCFnau3rrdPwr-xQuo9dVxeSv6AyPb0E-pi15mDPw/s1600-h/image%25255B42%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img align="left" alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7pyxM5RRKxz2jS7kIMGadQq1WQsMXYxzPNqr7fAI5r4fdWUYURJ956H34heLkkjPThACfHzSqUzPaFUsS-jLDeyFhGozVsMAzJBDgVZF42FCwsET6C5nDcAP0vLo1KjDr9VnnNPHvUig/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neith Moore</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/AVvXsEjeqf8TUPwZAnkRIR62WNPm-RUTqZgz0EuuOHD-CnuJVZM8dzGGL28mHxM6nA05X36WgYrcBks0U2iSTBxvHFpHNhB2LbGa5yGK2S8Ce9mrr_aVuhmB14awTVKbqeWss17fxT729mypewA/s1600-h/image%25255B54%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3z8Rb2HFZHY19YA0qgX_Hdz5YY-jz33k7fCyRFKNmor3vsk5W2WF_0VAVqRGkx_4Y_6RPA1BAlTw2HMXUT8fAYdNCIIiq3wtDLk-UtUxf5I-nZ0NlTppGILQm2d_fc7NtWbTzRNaC3gM/?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="162" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neith Moore</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>Innovation and Change Agent - Anita van Vuuren,Primêre Skool Universitas, FS – TjokvolLEER</li></ul></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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGFORog5ImpZEebq-P7HvRGNsNeDVYIKlA96c2gYa2w43zIPkbFT2RlledYu_gJFvSPd8qL3KxZOOOeFNrv926271oNz3ua864DxClBS9MD5d25uR0MzkLqxxaHVtrnY0V_IvmIW3880/s1600-h/image%25255B57%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11BoOvIglS8VZX4OtVvxWQ1qAGK_13w9-L-tQr9fmJ7B8ZPZUQV0gj1_cT8mdika0KtHiO744uq_hNFxi906JXwoi7xr_8MR9TJdqju5rzsjNoLN_W_A2N9y0frKu60nEn74pk8jE_5Y/?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="172" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anita van Vuuren</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;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Top Four Overall winners</u> who will be participating in the Middle East Africa Partners in Learning Forum (in alphabetical order):</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;">Caroline Adelaar, St Mary’s School, Gauteng – Trees4Africa<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Maxwell Funo, Mkhanyiseli Primary School, WC – Our Community Our Pride<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Gaye Pieterse, Durban Girls‘ College, KZN – Inside Outside<br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Charli Wiggill, Eden College Durban, KZN – Braille Memory Game and Toys for the Blind</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; 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Microsoft Tech-savvy teachers shine in Durban at the 2012 SA Partners in Learning Forum Awards

This is a news release from Microsoft about the winners of the 2012 Partners in Learning Forum in South Africa. 20 finalists were chosen and they attended the finals in Durban. Microsoft sponsored the finalists to attend the South African Basic Educa…

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