SchoolNetSA at the National Teachers Awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Janet Thomson CEO of SchoolNet and Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The National Teachers Awards was held at the Gallagher Estate Conference Centre on 7 March, 2013. This event is in its 13^th year and is growing annually. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A number of finalists are nominated via our nine provinces in the following categories:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Primary School Teaching </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Secondary School Teaching </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Primary School Leadership </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Secondary School Leadership </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Grade R Teaching </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in Special Needs Teaching </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellence in ICT - Enhanced Teaching </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lifetime Achievement Award</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naturally the category for <b>Excellence in ICT – Enhanced Teaching </b>is closest to SchoolNet’s heart. Pictured here, <b>Warren Sparrow</b> of Rondebosch Boys Prep, <b>Duma Nhlumbini</b> of WillowVale High School and <b>Mabore Lekhalaka</b> of Toronto Primary were all finalists in the Excellence in ICT-enhance teaching category. These teachers have all experienced SchoolNet-facilitated training offered through both the Intel and Microsoft Education programmes. Warren and Mabore have participated in the Adobe Youth Voices International programme. The eventual winner in this category was <b>Anita van Vuuren</b>, Universitas Primary School in the Free State and who had also benefitted from SchoolNet’s programmes. Anita was a finalist in the 2012 Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum Awards which SchoolNet always helps to coordinate, and she has attended innovation workshops. as well as the peer coaching programme both offered through SchoolNet </span><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 426px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="190"></td> <td valign="top" width="228"></td> <td valign="top" width="6"></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tF1NonFusIOr1o7gL97xL9O-Whsby8CYXZIyayXdm-CopWiPiQ6xo-rxWDgyA6IGl-Vu4yTEjxPcaKbjD_kVx_CNyzeJy4nATQYJeJHkIHHuDl6Ey_dHBVRzUW820RdH3xcyC_Wo2YM/s1600-h/image%25255B19%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXHgS05iprcgY4GbGy18puX79TJmj45_9MUgGAfKr-z_ow6BpUk7mSAr8F7GTf3F8IoWnUf5f2TJwAT6vFIoS648cZvesyxWqaIKMZ4LOBd0HzfOZQtulzJtcuvVQM4dyGiyegNWPG68/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="201" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3_uCLDUO-llAyKiGwIAUm1IctHf-J5j6DaYlHrdF8MK2-7XkSijUVI7qLu3A6XwRCSZs1bbf0osh5fcIjGbNvDUCrBmmUMpE88cdcYj01VJgVacOomAQ94oI7jUFMxNIjF_Ygx-JCNo/s1600-h/image%25255B20%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIlWE8I3AVGspuhbKf3hABrcNhkj5A5j_SgqQaQtIX7s50GIwF45JazUP9PSkSJZ91vCbGarntk5BrCtbzdtPLNHyUYGV9sp0MXCKY09436i7omVVS49cRj97a-4yg2mx7XYjDmOgpi8/?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="238" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 400px;"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGP7kNGzOyWHIFSkPzhxsO4pS8nhtXDCKWxuBYV62U1tkQW8ceylXpjjz1-rzWvXFTw7CwFypmzEwyvmjKid3oSD24bg0y3KmCjXXdlTUZ3OfUWY3RBT1zH_KNbgkKrT6u9ummeLeQOhs/s1600-h/image%25255B18%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz6MbD96rEiSPY48O1GPjCdAakYonDYkCQgz_AB0brqahw5jehjTAZyFUCyldAy-YwpDGQgFjjZUC-1Dg6TwjG6Z_4PLQ2Yyz6VDplqtb-n8miG1OXJeedfgYKne1amgCrKjcK1u8Zwc/?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="129" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUsvPW1IKyATIv2eouMnW_31usA3LuHTtz_BJmxKHs6AMfKW9eFkZ5MQpGhyphenhyphenHnN4yQJEGn4f52TIlipGE_bbItgh__M7yEkao7cSecpVjCj_CKAhJOulIOhLI5NpIDGgpEDSTmrQAfzg/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ypeulwqxac_oJTpO5TnnEbkhkmu2DyGLTeu3F-ITI8iriTt0CjfVoky9DhFJNWtix9IenlUBEEvrV2JhzXgZRMm93ZXLI8PdrNNsp4aeE4yqDWCKRqPSyr3Y5fJ1eieG_7oWRKP7Z-Q/?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="329" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr <b>Derick Petersen</b>, of ImiZama Yethu Secondary School won the category Excellence in Secondary School Leadership. (Mr Petersen  received a tablet from a project that SchoolNet embarked on with the Western Cape Department of Education in December 2012.) He is pictured here with omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhKANDE-nslf2pCdlQWGcgwKcpIn3iCDAYVSfQfsEhkKpUHL4mjvlYRrX7FUIJTj07xF18u8rPE-xmwnR03aIkn5ptCX9vNZ-r2eZUXgcdie8NodYLCDRODKb8ROsli01QDE_l9vRU6E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to all South African Educators who work towards creating young free thinking individuals. We salute you</span><br /><br /></div>

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