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<dd style="float: left; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 0px; width: 10em; word-break: break-all; word-wrap: break-word;">Jo-Wilfried</dd>
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<dd style="float: left; margin: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 0px; width: 10em; word-break: break-all; word-wrap: break-word;">188 cm</dd>
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First name Jo-Wilfried Last name Tsonga Nationality France Date of birth 17-04-85 Place of birth Le Mans Age 29 Country of b...

Judi Francisco’s amazing Grade 6 blended/flipped classroom project at Micklefield Primary

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judi Francisco is a very creative technology co-ordinator from Micklefield Girls’ Primary School in Cape Town. I always like to keep my eye on her to see what she is up to next! (In fact I wrote a blogpost about the event she co-ordinated at Micklefield last year - "<a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-privilege-to-attend-it-design-week.html">What a privilege to attend IT Design Week report back to parents at Micklefield Primary</a>") So when she invited me to visit her classroom on the last day of her Grade 6 flipped/blended classroom ‘JustBlendit’ project a couple of months back. I was VERY excited! I’d like to share with you what I discovered!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judi got permission from her principal and one of the Grade 6 teachers at Micklefield to take over a class of 25 Grade 6 girls and do all the work and lessons for just under two weeks, every day and all day, using project-based learning and digital media! The girls were ecstatically excited! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Why did Judi do this blended/flipped classroom approach?</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judy's comment to this question was,"The school wanted to experiment with and experience a blended classroom to see which aspects we could apply to our school in the future." Flipped learning inverts traditional teaching methods delivering instruction online outside of class and moving homework into the classroom. In blended learning the<strong> </strong>student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace.<sup> </sup>Classroom methods are combined with computer-mediated activities.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The classroom</span></b>  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They chose a room set aside for Science, and had WIFI installed so that they could use the BYOD approach (bring your own device). Judi is very interested in classroom design and showed the girls some of the websites that showed flexible learning spaces for the 21st century classroom. The girls wanted the room to be furnished as their ideal classroom so they brought all their own furniture from home and moved all the classroom furniture out! When I arrived on the scene I could hardly believe my eyes at the transformation!  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><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/AVvXsEidYPd0oM7oBPkn4GlF4TWxXcxEGS1bRlwGb90wo_rtPc63Di5xaJjcflCFRZy4g0JPugp_bkhiYcgiwhJby_qTEC-h4cMMAKk_h-Ca6VAKZiZ2eL9E89yM5QsTX8EBmIE0ZAmAPgaXRh4/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPITuOtgn2Ge_MeafjUKGKi3-EZrn5Dt-TdOgJBCVUTdulEhaVWAGiY55mR_wW3kHan2pN5-cjYOXziVHOCZ4M5NXY7he7m1tQNAl2BnMHqGy9wjTKbbY-G27VDdgzUDV5uopMuEIqHEc/?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;">This was before!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </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/AVvXsEiDBCiOzhMS-wt9ONOEZf0ajDx4hs3qZABYUxfcW6TOrOd4hKJ68ZYCJygmYrRF4m9iUgFHiZZBTJAB594p5s1V1ia_hSRqP9Deo5RVXJVCgdIDMAYHIMIKzA0ck1neGMFQcyubgARM-YE/s1600-h/image%25255B24%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXA4bxgDEaIDMG-aB1w4_VDRysXicT6bfpCcEkfWUQUlGCNgjQrGW2ABd5k5CLyicpSmUU12dQt9Gbzc5bdhzpz0YER1BeYpm5UZNUWYV7rvJLeHcQLZXPe-ueN9-ktW9o5ST8cg0ILE/?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;">This was after!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls were each placed with a partner, and then each pair linked with another pair to create a group of four. Each group could bring their own furniture choice from home. These included relaxing bean bags, coffee tables, carpets (even thick pile carpets), rolling chairs, Ottomans etc and the girls worked collaboratively to design what went where. It looked like a trendy interactive internet cafe! Gone were all the desks and chairs!!  The girls even drew up their own list of rules for the classroom.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what I saw when I arrived… </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaIohl62Z62z4ltRcbJw0ezxxm7CoaRYKzcSvMSjF05XbWCxjtV8VWwviiDzN5wxx0JsRYwpc-QWlbXrnTXktnlJ55yImGlaf8cXQnGN3XWmI2TPSlMR_L28tqyyiTlxLa9s-WGAXYSo/?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: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">The preparation</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judi and the Grade 6 class had a big build up to what she called JUST BLEND I.T project…and the girls all had to bring in their own devices.   Phew – phones, tablets both Android and iPad, laptops and anything in between was allowed!  </span><br /><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/AVvXsEj_cVOwhPTUeMXH6WQpc69QmKZWbmPai7K194iHPMOrDUDXfb7uRuqwz998LDLLCQHH-2rZ8fzeaaXRU6Ns3vxJnOYp-4p69XZ_iVfe8Hirn1BcUFpcmVwc19fjhcLRzhHB9Mt6yde8ygg/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fvrNQX5eZ0r4CWH_iPwKY0pklg7CJybS9Gwtd70wlHvfBDAYD03rdBCieTV3K8EBu1nCdV0SNEBj_soJkZ2MDp7YeULnqt9No4OxI46bFYCASpsCYIPIZhk-3SPKKqkcNQNtjGmgXsw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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Their JustBlendI.T. project was linked to learning about telescopes for space discovery. They found awesome scientists who were excited to link up online with them. They were from  the South African Telescope project, known as SKA Meerkat Project - a global project with South Africa leading the way. The various scientists visited the classroom via Skype on a daily basis and answered any queries the girls might have.  </span><br /><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/AVvXsEhyP-dLAdmmpwFf071EwD5CVpRWVjmsTs2mEWZwzNdylA9XCcUd1KxPGcCuOYLNDC2vccxOaMFsv9ZT_fsPLPlooL8Pe8-ySyglJ6OuFv-n-L2SdEa-OaEb45TtCA2KugpU5jK743h88Fs/s1600-h/image%25255B27%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWPGqgdeUmTiHyrSr_KN2vyz5eFXnv_C4YlnD__sR7R4LTB33rQ1jJaVF4dcOw7-HfyAV97eiWM6XAlue_vW7A8rEmK90qPNd_YP6WsT8UfBfrnBF0wK4w2QGNy14LlTCYdnMgrC3XQc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptipswRfo5vSPG9I47ScJgjiQcC946_YBgkd2R2ORqUO4Yrc5m2bWnYAB_B0DBJRhN4ykAfT-arCZFW1AgNABD_pFIfeApV4XaVX6nAfuiHxxh7LMZR4AI_9aXLi1Pd_lA7kXPScKLW4/s1600-h/image%25255B31%25255D.png"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPsDohDMtMPICamPch_AZPbNatdR-wus_F7c3fsqRGzGTLblxHJrDJHONkDjP6lJYga4R0rS5-Q3CcJyZv8SEXCtUkTCEiqbEm3Q9kUnwupXdpPh54HDCKMlHUkzxLMOkgFQ9ImP4jhA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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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="228" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">What made this project a flipped/blended classroom project?</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Work was set out by Judi on a class blog, and the girls displayed their learning on their own group blogs.  They researched</span>, discovered, investigated and created using mobile/digital devices. They used social media, blogging, emailing, fake Twitter, video conferencing, slide presentations, movies, movie trailers, Science songs, podcasting, YouTube, Google Docs and Digital Art. Gone was the traditional style of teaching, and in came blended learning using digital media. This meant that they were all learning using a wide variety of applications and devices. Each group seemed to know which device worked best for the various tasks. Judi had a rule that the girls need to learn the technology from one another and not from her during this week unless there was a real crisis that noone else could solve. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What I saw when I was there</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent such an interesting morning in the classroom. The girls were thoroughly engaged in their tasks for the day. I walked around chatting to them and they were all loving the experience. </span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judi was also walking around providing assistance where necessary. If someone raised a question that she felt the whole class should hear she stopped the class for a discussion on this aspect. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls had created songs about Space which they presented in their groups. I loved the creativity! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon it was time for the scientists to visit via Skype. There were three scientists that called in. The groups had prepared their questions and the scientists did an amazing job of answering these. The girls  recorded the conversation and took photos of any screenshots shown by the scientists. After the session they set about the task they needed to do as a result of the Skype session.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I marvelled at the way the girls collaborated and seemed to work out which of their devices would be the right one to use for the assigned task. </span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQWAj7_pag2NpX6vTQVvvxRMS_Hr4whPKdNWOcmzjg4ufB1e1b2agd1veAKcSALZTJkkz8AkeyVAf5tarqaYI3X4_nRFWitsFPNxccPJ6cVtqhkNxXAPXd1oDfhNoQw1iBTQ_W6LVO4o/s1600/skype+pic-Micklefield.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQWAj7_pag2NpX6vTQVvvxRMS_Hr4whPKdNWOcmzjg4ufB1e1b2agd1veAKcSALZTJkkz8AkeyVAf5tarqaYI3X4_nRFWitsFPNxccPJ6cVtqhkNxXAPXd1oDfhNoQw1iBTQ_W6LVO4o/s400/skype+pic-Micklefield.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The results of this project</b></span><br />Judi has entered this project for the Partners in Learning competition where anyone can read about it if they log into </span><a href="http://www.pil-network.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pil-network.com</span></a>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some of her observations: </span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The amount of collaborative learning that took place was enormous. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The engagement during the project was enormous.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls loved being able to share, create and collaborate in a vibrant environment. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls’ knowledge of using technology grew in leaps and bounds – they learned so easily from their peers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone experienced a steep learning curve (including Judi).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaching using blended learning is exciting, stimulating, supports all levels of abilities, creates excitement about learning, encourages deeper learning, aids collaboration and makes you smile!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls LOVED the experience and wished it could continue for longer.</span></li></ul><strong style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Resources</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to view Judi’s teaching blog the URL is: <a href="http://justblendit.blogspot.com/">http://justblendit.blogspot.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The girls’ group blogs can be viewed from Judi’s teaching blog, but here is one of them for quick reference: <a href="http://justblendit1.blogspot.com/">http://justblendit1.blogspot.com/</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls responses to the project can be found <a href="https://app.box.com/s/3d5r4rp7eml66mllqls4" target="_blank">here</a>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this experience very stimulating. Thank you SO much for inviting me to witness this, Judi and Micklefield Primary! Yes, you flipped and flattened the classroom very successfully!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqc5uSviNJ2gqWbs7Cdv5rJOrTtfjBVBRYOKvZUNhp4dR6dFVFXr6bzJ_uu1yBobj8dRMMxFkqkJSqIZMtV7-SYkCDD1lP15STFOiNZFVW6f0SSuFPpA_mL9WfDnywWWIIM-FhzeFJ3M/?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></div>

Flipped classroom profiles schools Teachers Judi Francisco’s amazing Grade 6 blended/flipped classroom project at Micklefield Primary

Judi Francisco is a very creative technology co-ordinator from Micklefield Girls’ Primary School in Cape Town. I always like to keep my eye ...

Three SchoolNet trainers featured in Intel’s ‘10 million teachers – Opening Doors of Opportunity’ site

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">  <br />Intel@ Teach recently celebrated training 10 million teachers! (SchoolNet offers their marvelous courses free of charge to educators in South Africa). Intel called this celebration ‘10 million teachers – Opening Doors of Opportunity’ and they asked teachers around the world to submit their teacher stories   Three of our South African teachers (all ‘Schoolnetters’) have their stories featured on their site - <a href="http://10millionteachers.intel.com/" title="http://10millionteachers.intel.com/">http://10millionteachers.intel.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>1. Brenda Hallowes</strong></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRuSEMC5Y6zVXN1qN3HxjsoagCE1nlLaFE4OY5Th5pRE_Zj_JTRrg9ZX4nU07FLSQ6FdP1XeLHAsq9U24932V-BVFm8A7ZT-KfXdCpHsCeoVBhtYcZgsaIvGgUuikfTtYVQDwOsUHh6M/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnftJat3Aa5wzTsl-76NOp-rRp4J0D0O8AKHspWSst_TjmZStXYUikCYmmT7TqvtJ6gczuKBl5DywkN7wLRkKbp-WBbef7eBxKY4nQ6jTzHxd1gaXf2c77tftqnLopG1w2GJ77CXuD5-0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="202" /></a><br /><br /><u></u><u>School Name</u>: Cotswold Preparatory School<br /><br /><u>Subjects</u>: I Am Presently The Computer Teacher At My School <br /><br />“I completed the Intel Teach to the Future course in September 2003. At the time I was the media teacher at a school in Durban and I was so excited about implementing project-based learning and ICT integration. Unfortunately, a few months later my husband and I re-located to a rural area of Kwa Zulu Natal. I taught in the village school, which didn’t have computers, but I used my personal laptop in my classroom to introduce my Grade 6 class to using technology when we did a project on water. This was a great success and the children couldn’t wait to do more. The project work was also a new approach for the other teachers on the staff and I shared some ideas with them – especially in the area of questioning. Read more…<a href="http://10millionteachers.intel.com/teachers/47/brenda-hallowes">http://10millionteachers.intel.com/teachers/47/brenda-hallowes</a>  "<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>2. Dezlin Jacobs</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n22pbKHM2V8EDEm0awD_snT-GFhxEq_Ellep9ngbb4OTb-2MCxBzzpdDdrNPv0wBtAfzmpmM5K1Ae6fIcF_IqEE24dfsy811oIYY64dLGTNGuNKgMoA8TXcqa7Z1vx1heeq1u6tMOkY/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4PZbqZ-vEk1FDMyHWysw6SYZdUSMsYYaDwAPwv7QrJOg-lme7fW9Weu8DE0wuTRtYbjgbmozMEXZEZYWkwp7oAG_sdtGQOVYzfgWG0TajZoIpe8-ngVsV7BDK82yp3dRSCiBhONmuaE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><br /><br /><u>School Name</u>: SchoolNet SA <br /><br /><u>Subjects</u>: Intel Project Co-ordinator <br /><br />"I was first introduced to the Intel Teach Program as a student in 2006. I was completing my Post Graduate certificate in Education at the University of Pretoria and the Intel Teach to the Future Course was part of our training. It was my first taste of integrating technology into the classroom and was a springboard for my future. SchoolNet SA invited me to improve my original portfolio—which received a Silver grading—to a Gold and then to go on to become a trainer for Intel Teach to the Future (now titled the Intel Teach Essentials Course)." <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>3. Peter Moeng</strong></span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdSvlAPK69wHYvUQhnuGLMLOC54k02eevO5RCCBKWkK8XoM43CyFMypjd6AZLKjgW0h8WwP1vu1GcZHEgJC7JqmXokMLZF0_lFk2jL6nGKdKputn5NLp5qUn_g-_XuoVuflIdzLQzNWk/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i6Uoa-WOesVNfCg9B9b0fLeuV9UyX3_whZBqQxpk24AoQ7wqa9WM-irHDE_5nL1XDDC-NO_bbaH7m4fi_-fCp9xJrVNNV92P-vsM-iB_c6s9X3JhRkP6KDzh5sAqy_GQhNjA9tsWjVw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a> <br /><br /><u>School Name</u>: Boikagong Secondary School <br /><br /><u>Subjects</u>: Basic Computer Literacy, End User Computing, CAT<br /><br />"The Intel Teach program has been embraced warmly by teachers and learners alike. There is remarkable interest in using ICT, and learning has been stimulated by the research projects that learners do. There is also remarkable discovery of new skills and new approaches to learning. New basic skills have been taught using computers and there is also development of new practices on how best to integrate teaching and learning. It has created good opportunities to explore and make use of other applications. However, some teachers do not have much interest in working with computers, Internet connectivity is still a need in this area, and a lack of good computers is still a large problem -- particularly with such rapid changes of technology and software."   <br /><br />SchoolNet would like to congratulate these three educators and all the other SchoolNet trainers around South Africa for their dedication and enthusiasm in training our teachers in how to integrate technology with good pedagogy.  </div>

profiles Three SchoolNet trainers featured in Intel’s ‘10 million teachers – Opening Doors of Opportunity’ site

Intel@ Teach recently celebrated training 10 million teachers! (SchoolNet offers their marvelous courses free of charge to educators in So...

Thinkquest training in Ghana

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a guest post submitted by Claire Dean from Stirling Primary. Claire has been a Microsoft Innovative Teacher finalist twice. She has been a world-wide winner of the Thinkquest projects competition along with Brenda Hallowes from Port Elizabeth in 2009. Claire is also a trainer with SchoolNet SA.</span></i> <br /><br />The Ghanaian Ministry of Education requested training on “Getting started with ThinkQuest Projects”. Claire Dean (from East London) and Shirley-Ann Oldnall Jansen (from Irene) facilitated these workshops in Accra, Ghana at the beginning of October 2011.  They also had a meeting with Mr Charles Aheto-Tsegah, the Deputy Director General of the Ghana Education Service. He would like to put ThinkQuest in all Ghanaian schools with internet connectivity.  All went very well and it was a great experience.<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Below you can see Claire, Richmond Atta-Williams (of the MoE), Shirley, and Harry Tetteh (former ThinkQuest competition winner as a student in front of the National ICT and Science Resource Centre where the training was held.</div></div><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/AVvXsEge6qnbGGTVpEBSYtNHC8_M_PAUqADY-Yyu3eys6PoMpU3qYKcJ5NvYAlpQUR0Q37sMhS-meigxhTdRrxmAnfOCE1asIAIwT3oUZy1ZRLOfOFlglOeRIjbgT3qHDnpLlRgOWYucl0U5_jw/s1600/100_3655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6qnbGGTVpEBSYtNHC8_M_PAUqADY-Yyu3eys6PoMpU3qYKcJ5NvYAlpQUR0Q37sMhS-meigxhTdRrxmAnfOCE1asIAIwT3oUZy1ZRLOfOFlglOeRIjbgT3qHDnpLlRgOWYucl0U5_jw/s400/100_3655.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhYQgGH0HTWTLEckBpSBfjuE2ktK5rJ87RtoUQHK5Jg5RV_Dw-qZGtMi5hBzr17QFBEkiBe2MOFeDoHNDUB7iU-yBCK5qQKz3qSPiIMwCFiPBLGC03j6UWjd63kAZz2XpD52u0TptitASk/s1600/100_3661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQgGH0HTWTLEckBpSBfjuE2ktK5rJ87RtoUQHK5Jg5RV_Dw-qZGtMi5hBzr17QFBEkiBe2MOFeDoHNDUB7iU-yBCK5qQKz3qSPiIMwCFiPBLGC03j6UWjd63kAZz2XpD52u0TptitASk/s400/100_3661.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shirley and Claire relaxing on the hotel's private beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>

Guest post profiles Training Thinkquest training in Ghana

This is a guest post submitted by Claire Dean from Stirling Primary. Claire has been a Microsoft Innovative Teacher finalist twice. She has ...

What about getting involved in SchoolNet's Adobe Youth Voices programme?

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_xnwjbj="167"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="576"><span closure_uid_1y7c86="171" closure_uid_e15aav="106" closure_uid_e4bohe="106" closure_uid_xnwjbj="166" style="font-size: 10pt;">Submitted by Warren Sparrow</span><br /><em><span closure_uid_1y7c86="171" closure_uid_e15aav="106" closure_uid_e4bohe="106" closure_uid_xnwjbj="166" style="font-size: 10pt;">SchoolNetSA offers the Adobe Youth Voices programme to interested teachers. This is an exciting way of using video meaningfully with your learners to highlight issues in society. If you are accepted into the programme Adobe (via SchoolNet) sends you Adobe Premier and Adobe Photoshop Essentials with enough licenses for the group of learners you will use. They offer  free online training in a group setting along with educators from around the world, and then require a project in the form of a movie. Warren Sparrow's movie is entitled Super Veggie Man and was selected to represent South Africa at the recent Adobe Youth Media Conference in Taiwan. Warren writes this guest post about his experience in Taiwan. Just to tell you a little more about Warren, he teaches at </span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><i closure_uid_xnwjbj="154"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Rondebosch Prep,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.rondebosch.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.rondebosch.com</span></a>,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span closure_uid_e4bohe="575" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">where he is the</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> H</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span closure_uid_e15aav="120" closure_uid_xnwjbj="170" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">ead of Information Technology. He</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span closure_uid_e15aav="121" closure_uid_xnwjbj="169" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> was a winner of the Microsoft Innovative Teacher competition in 2010 in South Africa and in Pan Africa and participated in the World Finals event in Cape Town with his project "Who wants to be a millionaire” <span closure_uid_e4bohe="108" closure_uid_xnwjbj="165">which can be found at</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i closure_uid_xnwjbj="171"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><a closure_uid_xnwjbj="157" href="http://www.wsparrow.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.wsparrow.co.za</span></a></span>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">This year</span></i></span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">he won</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span closure_uid_xnwjbj="174" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">the 21st century classroom project of the year, for the most  innovative use  of technology for enhancing learning in schools in South Africa.  His school has recently been admitted into the Microsoft Innovative Schools programme - the third South African school to receive this distinction.</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span closure_uid_xnwjbj="175" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">He is currently working on a mathematics outreach program called “Maths is Fun” which can be found at</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.wsparrow.co.za/maths" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.wsparrow.co.za/maths</span></a>.</span></i></span></i></span></div></div><div closure_uid_xnwjbj="167">  </div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_xnwjbj="176" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span closure_uid_xnwjbj="177" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I have written a brief synopsis of the conference below:</span></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/AVvXsEik7oLMDptoxywuAvzrDyYmorYq_585mar3vdYTI2NY7QcWW4uQZd9DKoo0s5AkSUjPt-a14Ql4NQEmIre8o-SneIqTD0z1UOrZa3foE50a6hUn6_ANe8iITfj2Xo7J-j4PbxKUtrXY_lc/s1600/The+group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7oLMDptoxywuAvzrDyYmorYq_585mar3vdYTI2NY7QcWW4uQZd9DKoo0s5AkSUjPt-a14Ql4NQEmIre8o-SneIqTD0z1UOrZa3foE50a6hUn6_ANe8iITfj2Xo7J-j4PbxKUtrXY_lc/s400/The+group.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The group</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_xnwjbj="176" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span closure_uid_xnwjbj="178" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">From the Opening ceremony I was immediately impressed with the vision of how important collaboration is between both other teachers, as well as other learners from different countries.   This was one of the underlying themes through the conference.  Although there were many other themes, like peace, etc, I think this is what sets it apart from many of the other conferences that I have attended.</span></span></div><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/AVvXsEhb4e1qQa4n-FDQKY8iQXXVvy4BuDeJKJwAJRNxIFmyhMaAMRrCqxRhZwCTiZTNM7YdOJ3M2HVMlofyzN3SmNz2lfupItZiLeAuoiJJBddCuLUMsaUEeQFO1M3swo8h7V6yPPI1EdgH0B4/s1600/everyone+at+conference.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="120" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4e1qQa4n-FDQKY8iQXXVvy4BuDeJKJwAJRNxIFmyhMaAMRrCqxRhZwCTiZTNM7YdOJ3M2HVMlofyzN3SmNz2lfupItZiLeAuoiJJBddCuLUMsaUEeQFO1M3swo8h7V6yPPI1EdgH0B4/s400/everyone+at+conference.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone at Conference</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_xnwjbj="176" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="110"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span closure_uid_e4bohe="109" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I found the workshops most worthwhile.  I was v</span></span><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">ery happy to attend the learning – circles workshop that gave me an overview of the entire project approach.  They also explained how each project was divided into 6 categories and went through the phases of each learning circle which would stretch over a period of 16 weeks. </span></span></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="110"><br /></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_e4bohe="165" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWrW27NlTvVFgnIn5eQm3Lf6PgFpw3BgMITa-XVkPS4LSGdsWMfB1udoPJ4Dt2hyGNOZmKmX3-nQjZxJdXBWZQrXIj-UJU_XfUArap2OGoS-A4rXz9TigniWpPVsU1Jm3zc87GBzuyTI/s1600/opening+cermony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWrW27NlTvVFgnIn5eQm3Lf6PgFpw3BgMITa-XVkPS4LSGdsWMfB1udoPJ4Dt2hyGNOZmKmX3-nQjZxJdXBWZQrXIj-UJU_XfUArap2OGoS-A4rXz9TigniWpPVsU1Jm3zc87GBzuyTI/s400/opening+cermony.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="110"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="166"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The  talk by Lara Nietzer covered some of the same content, but she gave very good examples of some of the projects have been integrated into their school curriculum.</span></span></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="166"><br /></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="166"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The workshop that Rowena ran was one of my favourite.  Her passion and knowledge of her subject was very evident in her talk and she had very good ideas on how to implement different things that I found very worthwhile.  I was amazed at her knowledge across the different topics that she discussed.  I will be implementing the solar cooking project with the learners at my school and her talk on the vegetable garden was obviously a topic very close to my heart.  She also dazzled us with the UV beads and gave us lesson notes on how we could implement this into our class.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="253"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="476"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The talk by Sergi and Ramon from Spain where they linked everything that they have been doing with Web 2.0 tools with the growing and producing of wine was very entertaining.  They emphasised how important it was to have a whole school approach and not just an individual that runs the program.</span></span></div></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="253"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" closure_uid_e4bohe="540" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><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/AVvXsEigX4ffm4MqbFyWnSjBzpGsUzuYoEPreIM1RC0DxthbIAXszet-kHnL6fxoCtvIplKd5FI1UUBpH6sdFN1kAbxblXWof2Zd5maxpghoJAGHgTuXske7NGD_6U1uQZOxrhRo59pLwOgQpGM/s1600/Some+workshops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX4ffm4MqbFyWnSjBzpGsUzuYoEPreIM1RC0DxthbIAXszet-kHnL6fxoCtvIplKd5FI1UUBpH6sdFN1kAbxblXWof2Zd5maxpghoJAGHgTuXske7NGD_6U1uQZOxrhRo59pLwOgQpGM/s400/Some+workshops.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the workshops</td></tr></tbody></table><div closure_uid_e4bohe="474"></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The My Hero Project that was presented by the facilitator and 2 learners from Iraq was very good and they gave a very detailed presentation of the different videos that the learners had created, which allowed us to see the finished product and how the project was developed.  I was so impressed with this project that I immediately e-mailed a member of staff at my school and asked her to download the manual and go through it and she has agreed to run this project later on during the year.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="197" style="border: currentColor;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I was blown away by Toni Casserrrass’ OpenSims talk.  Although I think that I might be a little way off doing something similar and it is also more suited to high school learners, I would really like for my learners to experience this.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div style="border: currentColor;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The  Film festival was another favourite of mine.  It was very enjoyable seeing what other learners had created and what their messages were.    I was amazed at some of the levels of proficiency of  the videos that were created.  </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="574" style="border: currentColor;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="542"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">There was also a very good cultural stand and exhibition which gave us the opportunity to talk to other teachers and talk to them about their project or country.</span></span></div><div closure_uid_e4bohe="542"><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/AVvXsEhoWegAOyDQOv4mngjipxyhYkmFM95YunhTZraxcqIlsCrvR4UouUYEeJaCqsQMevBRC3FQjDwoZGb0sYkPxqtiTwC2_9xulR0hKa6_Dc-J8CkRYQcuqmrAMaRXIQglvkJT3keGRqb67PM/s1600/Taiwan+city+life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWegAOyDQOv4mngjipxyhYkmFM95YunhTZraxcqIlsCrvR4UouUYEeJaCqsQMevBRC3FQjDwoZGb0sYkPxqtiTwC2_9xulR0hKa6_Dc-J8CkRYQcuqmrAMaRXIQglvkJT3keGRqb67PM/s400/Taiwan+city+life.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" closure_uid_e4bohe="573" style="text-align: center;">Tapai city life</td></tr></tbody></table><div closure_uid_e4bohe="542"><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border: currentColor;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span closure_uid_e4bohe="541" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Our outing to Taipei on the speed train, going to the night markets , seeing the largest Buddist temple in Taiwan, as well as going to a few museums was incredible.  It was a surreal experience and it was amazing seeing the hustle and bustle of the city life.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /><div style="border: currentColor;"><div closure_uid_e4bohe="495"><div closure_uid_fon4xb="108"><span lang="EN-ZA"><span closure_uid_fon4xb="109" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I must admit that I had a great time and I thought it was an incredible experience.  I have come back with so many ideas that I am using in the school and showing other staff members.  It will take me a little while to go through all the projects from website and manuals.  I am starting by giving short feedback sessions over 3 days every week to the staff and hopefully this will continue for the rest of the year!</span></span></div></div></div></div><div closure_uid_1y7c86="158" closure_uid_xnwjbj="167" style="border: currentColor;"></div><div closure_uid_xnwjbj="167" style="border: currentColor;"><div closure_uid_1y7c86="159"><div closure_uid_fon4xb="117">Here is Warren's movie entitled Super Veggie Man</div></div></div><div closure_uid_eqn44c="136"><iframe frameborder="0" height="375" src="http://www.schooltube.com/embed/58be1f70e1973c694fad" width="500"></iframe></div><div closure_uid_eqn44c="125"><div closure_uid_fon4xb="106"><a href="http://got.im/4Lm6">http://got.im/4Lm6</a></div></div></div>

What about getting involved in SchoolNet's Adobe Youth Voices programme?

Adobe Youth voices Collaboration Guest post profiles Project-based learning What about getting involved in SchoolNet's Adobe Youth Voices programme?

Submitted by Warren Sparrow SchoolNetSA offers the Adobe Youth Voices programme to interested teachers. This is an exciting way of using vid...

Southern Stars

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">SchoolnetSA has encouraged some superstars to shine over the past few years.  With support through training and access to innovative practices,  several teachers have had the opportunity to shine on the international stage.<br />At the moment, there are 5 such “Southern Stars”<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhws0Ev7XA_gE8gdWyQwt5gXQHHnfRwuiNSQYbINQ7FbvzmHFswxBCFsTEmFa3H7q6t8Tx5S7K-tgwIg1jo44erEoV0y0NCsE0khp5kGG0OWujK5uoiiTHdmB5eF42BpSmefZH4NDN0hsw/s1600/hlengiwe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhws0Ev7XA_gE8gdWyQwt5gXQHHnfRwuiNSQYbINQ7FbvzmHFswxBCFsTEmFa3H7q6t8Tx5S7K-tgwIg1jo44erEoV0y0NCsE0khp5kGG0OWujK5uoiiTHdmB5eF42BpSmefZH4NDN0hsw/s200/hlengiwe.jpg" width="159" /></a></div>Hlengiwe Mfeka’s story is found on the Case Studies page of the Blog.  She and 2 learners are off to Santa Clara, California on the 2 August  to attend the Adobe Youth Voices Summit.  Hlengiwe’s mentorship has helped learners at Mconjwana High School in rural KZN to produce a very thought provoking and moving movie on Street Children.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Another Southern Star who has just returned from dazzling teachers in the Northern Hemisphere is Warren Sparrow.   <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnKkLS-7IrUwgj24w5yPeeTxH1ilaKL2RsDsFr74R3yG0aLBlvhu6Av7p8EWJ5Rn6_liijJYvmE1OKxDe3kd4kEJ9UyN08ifubx2QqTeWr_Hhg3EuB_33gwvifFwq4K5ceWw1IeiioiA/s1600/warren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnKkLS-7IrUwgj24w5yPeeTxH1ilaKL2RsDsFr74R3yG0aLBlvhu6Av7p8EWJ5Rn6_liijJYvmE1OKxDe3kd4kEJ9UyN08ifubx2QqTeWr_Hhg3EuB_33gwvifFwq4K5ceWw1IeiioiA/s200/warren.jpg" width="128" /></a></div>Warren is a previous Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum winner.  His “Veggie Man”  media project has been selected to be showcased as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Festival. This project will be screened with other projects during the International Education and Resource Network (IEARN) Conference in Taiwan.   This conference was held in Kaohsiung City (2nd Largest city in Taiwan) and the theme was Green Tech, Green Life, Green Era.   SchoolNetSA staff felt it was a bit sad for his media piece to go to Taiwan without him, and managed to find a sponsor so that he could accompany it!  We look forward to hearing Warren’s reflections on the IEARN conference.   You can see his video at  http://www.schooltube.com/video/58be1f70e1973c694fad/Super-Veggie-Man<br /><br />The other three “Southern Stars” are on their way to Washington USA right now.  <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49tpiPmnJ50B-xh3qxD93Ic2OxeYm2VkTn4_KTGi-Ez4rk8cwJUcaOxUFL-2ggs_jPSYu_rgcphaiRAOBh9r57au_8sLVFTRSYyySnM5vE4KXy7m1wS1cjoD-5R1QdwKU31mtiexZYUc/s1600/fiona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49tpiPmnJ50B-xh3qxD93Ic2OxeYm2VkTn4_KTGi-Ez4rk8cwJUcaOxUFL-2ggs_jPSYu_rgcphaiRAOBh9r57au_8sLVFTRSYyySnM5vE4KXy7m1wS1cjoD-5R1QdwKU31mtiexZYUc/s200/fiona.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Fiona Beal, Ngaka Ralekoala and Cheryl Douglas.  They have been selected to be part of the  inaugural Microsoft Partners-in-Learning Institute week at MS Headquarters in USA.  The Partners in learning Network has identified the top innovative teachers in the World, and Fiona, Cheryl and Ngaka are amongst the less that 500 teachers globally who have been invited to join the circle and the even more exclusive group who have been invited to attend the workshop.  All three have been winners in the South African  Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum in the past. We look forward to profiling them and their excellent work soon.<br /><br />These are all exceptional teachers – but all Premium Members have the opportunity of becoming exceptional.  SchoolnetSA is committed to helping all teachers grow to new levels of innovation.   Being involved in PM interventions and entering the Innovative Educators Forum competition next year is a good place to start.</div>