Upcoming TeachMeets in South Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal</i><br />I am glad to report that there are quite a number of TeachMeets about to take place around South Africa. This is exciting!  If you live anywhere near these areas please do investigate. At a TeachMeet, which is a free event, teachers volunteer to share for three minutes about a successful lesson that involved technology integration. It is a great time of networking, learning, sharing and friendship.  Usually they submit a PowerPoint, a video, etc to the organiser so that they can show their lesson as they talk. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Previous TeachMeet posts</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />I have written quite a few TeachMeet posts on this blog in the past: </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-not-hold-teachmeet-in-your-area.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-not-hold-teachmeet-in-your-area.html</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-teachmeet-ideas-from-partners-in.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-teachmeet-ideas-from-partners-in.html</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/microsoft-introduces-teachmeets-into.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/microsoft-introduces-teachmeets-into.html</a><br /><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/elkanah-house-runs-with-teachmeet-idea.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/elkanah-house-runs-with-teachmeet-idea.html</a><br /><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/report-back-on-elkanah-house-teachmeet.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/report-back-on-elkanah-house-teachmeet.ht</a></span></div><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-once-only-imagined-has-arrived.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/12/day-once-only-imagined-has-arrived.html</a><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Upcoming TeachMeets</span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a list of the upcoming TeachMeets in the order that they will take place:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Somerset House in Somerset West is holding a TeachMeet on Weds 23rd May at 6pm. Read more and sign up here: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thattechteacher/teachmeet">https://sites.google.com/site/thattechteacher/teachmeet</a><br /><br />2. St Mary's in Durban is holding the first ever kwaZulu-Natal TeachMeet in Durban on Tuesday 29th May at 6pm. Read more and sign up here: <a href="http://teachmeetdurban.wikispaces.com/home">http://teachmeetdurban.wikispaces.com/home</a><br /><br />3. This is not really a TeachMeet as such but something similar happening in Durban. It is the very first meeting of <i>ed<b>ICT</b>s (Education ICT Society) </i>meeting. The focus will be on the “<i>Flipped classroom</i>’ with Neith Moore from DGHS starting the discussion by sharing about her successful flipped classroom project. Please contact <a href="mailto:charliw@telkomsa.net">charliw@telkomsa.net</a> to find out more.The date is Wednesday 30th May at 3:15pm</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />4. Elkanah House is having their next ever-popular TeachMeet followed by an iPadmeet on </span><span style="font-size: small;">Saturday 2nd June at 11am. Read more and sign up here <a href="http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com/">http://elkteachmeet.pbworks.com</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">5. Microsoft is holding their second TeachMeet</span><span style="font-size: small;"> on Monday 4th June in Johannesburg. from 15:00–17:30. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Contact <a href="mailto:v-gladym@microsoft.com">v-gladym@microsoft.com</a> to find out more.<br />The presentation template can be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.pil-network.com/Discussion/c10c0a0b-efca-48f1-bde0-767e0a88d8cd%20">http://www.pil-network.com/Discussion/c10c0a0b-efca-48f1-bde0-767e0a88d8cd </a></span><br /><br /><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take a peek!</span></b><br /><br />At this point I'll add the two Slideshares from the last Elkanah House TeachMeet in Cape Town to give you an idea of how it was done.<br /><br /><div id="__ss_11845117" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind/teachmeetphoto25feb2012" target="_blank" title="TeachMeet-Photo25feb2012">TeachMeet-Photo25feb2012</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11845117" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind" target="_blank">TeachMeets @ Elkanah</a> </div></div><div id="__ss_11891684" style="width: 425px;"><b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind/teachmeet-photos-25feb2012" target="_blank" title="TeachMeet Photos 25feb2012">TeachMeet Photos 25feb2012</a></b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="355" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/11891684" width="425"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/folklind" target="_blank">TeachMeets @ Elkanah</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">And now for a challenge</span></b>... </span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why not take the plunge and start a TeachMeet in your area? Please take a look at the <a href="http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/">http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/ </a>to see how to go about this. You can also place your advert there so that we know about your venture. It's a great way to network and get to know other like-minded teachers in your area. </span></div>  </div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div></div>

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Submitted by Fiona Beal I am glad to report that there are quite a number of TeachMeets about to take place around South Africa. This is exc...

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