TeachMeet season has started in South Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the past year, worldwide, a different kind of professional development movement has started and become very widespread. This type of professional development is called an EdCamp (mostly found in the US) or a TeachMeet, a UK term. In South Africa we have adopted the UK term and have been pleased to see the growth of TeachMeets. These are generally a type of collaborative conferences lasting but a few hours, better known as an 'unconferences' since the attendees are the presenters and the focus is on the needs and wants of those attending.  I like the way one TeachMeet advertised itself - "connecting educators to their most valuable resource - each other!"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our TeachMeet season has started. SchoolNet started a wiki in 2011 called <a href="http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Teachmeet-South Africa</a>, to keep a record of TeachMeets around South Africa. Please feel free to advertise any informal conferences and unconferences on this wiki. The wiki also explains how TeachMeets work. All you have to do to advertise your event is join the wiki, press edit and then write up the date of your TeachMeet. </span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><br /><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>TeachMeet in Somerset West</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This took place last week and was a most enjoyable event. To find out more about it read the post </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://teachmeet%20at%20somerset%20house%20on%20weds%2013th%20feb%E2%80%93an%20inspiring%20evening/" target="_blank">TeachMeet at Somerset House on Weds 13th Feb–an inspiring evening</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYxb3S2nwlusUVhxyX5FQa8yoYMv-UPddboyLdR5axrzfj2u5zZWdPL3QpQD_vHB1fJfRIkzUibh5xjx8wg5giMVmiKe12I-Z-h_DbFKM2iE8Neuw7yg0df5amUSQBChLjQJlMqmPvtY/s1600/TeachMeet+helderberg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYxb3S2nwlusUVhxyX5FQa8yoYMv-UPddboyLdR5axrzfj2u5zZWdPL3QpQD_vHB1fJfRIkzUibh5xjx8wg5giMVmiKe12I-Z-h_DbFKM2iE8Neuw7yg0df5amUSQBChLjQJlMqmPvtY/s320/TeachMeet+helderberg.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>TeachMeet in East London</b></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two schools in East London are taking turns in holding the TeachMeet. Last year Stirling Primary was the host and now it is Clarendon Primary's turn on Tuesday 13 March from 3-5pm. Read more about this event on the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">TeachMeet South Africa<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="text-decoration: initial;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span></span></a>wiki and please do consider participating if you live in the area. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuivsroIKL3o3YB6MV-vQPDa8LS7ZEgLvnr2YmsQbMjH8rZ0MpHDMkGJM9xb8C8QO7m96cZS9ckYn5EsA4kx5MmzFHGWgZKGJTHP0qDp15thSU3lVid9QkgRNzeFbv6TYIfqkGk3kZLcU/s1600/TM+East+London.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuivsroIKL3o3YB6MV-vQPDa8LS7ZEgLvnr2YmsQbMjH8rZ0MpHDMkGJM9xb8C8QO7m96cZS9ckYn5EsA4kx5MmzFHGWgZKGJTHP0qDp15thSU3lVid9QkgRNzeFbv6TYIfqkGk3kZLcU/s320/TM+East+London.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">Brescia House, Johannesburg  'How do I do IT in my class' day</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Brescia House in Johannesburg is holding an </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">'How do you do IT in your class?' day 16 March 2013. This sounds as though it could be a great occasion where lots of ideas will be shared. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgz51fyyWN-edUpuCMGCS7uneY0vFtObNvvvhGv61Q7MW1P99iK1xhiyCn79fOIplo5nPCMlgVrycYm5yWI8Lvbg5B0s-fCqSztQ6g7elUH0LZM2eGfTWybcW9ZkkSXF3DPBkXNjVPec/s1600/brescia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgz51fyyWN-edUpuCMGCS7uneY0vFtObNvvvhGv61Q7MW1P99iK1xhiyCn79fOIplo5nPCMlgVrycYm5yWI8Lvbg5B0s-fCqSztQ6g7elUH0LZM2eGfTWybcW9ZkkSXF3DPBkXNjVPec/s400/brescia.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #535f65; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's your view? Do you think a TeachMeet is a viable form of Professional Development.</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><b><span style="color: #535f65;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Further reading</span></span></span></b><br /><a href="http://edublogs.org/2010/10/01/edublogs-weekly-review-edcamps-and-teach-meets-a-new-kind-of-professional-development/" style="color: #535f65; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 36px;" target="_blank">Teach Meets – A new kind of professional development</a><br /><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/about-edcamp-unconference-history" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;" target="_blank">Introduction to Edcamp: A New Conference Model Built on Collaboration</a></div></div>

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