Two South African teachers highlighted in the Global Classroom Project awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>Submitted by Fiona Beal with permission from Karen Stadler</i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>We, at Schoolnet, are very proud of two of our teachers from South Africa who have been highlighted as ‘Global Lead Teachers’ in the </em><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/"><em>Global Classroom Project.</em></a><em> Karen Stadler is the ICT Integration Co-ordinator for Elkanah House’s Senior Primary campus in Cape Town. She keeps a blog called <a href="http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/">All Things ICT.</a>  <a href="http://cotslabnotes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Hallowes</a> is from Cotswold Preparatory School in Port Elizabeth and we featured one of her posts on our SchoolNet blog yesterday.  I asked Karen if I could use the <a href="http://karenstadler.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/an-honour/" target="_blank">blogpost</a> she wrote in response to the honour she and Brenda received and here it is…</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><br /></em></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/AVvXsEgxWaTZFJ85QpoMBpqdtL2sV2VM-jNERTlopm40W0HNu4xe4LFeS_u8yvHBV1e8CHRtCraLkW02LZv9liR95VT0Xl9DjORtnyQor4GJWeWxOCfm28rvUVSRIiO58bGX2kgtsuAWui01QEI/s1600/Karen5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="43" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWaTZFJ85QpoMBpqdtL2sV2VM-jNERTlopm40W0HNu4xe4LFeS_u8yvHBV1e8CHRtCraLkW02LZv9liR95VT0Xl9DjORtnyQor4GJWeWxOCfm28rvUVSRIiO58bGX2kgtsuAWui01QEI/s400/Karen5.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen's blog called 'All Things ICT'</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Karen relates:</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“On Friday afternoon, 16 November, I took part in the Global Classroom Project 2012 -2013 launch presentation, which was one of the presentations in the Global Education Conference 2012, a free online conference connecting educators and organisations worldwide. It started on Monday, 12 November and ran around the clock for five days!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was invited to take part by Michael Graffin (@mgraffin), co-founder of the Global Classroom Project and I was truly honoured to do so. I spoke about why global interaction and collaboration in education is important and I also reflected on her own project, Crazy Crazes, which is currently underway (<a href="http://crazycrazes.wikispaces.com/">http://crazycrazes.wikispaces.com</a>) and other highlights of 2012. Four of our Grade 4 pupils also shared their experiences and they did so well. I am so proud of how well they spoke and how they handled themselves! This was a wonderful opportunity and we were very proud to promote our school on this global platform. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This excerpt from Michael’s post in the Global Classroom Project blog, brought a lump to my throat. He says:<br /> "</span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">But perhaps the most emotional moment was when we handed over the microphone to some of our #globalclassroom students – from </span><a href="http://www.elkanah.co.za/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #009bc2; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Elkanah House</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">, in Cape Town, South Africa. </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: 'Droid Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><i>THANK YOU to Sarah, Abigail, Tyra, and Matthew – you did yourselves proud! And thank you to their wonderful teacher, Karen Stadler (@ICT_Integrator) who made it all possible."</i> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjh3D6ZdpnMwRl1y5M0_zC1pv0TJnRCq1p-33ZL_iqz74kBR-90FFBMzzZFE7knRqNxw5tGSoUT6wk1Lz1g1nEZVCK7AMnSYjRrQ0sTyfXbyesBYUOun-kdCG0QLp-Zmy8C9bDgYbfPiQs/s1600-h/Karen1%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Karen1" border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1my5PtX5c0MyUjrXILz2n-DBTetbqjpQhBMXwEiwEqLF_j6iRieidkqLiub8cgW1CZ4QqWLm2Sl6vJBBPnEcOzY2zTYSF20h7qTMRJr86cOu4AOjv3JKsh4-DcqCwR_cPZjJa2OHbN9Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Karen1" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Graffin's acknowledgement of Karen and her students</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o read more about the presentation and listen to the recording of this event, look </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/global-classroom-2012-13-launch-slides-and-recording/">here</a></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the presentation Michael Graffin announced the inauguration of the annual<strong><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/announcing-global-classroom-lead-teachers-2012/#comment-824">“Global Classroom Lead Teacher” Award</a></strong>, which recognises teachers who’ve made an extraordinary contribution to the development and success of the #globalclassroom community over the past year. Imagine my surprise when I saw my name on that list, along with 25 other amazing, dedicated teachers from around the world! Brenda Hallowes from Cotswold Preparatory School in Port Elizabeth and I were both named – the only two teachers from Africa! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I get to add this lovely badge to my blog: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6NCRdd84UFTnYFuV6PuzZSAnG9Uef3dc4UZ_rj8UTKBMEbSd21apBVUqxWk-3ps1erTzSs9nynICE4ABgDdSbWNM79fSaSQjTkicFsTZoTXPckKY7ZYV7iL9OLsaCyeOW1p1Imj78mk/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzBNFCHiso7DsvD7eGoqE_F5Ezbla6W2hCA9dSMLOZxGpxPQPG9ktQLrDm4mwM-PXqDcB2oBKQ_mHAgEWrmPJLkUtquw9Ic_mliBasLxmBav77hxTHenALGrmXfq56sdB7bEViwXiXbA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="237" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please pop on over to the <strong><a href="http://theglobalclassroomproject.wordpress.com/">Global Classroom Project blog</a></strong> and see what amazing connections are being made and how, as a #globalclassroom community, we can make a difference to the way in which our children learn and how they see themselves as global citizens of the world!” </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Karen, and a million congratulations to you and Brenda from PE from all of us!</span></div>

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