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We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar, 'Putting your story on the map with Google Tour Builder' will be held this coming Thursday 30th November 2017 at 3:15pm (GMT+2). Our speaker will be Linda Foulkes, MIEE / Freelance Trainer / Consultant / Courseware Author / eLearning Content Creator at Foulkes@Work in the United Kingdom. This will be SchoolNet's final webinar for 2017.  Google Tour Builder How much do you know about Google Tour Builder? Google describes its product like this: "Tour Builder is a new way to show people the places you've visited and the experiences you had along the way using Google Earth. It lets you pick the locations right on the map, add in photos, text, and video, and then share your creation." In Thursday's webinar Linda will take us through this amazing, free program. We invite you to join us!  Webinar details Webinar title:  Putting your story on the map with Google Tour Builder Presenter : Linda Foulkes, MIEExper...

We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar,  ‘ Introduction to Scratch and Coding'   will be held this coming Thursday 26th October 2017 at 3:15pm (GMT+2). Our speaker will be Nomusa Keninda, Senior E- Learning Specialist in the Mpumalanga Department of Education and founder of the Mpumalanga ICT. Nowadays technology is everywhere! There seems to be an app for whatever need we may have. The Internet is the backbone of how we live in our modern society. Our world is increasingly run by software. As a result coding is becoming a vital skill that should be part of every classroom. In countries like England coding is becoming part of the curriculum for children between the ages of five and 15. Scratch is a great, free, online program to introduce to yourlearners. Learners as young as 5 years can use Scratch to express their online creations while collaborating and sharing with other online users.  In Thursday's webinar Nomusa Keninda will, among other things, ...

We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar, ‘ Digital storytelling as a means to encourage students to write' will be held this coming Thursday 28th September 2017 at 3:15pm (GMT+2). Our speaker will be Fiona Beal, teacher, writer and ICT trainer from Cape Town. Fiona says: ‘On 8th September we celebrated UNESCO’s International Literacy Day and this year's theme is "Literacy in a Digital World“. The world is changing. The way we write is changing! This is where digital storytelling comes in. Digital storytelling is "using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve our lives" ( Center for Digital Storytelling ). It can be described as a way of combining storytelling with a combination of digital images, digital text, audio narration, video and music, to communicate information about a specific theme or topic. Digital storytelling takes storytelling to a new height beca...

We are pleased to announce that our next free webinar, 'Explore the Chekhov app for online writing'' will be held this coming Thursday 31st August at 3:15pm. Our speaker will be Phuti Ragophala, well-known in many international and local education circles and also a Microsoft MIEExpert Educator from Limpopo. Phuti says, "The Chekhov is one of the free apps offered by Microsoft for educators to access and use to enhance, transform and drive teaching and learning. Traditionally authors were known to be very academic people but today, through the Chekhov app, even primary school learners can write and publish story books online. The Chekhov app enables learners to be the solution seekers of the challenges that affect their communities. Illiteracy is one of the major challenges that need to be addressed in our country.. The sooner children get exposed to the challenges of their communities, the better they learn with understanding.  I would encourage educators to start usi...