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My vote of 1Member 80679577-Jul-11 23:29 Last Visit: 31-Dec-99 18:00 Last Update: 5-Dec-13 6:15Refresh1 Celebrating our Alex teachers' success
On Friday night the teachers of Alexandra High School were taken to a new "high" when we celebrated their success in the #ICT4RED course at The Venue with a spectacular view over Johannesburg. Thirty four teachers completed the course successfully and 86% of them did so with Merit! This is the best result for any iteration yet. As a result they all achieve 45 SACE points.
The project and graduation was sponsored by MARSH insurance and they made sure that it is indeed a glamorous affair with not just an amazing view, but wonderful entertainment as well as gifts for all the teachers. Errol Masinga, the transformation manager at MARSH gave a brief overview of the BOOST a SCHOOL initiative
Maggie Verster explained how the the ICT4RED project has impacted on the teachers' professional development and 4 of the champion teachers explained how they used the learner centered strategies in their classrooms.
Fiona Wallace, from the Coza Care Foundation, explained how they went about the accreditation of the 45 SACE points for the course. The teachers received their certificates with jubilant support from the dignitaries and their peers. The evening concluded with an ICT4RED song and jubilant singing and dancing.
Posted by Maggie Verster at 16:07 2 comments:
Labels: Alex, Alexandra High School, graduation, graduations, Marsh
Last week we did our last badging in Alexandra High school and we really did have a Jaribaaaa time! The most rewarding element of the #ICT4RED training course is to see how the teachers are implementing what they are learning during the course into their classroom practice despite having to cope with their school being rebuild around them, hectic teaching deadlines and other training demands.
As the whole course is gamified, accreditation is also done through awarding the teachers badges for milestones achieved after every training session. We don't believe in "dumping" tablets that won't be used as teachers do not know how to integrate them into their classroom practice. We rather propose that teachers have to change their classroom practice in order to enhance students learning experiences with or without tablets. Our modules are therefore designed to encourage active participation by learners in a learners centred (not teacher centred) environment. The technology (tablets) is therefore lightly embedded into every hands-on module and by the conclusion of the course most teachers as confident not only to use their tablets, but also to innovate their classroom practice with the support of mobile technologies.
Alex Final Badging
Posted by Maggie Verster at 10:02 1 comment:
Labels: accreditation, Alex, Alexandra High School, badging
Location: Vainona High School, Alpes Rd, Harare, Zimbabwe
Alexandra Teachers Field Trip Fun
In Module 8 (a field trip), the teachers of Alexandra High School were privileged to explore the Sci Bono Centre in Newton, Johannesburg. During this strategy,they had to work together to unravel a range of clues that took them on a scavenger hunt, interacting with all the exciting exhibits on display, covering a range of scientific subjects. Some of the clues were embedded in a QR code thus exposing the teachers to the use of QR codes in the classroom.
As internet access is always a problem,the clues were text based which made it possible to scan without needing connectivity.They could however access the internet for assistance with their own data. Some of the clues were just for fun in order to create team spirit, while the others involved keen observation and collaborative teamwork.
Apart from getting some serious exercise frantically collecting evidence and answering the activity clues, the animated discussion during the assessment proved to be most entertaining!! The room was abuzz with the sound of learning!!
To see all the fun that was had, click here or on the photo below: https://goo.gl/photos/r4V8eGsbLoGgyax9A
For a detailed explanation of how to organise and create a field trip scavenger hunt Click here:
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 13:54 26 comments:
Labels: Alex, field trip, fieldtrip, Module 8, scavenger hunt
Module 9: Gallery Loop
Gallery loop is 'n strategie waar die onderwyser uistallings opstel wat sekere onderwerpe behandel. Die uitstalling kan fotos, QR kodes, artikels en videos behels.
Gaan neem deel aan die bespreking hier:
Aanlyn Identitieite: http://goo.gl/spe3jc
Leer netwerke: http://goo.gl/Lou9jq
Aanlyn Veiligheid http://goo.gl/jkiyJO
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 15:17 16 comments:
Module 9: Galleryloop: Uitstalling 4- Aanlyn Veiligheid
Jy het pas ‘n selfoon van een van jou leerders af weggeneem wat besig was om met iemand ‘n gesprek te voer.
Lees die gesprek by die uitstalling en gebruik jou plakpapiertjies om neer te skryf wat jy as onderwyser in so ‘n situasie sou doen.
Is dit ‘n voldoende rede hoekom selfone nie in die klas gebruik mag word nie?
Hoe kan ons ons leerders beveilig teen aanlyn-boelies?
Elke groepslid moet op ten minste een van ‘n ander groep se opmerkings reageer.
Watter anderonveilige situasies kan ons aanlyn teenkom en wat kan ons daaromtent doen?
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 10:59 2 comments:
Labels: galleryloop, Module9
Module 9: Galleryloop- Uitstalling 3- Uitstalling 3: Persoonlike leernetwerke
Professionele leergemeenskappe word gevorm wanneer groepe onderwysers saamkom, aanlyn of andersins, om idees, onderrigstrategië, bronne en inspirasie te deel. In hierdie kursus het jy alreeds baie geleer oor die verskillende maniere waarmee jy iets kan deel met kollegas of onderwysers van ander skole met behulp van aanlyn sosiale media soos Twitter en facebook. Ons hoop dat jy verder sal voortbou hierop deur jou tablet te gebruik om jou te help!
Kyk in jou Module 9 Hulpbronne Uitstallings 3 leêr vir meer inligting hoe om sulke groepe te begin.
‘n Paar leidende vrae:
 Kan ek altyd kry waarvoor ek soek?
 Kan jy vir hulp vra?
 Sal jy deel wees van ‘n groep van onderwysers wat mekaar help, hulpbronne deel en omgee?
 Is die navigasie verbruikers vriendelik?
Uitstalling 3A: www.google.com
Uitstalling 3B: www.en.wikipedia.org
Uitstalling 3C: www.mathsliteracy.co.za
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 10:53 4 comments:
Labels: galleryloop, ict4red, leernetwerke, Module9, SKA
Module 9: Galleryloop- Uitstalling 2: Uitvissing (Phising)
Uitvissing (phishing) is die poging om informasie soos gebruikersnaam, geheime kodes en kredietkaartinligting te verkry (en soms indirek geld ook), deur iemand wat homself voordoen
as betroubaar in ‘n elektroniese kommunikaie. Hierdie kommunikasies kom voor asof dit van van betroubare sosiale webwerwe, vendusie werwe, banke, aanlyn betalinghanteerders of IT administrateers af kom en gebruik dit om goedgelowige mense te bedrieg.
Vervalsings e-posse kan skakels na webwerwe met wanware (wanware is sagteware wat ontwerp is om beheer oor jou rekenaar of tablet oor te neem en dit te beskadig) stuur. Hierdie vervalsing word veral uitgestuur as e-posse of sms’e en moedig die lesers aan om hulle details na ‘n vervalste webwerf te stuur wat lyk en voel soos ‘n betroubare webblad. ‘n Voorbeeld is ‘n vervalste e-pos wat lyk soos die amptelike e-pos-vorm van ‘n (fiktiewe) bank.
Die persoon wat dit stuur probeer die ontvanger mislei deur vertroulike inligting na ‘n vervalste webwerf te bevestig. Let op vir spelfoute en teenstrydighede. Selfs wanneer die webskakel lyk of dit van die bank se webblad amptelik af kom, wys die skakel na die vervalser se webblad.
Bestudeer die volgende voorbeelde van e-pos en smse in hierdie gallery uitstalling en besluit of enige een daarvan oorspronklik (outentiek) is of nie. Bespreek hoekom jy so dink.
Indien iemand vir jou ‘n e-pos of sms stuur wat jou laat voel of dit dalk gevaarlik is, wat kan jy doen om vas te stel of hulle is wie hulle sê hulle is? Hoe kan jy jouself teen sulke kommunikasies beveilig?
Kyk in jou Module 9 leêr of die internet vir hulpsame raad. Lewer jou kommentaar hier onder in 'n blogpost.
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 10:34 8 comments:
Labels: #ict4red, galleryloop, Module9, Phishig, SKA, uitvissing
SKA Module 9: Uitstalling 1: Digitale Identiteite
Die volgende post is vir gebruik gedurende die Module 8 werkswinkel sessie:
‘n Digitale Identiteit verwys na hoe mense jou kan sien en wat jy doen of verteenwoordig, in ‘n aanlyn of elektroniese omgewing. Ons moet altyd verseker dat dit wat aanlyn oor ons verskyn, positief is en nie ons reputasie sal beskadig nie. Ons leerders kan selfs slegte dinge aanlyn oor ons sê en ons moet leer hoe om dit te hanteer. Ons moet hulle ook leer hoe om verantwoordelike digitale gebruikers te wees. In hierdie uitstalling gaan jy ‘n paar aanlyn onderwysers se profiele ondersoek en besluit of jy hulle as deel van jou Professionele Leergemeenskap sal wil he. Kyk gerus na jou Module 9 bronneleer vir artikels en videos wat kan help om die uitstalling te verstaan.
Julle kan ook julle fotos van julle Galleryloop gebruik om julle kommentaar aan te vul.
Bestudeer die 4 verskillende profiele en lewer kommentaar onder die blogpost, watter waarde wat die persoon as deel van jou Professionele Leergemeenskap kan he. Kyk na die volgende:
Is die persoon betroubaar?
Sal jy hom volg/bevriend/kontak/hou van en hoekom?
Wat kan jy van hom/haar leer wat jou sal help om te groei as ‘n lewenslange leerder?
Posted by ICT4RED Team at 10:27 8 comments:
Labels: #ict4red, galleryloop, Module9
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