Education
My Teacher Is an App
More kids than ever before are attending school from their living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. The result: A radical rethinking of how education works. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577030600066250144.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop Allison Schnacky attends an online school at her Florida home. It was nearing lunchtime on a recent Thursday, and ninth-grader Noah Schnacky of Windermere, Fla., really did not want to … Continue reading
Valedictory Ceremony BLHS 2011
The Valedictory Ceremony of the Grade 12′s will be held on the 11 October 2011. Invites and Certificates I made…
Teachers Laptop Initiative – DEAD AGAIN
More than half a billion rand set aside by the government to fund a programme to supply laptop computers for teachers in public schools, has run out of cash. The R550m allocated among all nine provinces in the 2009/10 financial year has instead been used to pay teachers’ salaries, The New Age has learnt. This … Continue reading
New Website for Crestway High
Put together a new website for Crestway High School at the behest of Moederick Jacobs the CAT teacher there. The purpose is to get learners to populate the web site themselves with the articles, news bits they they produce themselves. Exposes the learners to lots of important skills that can only be beneficial to them. … Continue reading
Dispelling the notion that 3rd Worlders are under achievers…
Third World Genius – A Look at Untapped Talent When we think of the world’s potential, we tend to only think of the world that we know. We often consider the contributions of so called “first world” countries as being the most important and most significant motivators for progress. Indeed, it sthas historically been these … Continue reading
New School Year
A fresh new year academic year starts on the 17 Jan 2011. It wil be a a year with great challengers because of our school’s poor performance is the 2010 Grade 12 exam. We only achieved a 61.8% percentage pass rate as opposed to the 83% the previous year. My Grade 12′s performed as expected … Continue reading
Great Online Tools
Here are some links to FREE online tools. Create Mindmaps Edit Movies, Audio, Images Etc Image Editor Dropbox Group Projects Online Learning Platform Alternative Software Glogster Hotchalk
Teacher Laptop Initiative – Western Cape
Teachers Laptop Initiative is it still on? Yes, its been officially launched in the Western Cape on the 30 October 2010, SADTU wants to purchase thousands of laptops from Rectron for its membership – 2008 Government announces Teachers Laptop Initiative in 2009 with the the completion date set for 2011. June 2009 Zuma, slashes the … Continue reading
CAT Final Practical Exams 2010
My Grade 12′s (26 learners) are writing their Final Prac exams on the 14 October 2010. I think that they are adequately prepared and hope that we can get perhaps two A passes. I really thought that we were going to get a 100% pass this year, but unfortunately one of our learners dropped out … Continue reading