Nov 16 2009

Outcome Based education is dead

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The official word: (Just click on fullscreen and then zoom -+ bottom left)

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Nov 15 2009

School 2.0 Bookmarks (weekly)

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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Nov 08 2009

School 2.0 Bookmarks (weekly)

Published by maggiev under School 2.0, Weekly bookmarks

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Nov 04 2009

Public Seminar: Our Education system what is the way forward?

Published by maggiev under Uncategorized

The education school at Wits will be hosting another public seminar. Download the invitation from here.

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Nov 02 2009

A twitter /facebook chat room

savorchatI am always looking for new ways to create backchannels or online meeting spaces. So this following little tool, Savor Chat,  quite intrigued me and I thought that we could try it out. I will leave the chat room open for now, just to see how it works.

Basically you can sign into the chat room with either your twitter username or your facebook e-mail address and password. You can also choose if you want your tweet/update to appear in yout twitter /Facebook home stream. You can access it on the Savor chat site or embed the chat into your blog/site using an iframe. It does however, have google ads on with links to chat rooms. This could be a calamity when using it with learners. The creators of the site are working on  a paid version where you can remove advertising and will be offered more advanced features.

Whenever someone post you get a direct message notefying you as well as a sound warning (if you have set it that way).

If you want to see how it works, come chat to me here: http://www.savorchat.com/chat/learn-with-maggie

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Nov 02 2009

Good luck to our matrics

Published by maggiev under General and tagged: , ,

It is that time of the year again and I am sure nails are being bitten, hair are standing on end (in the case of parents and teachers), candles are being burnt on both ends and nerve endings are fragile.

But don’t worry- focus and fly!!!!

Here is the exam timetable so that we can keep track of who is having nervous breakdowns!!!

2009 NCS Exam Timetable

WEEK 1 09:00 14:00
Monday 26/10 German, Portuguese, Hebrew P1 Home; First and Second Add Languages (2hrs) Electrical Technology (3hrs) Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Telegu, Arabic, French, Italian, Spanish, Home; First and Second Add Languages P1 (2hrs) Latin P1 (2½hrs)
Tuesday 27/10 Information Technology P2 Theory (3hrs) German, Portuguese, Hebrew P2 (2hrs) Home; First and Second Add Languages
Wednesday 28/10 Consumer Studies (3hrs) Nautical Science P1 Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Telegu Arabic, French, Italian; Spanish, Home; First and Second Add Languages P2 (2hrs) Latin P2 (1½ hrs)
Thursday 29/10 Mechanical Technology (3hrs) Agricultural Management Practices (2½ hrs)
Friday 30/10 Afrikaans Home Lang P1 (2hrs) and First (2hrs) and Second Add. Languages P1 (2½hrs) German, Portuguese Home and First Add Languages P3 (2½hrs)
WEEK 2 09:00 14:00
Monday 2/11 English Home Lang P1 (2hrs) and First (2hrs) and Second Add. Languages P1 (2½hrs) Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Telegu Home and First Add Languages P3 (2½hrs)
Tuesday 3/11 Geography (Theory) P1 (3hrs) Geography (Map work) P2 (1½hrs)
Wednesday 4/11 IsiZulu, isiXhosa, SiSwati, isiNdebele Home Lang P1 (2hrs) and First (2hrs) and Second Add. Languages P1 (2½hrs) Music P1 Theory (3hrs)
Thursday 5/11 History P1 (3hrs) Computer Application Tech P2 Theory (3hrs)
Friday 6/11 Mathematics P1 (3hrs) Mathematical Literacy P1 (3hrs) Civil Technology (3hrs)
Saturday 7/11
WEEK 3 09:00 14:00
Monday 9/11 Mathematics P2 (3hrs) Mathematical Literacy P2 (3hrs)
Tuesday 10/11 Afrikaans Home Lang P2 (2½hrs) and First and Second Add Languages P2 (2hrs) SePedi, SeSotho, SeTswana, XiTsonga, TshiVenda Home Lang P1 (2hrs) and First (2hrs) and Second Add. Languages P1 (2½hrs)
Wednesday 11/11 Accounting (3hrs)
Thursday 12/11 English Home Lang P2 (2½hrs) and First and Second Add. Languages P2 (2hrs)
Friday 13/11 Physical Science (Physics) P1 (3hrs) Dance Studies (3hrs)
Saturday 14/11
WEEK 4 09:00 14:00
Monday 16/11 Physical Science (Chemistry) P2 (3hrs) Visual Arts (3hrs)
Tuesday 17/11 IsiZulu, isiXhosa, SiSwati, isiNdebele Home Lang P2 (2½hrs) and First and Second Add Languages P2 (2hrs) Dramatic Arts (3hrs)
Wednesday 18/11 Economics (3hrs)
Thursday 19/11 SePedi, SeSotho, SeTswana, XiTsonga, TshiVenda Home Lang P2 (2½hrs) and First and Second Add Languages P2 (2hrs) Agricultural Technology (3hrs)
Friday 20/11 Life Sciences P1 (2½hrs) Afrikaans Home Lang P3 (2½hrs) and First Add Lang P3 (2½hrs)
Saturday 21/11
WEEK 5 09:00 14:00
Monday 23/11 Life Sciences P2 (2½hrs)
Tuesday 24/11 History P2 (3hrs) Maritime Studies Equine Studies Religion Studies P1 (2hrs)
Wednesday 25/11 Business Studies (3hrs) SePedi, SeSotho, SeTswana, XiTsonga, TshiVenda Home Lang P3 (2½hrs) and First Add Language P3 (2½hrs)
Thursday 26/11 IsiZulu, isiXhosa, SiSwati, isiNdebele Home Lang P3 (2½hrs) and First Add Lang P3 (2½hrs) Design (3hrs)
Friday 27/11
Saturday 28/11
WEEK 6 09:00
Monday 30/11 Agricultural Science P1 (2½hrs) English Home Lang P3 (2½hrs) and First Add. Lang P3 (2½hrs)
Tuesday 1/12 Agricultural Science P2 (2½hrs) Nautical Science P2 Tourism (3hrs)
Wednesday 2/12 Engineering Graphics and Design P1 (3hrs) Music P2 Comprehension (1½hrs)
Thursday 3/12 Mathematics P3 (2hrs) Hospitality Studies (3hrs)
Friday 4/12 Engineering Graphics and Design P2 (3hrs) Religion Studies P2 (2hrs)

CONCLUSION OF THE 2009 NSC EXAMINATION: 4 DECEMBER 2009

WEEK 0 09:00 14:00
Wednesday 07/10 Computer Application Speed Test (Optional) at 8:00 This period will be closely monitored by the PEDs and the DoE to ensure that controlled examination conditions are observed.
Thursday 08/10 Computer Application Tech P1 (3hrs) Practical
Friday 09/10 Information Technology P1 (3hrs) Practical

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Nov 01 2009

School 2.0 Bookmarks (weekly)

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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Oct 30 2009

My poem: Last Friday

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I read through Tom Barrett’s little newsletter that he compiles for his fellow teachers and was intrigued by the little tool that he introduced them to, called Write Rhymes. It helps to compile rhymes (duh) and is a very creative way to get your learners to write a poem. So I tried my hand at it and this is what I came up with……

Good morning last Friday
How did you get here?
I thought you were still far away
You sneaked up on me, that’s clear!

I still had so many things to do-
A whole month seemed so vast
But you in wisdom turned the clock
And now I am left aghast

So take me back to Monday first
So that I can try again
To pick up pieces of my life
That I lost – God knows when!

Very rudimentary and the list of rhyming words did not always inspire me, but it made me think. So this little tool get’s the thumbs up form me. Why don’t you give it a try and let me know (or post below) some rhymes???

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Oct 28 2009

South African bursaries for matrics

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The year 2009 is fast approaching its end and most young people are
pondering on what to do in 2010. For those who are thinking of tertiary education I suggest that you have a look at bursaries offered on the following sites:

There are also opportunities for new graduates. All major banks offer
graduate development programmes. For the Training Outside Public
Practice (TOPP) offered by Liberty Life you may contact
vikashi.chetty@liberty.co.za . The revenue service is looking to take in 200 BCom graduates in 2010. For more on this you may contact graduates@sars.gov.za

If you know of any other opportunities for our matrics leaving school at the end of this year, please add it as a comment.

Good luck- the future awaits!!

(Thanx @ceanlia for sending me this)

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Oct 25 2009

School 2.0 Bookmarks (weekly)

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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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