School 2.0 in South Africa

11 October, Pretoria – Ask the parent of the average South African teenager what their child gets up to in the evenings, and many will tell you that their sons or daughters are probably typing away on their cellphones, on South Africa’s largest social network – MXit. And it comes as no surprise. A recent [...]

My wonderful inspirational friend Laurie (otherwise known as Dr Maths on Mxit) has come up with another great idea to keep our kids occupied and busy during the soccer holidays! They (The Meraka Institute) are offering winter school assistance in IT/CAT, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Accounting via their Mxit learning platform. The kids are going [...]

Think Forward for Education Today: Skype tags: skype, school2.0 Ups and downs of teacher bursaries Double the amount of students ar studying to be teachers than last year exept for african languages in grt 1-3 tags: school2.0, saschools Mathematics Learning: Learning Times tables Parents complains that with OBE all the basics like times tables are [...]

The new thumbtribe generation has embraced an innovative way to slay their age old enemy- maths, using their cellphones and the much debated and severely fouled, Mxit! Mxit has been getting a lot of bad press ever since it became the craze of the teen (and pre-teen) generation with parents and teachers alike, calling for [...]

What do we do about cellphones in a school context? Do we ban it or embrace it as an educational tool? The tendency in our country (and pretty much world wide) is to ban the use of cellphones in schools. They complain about the disruptive ringing of phones in their classes, learners using their phones [...]