Is the DBE Introducing Coding and Robotics in GET or Focusing on Digital Skills?
The South African government announced that a coding and robotics curriculum will be compulsory in GET (general education and training) from Grade R to Grade…
Category: EdTech
Our first PBL adventure – why we’re trying it again even though it ‘flopped’
During my first few weeks of teaching in a primary school, I did not know what was about to hit me when our group of…
Schoolscape Premier 2020
Come meet the country’s best school suppliers at Schoolscape Premier 2020. Schoolscape Premier focuses on one thing: bringing the country’s top-rated and most innovative companies…
President Ramaphosa to Digitise Public Schools by 2025.
In his state of the nation address given in February 2019, President Ramaphosa committed to digitising the public school education system over the next six…
Tech Update: The TALKING Dictionary
Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I’ll remember. Involve me, I’ll understand. This Chinese proverb encapsulates the strengths of The TALKING DICTIONARY package as a…
Anti-Bullying Week – South Africa ranks high in global survey on cyberbullying
South Africa showed the highest prevalence of cyberbullying in a recent report by Ipsos Global, based on research in 28 countries. The report showed that…
Digital Citizenship in South Africa – What is it and why must we be aware of it?
Parents, teachers fail to fully understand life online: Digital Citizenship in South Africa As media stories appear on a daily basis of cyberbullying, sexting, privacy…
EduTECH Africa 2019
EduTECH Africa Conference is an annual two-day education conference and exhibition that focuses on discussing technology for teaching and learning . EduTECH Africa returns 9-10…
Social Media & the Brain
Networks are all around us and in many contexts, they form the basis of the 21st-century reality. The social network technologies permeate our offline…
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality is one of the newer waves of technology that has been delivered to the world’s population over the last few years. But…