The details of the teacher laptop initiative are out. The initiative, which was devised by the department of education’s innovation in teaching directorate, was published on May…
Recently I got a peek into the world of teenage communication via social networking services and sites. Because of the hard economic times, I thought I should start using the…
Does your school’s IT policy state that the institution is committed to creating learners who are proficient and comfortable users of information?
As a young history teacher I was guilty of hoarding my stuff. Now that I’m older I consider it a terrible waste. I remember being particularly proud of a "Middle East Conflict"…
I recently became an addict. Not to alcohol or smoking but to a particular console game, Bioshock. I have looked at computer games on several occasions in the past – and even…
Last year we looked at TeacherTube and some other teacher tools available on the web. Before we leave this topic, however, I want to introduce you to my favourite "waste of time"…
This month I review a number of web tools for teachers, websites made for teachers and often by teachers to help other teachers. Some offer resources, others templates to help…
One advantage of information gleaned from the internet over that available in school resource centres or libraries is the currency of the data. Instead of using statistics from…
MP3 players are becoming ubiquitous. Even the latest cellphones are being promoted on billboards around the country as multimedia centres that happen to have a phone attached to…
Have you ever wondered why the government doesn’t just produce a generic set of teaching resources for each subject and share it with us?
Blogs, blogs, blogs! The term has been getting a lot of attention lately. Everywhere you go people try to get you to look at their blog. I must confess I loved the recent TV…
I have read that the national department of education has revised its priorities and has moved Thutong beyound being predominantly a supplier of teaching resources.
Popular belief about rising rates of teen pregnancy in South Africa is not supported by statistics gathered over the past two decades.
This column has championed the use of computers and the web for quite some time now. When used correctly, internet-connected computers offer teachers and learners an enormous…
By the time this first edition of the Teacher is out, most readers will be battling to get the syllabus under way.
Everywhere you turn these days the buzz is about computers and the part they should play in schooling: parents want IT, learners are calling for IT and the department of…
Expectations and more expectations. Sometimes it feels as if everyone is demanding a teacher’s time and attention. We teachers sometimes feel as if there is something – or…
Have you ever been dissatisfied with a particular lesson? Let’s be realistic, we all give lessons from time to time that we are not proud of. We either feel we did too much…
Can mobile learning (m-learning) really make a difference to teachers and learners? On the face of it the question seems a "no brainer".
