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A Modern School?

I recently saw the following question posted on www.edchatsa.co.za, “Is there still place for a teacher-librarian in a modern school?”. What I find more interesting than the question itself is, what is a ‘modern’ school. There are those who believe that the biggest priority of a school, in order to be classified as ‘modern’, is [...]

How to break into the educational software market

With education in the 21st Century becoming decidedly digital, software companies are jumping onto the bandwagon by developing products that they hope will be snapped up by the educational channel, thereby increasing their sales revenue. And apparently there is much money to be made from educational software. Recently revealed statistics from the US demonstrate that this industry is indeed booming and enjoying steady growth.

Creating High Impact Learning Environments in Low Income Areas

Numeric is a South African based non-profit company interested in creating high impact learning environments in low income areas.  As the name suggests, we’re focused primarily on mathematics and in particular on how Khan Academy can be used to generate strong learning outcomes. In South Africa, as in many other countries around the world, there [...]

The Year Of The MOOC

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been around for a while, but last year saw an explosion of online courses, with the launch of Coursera following Stanford’s pioneering offerings in the Fall of 2011. This trend looks set to continue with more Universities falling over themselves to offer courses online, and with ventures such as [...]

Schools receive nearly 1 Million rand in prizes and incentives

On Friday 31 September, Alexei du Bois, a teacher at Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School received a brand new Kia Rio 1.4 worth R165,000 in what became the culmination of the EvaluNet GetAhead “Win A Car” Competition. EvaluNet, a Cape Town-based educational software developer, ran an exciting competition with 101 schools across the country earlier this [...]