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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 [...]

English at ONCE

English at ONCE (ONline Current English) offers busy English teachers a wonderful resource – a worksheet and memo, based on something that is current and up-to-date every two weeks. The worksheets, which are emailed to subscribers every two weeks, are designed by a language specialist and experienced English teacher, and at the moment are geared [...]

Plagiarism killing your spirit?

There’s nothing like working really hard with a group of learners, only to have one of them submit an essay that is, to put it mildly, not their own original work. Fortunately, many tools exist that detect plagiarism in work. Here are some recommended applications: WCopyFind (free) PlagiarismDetect.Com (paid) – I’ve personally used this tool [...]

Find past exam papers quickly

Past exam papers are normally a mission to find. TestGrab, a new service launched recently by EvaluNet, offers past exam papers for download from their web site, all based on the grade 12 matric exams for South Africa. Subjects included are: Accounting Afrikaans Business Studies CAT Consumer Studies Economics English Geography History Hospitality Studies IT [...]