Tips for Gordhan

Hats off to Pravin Gordhan for his medium-term budget. In particular, I was impressed with his statement that “Further steps will be taken to reduce administrative costs and unnecessary duplication of capacity”. I wish to suggest that this can be achieved in a way that I am sure is not currently envisaged by the Minister [...]

Access vs Equity

It is almost a given these days that in an ideal world, all students should have access to a mobile computing device whenever they need one. There are some teachers who disagree, but that number is dwindling every year. The Indian government has just announced the release of a $35 tablet called the Aakash, or [...]

A look at Khanya and ICT in schools with Kobus van Wyk

A look at Khanya and ICT in schools with Kobus van Wyk

I’m privileged to have known Kobus van Wyk, former director of the Khanya Special Project, for a number of years. The Khanya Project has been by far the most successful project of it’s kind in South Africa, overshadowing anything other education departments have attempted. The project, which is coming to an end in March 2012, [...]

The Law Of Thirds

One of the great boons of being an ICT teacher is that all my classes take place in the computer room. I don’t have to wait for the school to adopt a laptop per child programme to get computers into my lessons. In my classes I place all the course content, together with tutorials, SCORMs [...]

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