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 [...]

Are South African teachers lazy?

What really constitutes an advantaged and a disadvantaged school though? Is an advantaged school one where you walk into every classroom and see an interactive whiteboard and a laptop in front of every learner? Is an advantaged school one that is built out of bricks and has airconditioning, electricity and running water? When will the South African Department of Education realise that good education starts with the teacher?

5 Reasons to Integrate Technology into Our Classrooms

We speak about the achievement gap between the different cultures in our schools. Meanwhile, however, many of the stakeholders in education have created a vast trench that lies between those who accept the inevitability of technology and those who still refute its place in our classrooms.

Mediocrity

I have in front of me the 2010 “Statement of Results” for the National Senior Certificate statement of a youngster who demands to study at university. They are: Afrikaans 43, English 39, mathematical literacy 38, life orientation 78, business studies 41, computer applications technology 31, life sciences 28. At the bottom of the certificate is this unbelievable statement: “The candidate qualifies for the national senior certificate and fulfils the minimum requirements for admission to higher education.”

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 [...]

Why open source sucks

A critical look at why open source software solutions fail at most South African schools and why you should rather invest in propriety software.

Major shake-up for SA education

South Africa’s education system has come under scrutiny over the years with some analysts questioning whether its early childhood education programmes meets the educational needs of all children and whether the school system is capable of producing students who can cope with tertiary studies.

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