By Charlotte Fourie For the first three years of being an IT and CAT teacher, I scheduled extra classes for learners who missed lessons (you know, those that always have to leave school early for […]
How can I, lonesome ICT teacher, in a school where paper and tradition are king, inspire teachers to use and love the MAGIC of Microsoft Teams – or even any software? This has been my […]
By Brandon Rennie You’ve got to get it wrong. To be an effective teacher you have to have made mistakes. Several mistakes in fact. Hopefully as you get older, get more experienced you will make […]
By Wayne Strydom About four years ago, our school embarked on its journey with tablets in the classroom. Initially it was a bring your own device scenario, meaning that any tablet device was allowed onto […]
By Charlotte Fourie When I close my eyes, I see P@ssword1. When I struggle to sleep, I think P@ssword1. When I forget to concentrate, my fingers type P-@-s-s-w-o-r-d-1 on the keyboard. Why am I being […]
By Brandon Rennie Every CAT teacher feels the pain of trying to get the Practical Assessment Task completed. The process feels endless and onerous. A strategy I’ve used before but did not last year (and […]
From Charlotte Fourie. Ok. So, I’m really doing this. I’m writing my first blog post. In English. You know how they say that Afrikaans people’s English is like airtime? Sometimes it just runs out? Yeah, […]
Too many learners, too few test benches In an ideal world when we taught our learners about PC hardware and how all the parts fit together they should each assemble a physical machine so that […]
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