Gaming, gamification and learning through play are trending throughout the world. It is important we understand how educators can leverage the use of play for learning as this will ensure that we encourage creativity and innovation throughout schooling. SchoolNet’s CEO, Ms Janet Thomson, will be participating at EduWeek this year where she will be on the […]
The first of the Western Cape Peer Coaching workshops in the Learning Gains through Play project was held at Solomon Qatyana Primary on the afternoon of 2nd June 2016. Peer coaching is a highly collaborative professional development experience that assists teachers to develop the skills they need to coach colleagues to succeed in integrating learning […]
Our Learning Gains through Play project recently held its Western Cape Graduation at Somerset West Methodist Primary school. This was to recognise the teachers and principals in the project who had completed the first two components of professional development. This professional development comprised the ICT4RED modules from the Learning and Teaching with Mobile Devices course […]
Our Learning Gains through Play project recently held its KZN Graduation at Thembelihle PrimarySchool in Howick. Although the Learning Gains through Play programme still has nearly a year to run, the first professional development part of the project has been completed. This comprised the ICT4RED modules from the Learning and Teaching with Mobile Devices course […]
The Learning Gains through Play (LGP) project focuses on the development and practice of foundational literacies in Grades R and 1 through the innovative use of technology-enabled, learner-centred play in the classroom. Intel tablets loaded with carefully selected apps and games are integrated into learning activities to stimulate and enhance fine-motor skills and to develop […]
The training for the last module in the Learning Gains through Play teacher professional development in KZN was conducted at Thembelihle Primary School in Howick on Thursday 10 March 2016. The attendance was good with nineteen teachers present. Module 10 is about reflecting and demonstrating the use of various technology skills and teaching strategies done […]
Learning Gains through Play project team members Janet Thomson, Hlengiwe Mfeka, Tracey Butchart (project evaluator) and Rodney Nissen (WCED) visited two project schools on Wednesday and Thursday from the 3rd – 4th of February 2016. The new principal of Temperance Town Primary, Mrs Zaibaunesa Windvogel welcomed us into her office, and we had a chat […]
The Learning Gains through Play (LGP) project focuses on the development of foundational literacies in Grades R and 1 through the innovative use of technology-enabled, learner-centred play in ten schools from the two provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. The purpose of this article is to share the findings of the first evaluations of […]
It was a where and about on the weekend of the 23 October 2015 for the WC LGP project teachers. They came in numbers at Metro East Education District, to attend the most popular module Scavenger Hunt which is never short of fun and excitement. Scavenger Hunt teaching strategy is more like a game in which […]
The Reading Association of South Africa and the Pan-African Reading for All Conference was held at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town from 2nd – 5th September. The theme was Imagination and Literacy. SchoolNet‘s D. G. Murray Trust project, Learning Gains through Play, fitted this theme well and, therefore, a project team of six was […]