tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post7138284481481525381..comments2023-10-26T11:28:34.858+02:00Comments on SchoolNet SA - Dialogue for Digital Learning: Reflections on the ICT in the Classroom ConferenceSchoolnetSahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779284864995969409noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post-77214606792607276012011-07-27T09:22:04.818+02:002011-07-27T09:22:04.818+02:00Wow, Deb(?) (Not sure if you wrote the report-back...Wow, Deb(?) (Not sure if you wrote the report-back as I couldn't find a name). What a brilliant report - ideas just so succinct! Thanks for reminding me of the exceptional experience ICT in the Classroom Conference turned out to be; particularly as the onference didn't end at the end of the conference... yes, in the Web2.0 age the conference continues with the Diigo repository and Twitter feeds that blip and tweet through my Blackberry by the minute... from all corners of South Africa, the USA (mainly Wisconsin, but not exclusively so) and the UK - what a legacy this conference will leave, or continue to create!! Congratulations and huge thanks to Gerald and the whole organising team on a groundbreaking, inspirational experience!<br />Best wishes<br />Charli Wiggill<br />Deputy Head: Eden College DurbanCharli Wiggillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post-53879217830221734452011-07-18T23:42:20.064+02:002011-07-18T23:42:20.064+02:00Hi Deb
My reflections on conference may be found ...Hi Deb<br /><br />My reflections on conference may be found here - http://headthoughts.co.za/2011/07/schoolnetsa11/<br /><br />Organisations such as SchoolNet and EdTechConf definitely have a role to play in equipping of teachers in the use of IT. Our work has only just begun...Arthur Prestonhttp://www.headthoughts.co.zanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post-22141167800241011702011-07-18T18:26:13.539+02:002011-07-18T18:26:13.539+02:00Hi Debs & Maggie,
It's great to hear both ...Hi Debs & Maggie,<br />It's great to hear both your refelections on attending other conferences so soon after schoolnetsa. (From hitech to low tech). As Maggie said to me a few years ago, spreading WEB2 and sharing is like planting seeds. I think this conference is a very fertile seed planting opportunity. It's now up to all of us to keep spreading the seeds to all our networks, both online and offline. On a personal level, my refelection is different as I attended the conference on Twitter from East London, EC. I only started on day two and was working at the same time. The content of the links and presentations on twitter, together with the the daily summaries is "like personal development gold". Spreading and sharing these daily "twitter summaries" is something I will work hard at spreading.<br />Yes Yes Yes to many more smaller on going workshops, all over SA in each province. I would be very interested, especially in the Eastern Cape, to support these.Gaylin Underwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518569430778618019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post-19992998959365979502011-07-18T15:43:01.518+02:002011-07-18T15:43:01.518+02:00HI Deb,
Schoolnetsa11 was a hectic conference for...HI Deb,<br /><br />Schoolnetsa11 was a hectic conference for me and I would have liked to have had more time to attend some of the other workshops. But like you I attended another conference last week and could not help noticing the disconnect contrast between the 2 conferences. I only realised then how important our virtual connections during and after the conference was and how great it was to turn virtual connections into face to face learning relationships. I am sure we will take these connections further and learn more from one another on an ongoing basis in a solid community of learning practice. <br /><br />Being at a conference that highlighted the challenges facing our education system especially in mathematics (1300 maths teachers at the AMESA conference) I was once again reminded what it means not to have computers, never mind connectivity and how important it is for us to explore mobile learning as a solution for educational ICT challenges. This made me think that our real challenge is lying not with the "converted" ICT champions that attended the SchoolnetSA11 conference, but with the notion of how we are going to engage and enthuse our school environments with what we have learned at the conference. Wow we have such a big job ahead of us. <br /><br />So for me- what am I going to do with what I learned at the conference?? Well, I have decided to make a list of all the tools that I have not used previously and see how I can use a tool at a time in an educationally sound way.......:-)Maggie Versterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12640872414062997213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6067349343549361447.post-21231249832233253182011-07-18T13:54:42.240+02:002011-07-18T13:54:42.240+02:00Hi Deb, I agree - it was a fantastic conference an...Hi Deb, I agree - it was a fantastic conference and the memories will linger on for a long time.<br />(Fiona)Fiona Bealhttp://fionabeal.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.com