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Playing #Scratch with the Scratch Team team was like chatting on the phone with Alexander Graham Bell. Inspiring to see what is possible, and how much can be achieved when given the time to play sparked with a bit of curiosity & a learning partner. #AfricaPlay

#CurroImagine conference: 200 #PeerCoaches filling their tanks with fresh ideas for using digital tools to engage learners and thinking through strategies to get their colleagues on board. Webinars and #Teams are great tools - but nothing beats some live inspiration.

Between the hand controls & headset you can immerse yourself in a #Minecraft world. Those watching can't really see what the fuss is about. But if you're wearing the headset it's exhilarating or terrifying! Computers4Kids Microsoft Education

Everyone loves a freebie! These learners are getting hooked up with mahala.ms - free MS Office & 5TB storage. If you're at My Future 4.0 Microsoft Education will get you connected but any South African aged 8-24 can access Mahala online. Teachers - tell your kids!

If you're not already familiar with #Scratch, you certainly will be if you attend the SchoolNetSA Digital Learning Conference. We're so excited that Ollie Bray of The LEGO Foundation will be joining us to share the joy of learning through play. By next #ScratchDay you'll be styling!

These grade 11 IT & CAT learners are whizzing through the #hourofcode at Brescia House School #CuriosITy workshops. Although they aren't coding newbies... they're already thinking of how they can get grade 8 & 9 learners to consider IT by giving coding a whirl.

When you see a colourful lei, you know the Mpumalanga ICT Club and Nomusa Keninda are around. Today they're getting the Brescia House School #CuriosITy grade 11 girls to use #Scratch to code their own scene. We're looking forward to seeing a workshop like this at SchoolNetSA conference!

A hearty shout out to LynethCrighton & Brescia House School who offer grade 11 CAT & IT learners an oppurtunity to try a range of digital tools at the #CuriosITy workshop. Next up... we'll have the networking dinner, giving girls an oppurtunity to chat to women in IT about careers.

So true... most of the grade 11 girls I'm chatting to at #CuriosITy are not sure what they want to do after school. But they know that no matter what they do, tech skills will play a role & will be used.

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Kevin Smart is showing Brescia House School #TeachMeet great ways to use Meetings in Microsoft Education Teams. People outside your org can join via a browser. Works on phones. Let's you share your desktop. Record your meeting. And even fuzz out the background if you don't want it seen!

Great tips for #Keynote shared by Kirsty Sidwell of St Stithians College. Make master slides for consistency; use grouping to move multiple items at the same time; try instant alpha to get rid of backgrounds & turn image into png; use animations to make a pic follow a path. #TeachMeet

Tired of typing? Want to record info quickly? Tracy Heath of Brescia House School suggests using the "dictate" tool in most #microsoft tools or the microphone icon on the iPad or WhatsApp keyboard to let your tech take dictation. You may have to edit, but faster than typing it all.

Learnings from today's CompTIA Cyber Security session with jamesstanger: the difference between a pentester (penetration tester) & a hacker is jail time; beware of credential harvesting - not all attempts have tell tale bad grammar; we seriously need to use stronger passwords!

It's a full house at SchoolNetSA Digital Learning Conference! If you're not at Lebone II College, follow #SNSA2019 as teachers learn from teachers across themes including cultivating creativity; gaming, coding & makerspaces; leadership in education; & eAssessment strategies

The 4IR is here! Jacqueline Batchelor asks #SNSA2019 what they are doing to promote computational thinking. It's not just about coding & robotics - it is something that can and should be being done across subjects. Find patterns, think of solutions, design algorithms to develop skills.

So enjoyed Karen Walstra workshop on response systems. Try out #Socrative if you want open ended responses & some feedback based on answers; #Quizzes for easy set up; #Kahoot for quick fun & #Plickkers if you have a phone, but learners don't have devices.

Key learnings so far from #CurroImagine... it is easier to remember data that is "visual, moving & strange"; "concentration is contagious" Toby Shapshak; use the Microsoft Teams Help tool to stay up to date with cool new features; AND I work with really passionate teachers!

Excited to be learning more about Future Ready Skills, creating apps & hybrid teaching & learning at the Microsoft EduSA EDU Day. Would have been nice to see #MIEExpert s in-the-flesh... but super to get fresh ideas and to see new Microsoft Education tools.