Educator. Author. Speaker. Teacher ICT Development. M.Ed. MOS. MIEE.
If students are doing an exam that is a standard pen & paper but are required to submit it digitally, here is a tutorial I made for our students assisting them in scanning their work using OneDrive and then submitting via a Microsoft Teams assignment. I recorded it in two parts. Part 1 is a … Read more
This video addresses some of the various challenges we are dealing with when it comes to online teaching such as having students see their scheduled meetings on a calendar, being made attendees instead of being presenters and not being able to start up meetings before the teacher gets there! I hope this will help teachers … Read more
Having to move very quickly to online teaching again necessitated the need to continue running ‘school’ as ‘normally’ as possible, despite being online. This meant having to find a way to keep an eye on my students who were writing a test at home. I thought I could use the breakout rooms feature in MS … Read more
A great experience from last year, an interview by Francois “Superteacher” Naudé. We got to discuss teaching and tech, teaching during Covid-19 and more. I am very grateful to Francois for the opportunity to discuss what makes Check out Francois’ Facebook page for more information about his business, Phoenix Education Engineers.
As promised, here is the video from my training I did with our staff on “Preferred ICT Skill Levels for Teachers“. I actually re-recorded the video to make it more generic for other schools . It shows a few excerpts from the booklet I made and also introduces the Microsoft Educator Centre for teachers to … Read more
There are so many fantastic courses, learning paths and materials available on the Microsoft Educator Centre. Any teacher can benefit from signing up and trying their courses. It’s easier than you think. Select a course, go through the material and do a short quiz afterwards. You can earn badges (I’m not a ‘badge’ person myself … Read more
One of the parts of my job that I thoroughly enjoy is creating content that teaches people how to do things with software. At my school, I am very fortunate to have the role of helping teachers develop themselves professionally in Information and Communication Technology. During a recent training session, I had the opportunity to … Read more
One of the parts of my job that I thoroughly enjoy is creating content that teaches people how to do things with software. At my school, I am very fortunate to have the role of helping teachers develop themselves professionally in Information and Communication Technology. During a recent training session, I had the opportunity to … Read more
Here is a video I made (as part of staff training at my school) showcasing some of the things that I think are pretty cool about PowerPoint. They include using various Add-ins, the Online Presentation feature and Subtitles. Check it out, I think you may find some really useful tools here as a teacher and … Read more
Having dumped Google Chrome some time ago, since the new Microsoft Edge came out, I’ve never looked back! In this video I show you a little bit about the Read aloud feature, the Immersive Reader and Collections! Have a look and try them out!