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Develop Soft Skills, Now More Than Ever.

Karen Walstra

Jun 10
2 min

Develop Soft Skills, Now More Than Ever.

Incorporate interpersonal, soft skills into all teaching and learning.

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Tips for “New Family Life" with COVID-19

Karen Walstra

Apr 1
3 min

Tips for “New Family Life" with COVID-19

"Lockdown" life with COVID-19 is very different, let's find the positive and thrive

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Unusual Assessment in a Traditional IT Exam Lab

Karen Walstra

Nov 25, 2019
3 min

Unusual Assessment in a Traditional IT Exam Lab

Combing physical and digital tasks in an assessment engages students in a different manner

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Introducing Very Little Children to Computational Thinking Skills and Coding

Karen Walstra

Jan 30, 2019
3 min

Introducing Very Little Children to Computational Thinking Skills and Coding

We should not forget to begin the computational thinking skills early, with younger children.

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Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces

Karen Walstra

Mar 3, 2014
12 min

Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces

Why change the classroom layout? Why change and rearrange the classroom furniture? Our classrooms are often so stayed and old fashioned, ...

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Augmented Reality for Learning & Teaching

Karen Walstra

Oct 16, 2013
4 min

Augmented Reality for Learning & Teaching

The more I play with Augmented Reality or AR as it's known, the more I think this is an exciting technology to use in the classroom. I ...

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Karen Walstra

Aug 25, 2013
1 min

Quick Problem-Solving Tasks Answers

Here the the answers problems of the blog entitled: Quick Tasks to Encourage Problem Solving Match problem answer: Coin problem solution ...

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Using MOOCS in eEducation (Sound Idea Interview 3) April 2013

Sound Idea and K Walstra

May 23, 2013
1 min

Using MOOCS in eEducation (Sound Idea Interview 3) April 2013

Online Education in SA Part 3: The Practical Application of Learning Technologies Link to YOuTube Video: https://youtu.be/vAZcy4oFbfs #te...

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Karen Walstra

Feb 25, 2013
3 min

Internet Safety

Hints and tips about Internet Safety. Keep children safe online. Passwords. Be responsible.

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Grade R Stimulating Indoor and Outdoor Playing Environments

Karen Walstra

Feb 7, 2013
3 min

Grade R Stimulating Indoor and Outdoor Playing Environments

Playing is an essential part of growing up, children need to play to develop emotional maturity and social, intellectual and physical com...

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An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom

Karen Walstra

Feb 4, 2013
4 min

An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom

Organizing and changing the classroom to suit what is being taught, in a fun and interesting manner, helps one feel comfortable and prepared

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Karen Walstra

Jan 22, 2013
3 min

The Technology We Use

Technology is constantly changing, and the children we teach, socialize and interact using technology in their everyday lives. Sometimes w...

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Karen Walstra

Jan 22, 2013
4 min

Teaching about Garden Creatures

Many years ago, at my first teaching job, our Head of Department had planted a wonderful garden in a small space on our small school prop...

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Karen Walstra

Jan 16, 2013
2 min

The Example I Set As A teacher

This is my new blog and as a teacher I'd thought I'd begin by sharing an idea that I think is important to our profession. As teachers we...

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