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The last year has been an inspiring and challenging roller-coaster in my life as Acting Head of Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy at St

In celebration and commemoration of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s 100th day of his birth 18 July 2018. I humbly share thoughts linked to a few

Many schools have a Technology Workshop or Design and Technology Room, with a range of hand-tools and machine tools. This is often a...

World Economic Forum 2014 “Education is fundamental driver of personal, national and global development” “Global leaders must commit to...

Schools have existed for a long time, but they need to evolve! We need an education revolution to address the fast pace of change and to...

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

Colours for the Classroom, for example: using a variety of colours in a classroom reduces passivity and boredom.

Neurobics encourages us to use, as many senses as possible to create strong and multiple associations, therefore when we remember the...

Create valid, reliable and credible assessments for each subject taught throughout the academic year

At the end of a sports season when children have grown out of their sports kit, what do parents do with the old kit? Could we use this...

Keeping creativity, curiosity and interest alive in every child, should be an area each teacher is aware of. Our teaching styles and...

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

​Using QR Codes at School - QR stands for Quick Response, as you get the information quickly from the QR code and onto your mobile device; t

Movement and Learning Our bodies are built to move, yet often our teaching strategies still insist on children sitting for long periods...

Integrating technologies - using technologies (hard and software) to make learning meaningful. We had a wonderful hands-on workshop at...

Have you watched the children on the playground or in the classroom? Girls and boys play differently. They fight differently. They...

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

Karen's interview in April 2013, by Carla Van Straten from Sound Idea Digital, is about Online Education placing focus on the South Afri

Karen Walstra interviewed by Carla Van Straten Sound Idea Digital about Online Education, focusing on South African context.