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.

Virtual Tours as a teaching tool! Take your learners on a journey!

Incorporate practical critical thinking questioning ideas into your teaching and learning practices, Bloom's taxonomy and other taxonomies.

Saturday morning was the first Saturday this year for Thandulwazi Rokunda Teacher and Leader Development Programme. Much preparation and...

An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom Organising and changing the classroom to suit what is being taught, in a fun and interesting manner, helps one feel comfortable and prepared

Using Interactive Response Technology in Everyday Classroom Lessons. Encouraging all learners to be involved in every lesson is of importance to all teachers, using interactive response systems in the classroom does just that! It integrates information technology in the everyday classroom task, and encourages active involvement from the learners.

The Technology We Use. Technology is constantly changing, and the children we teach, socialize and interact using technology in their everyday lives. Sometimes we, as teachers, fear this change, sometimes we are just unsure! When teaching it is very important that the ICTs we use are age appropriate and encourage children to participate in the lessons with enthusiasm and interest.

Teaching about Garden Creatures We need to teach our children about the little creatures in the garden, encouraging the children to respect them, and discouraging them from hurting or killing these innocent creatures. As a teacher, this is a wonderful teaching opportunity.

Creativity in the Classroom. How do you inspire your children to be creative when you teach? Our schools often restrict or hamper creativity among the children, we want them to sit down, be quiet and work! When do we allow them to learn through play and exploration? What is your classroom like, do the children want to come into your teaching space? As teachers we explore different media, ideas and methods of interacting and engaging with children, encourage children to be th

The Example I Set As A teacher. As teachers we set an example to all the children we teach or come into contact with. The learners observe us in the classroom, on the sports field, on tours and other events. We are under the microscope all the time! When we think back to our own schooling we remember the behaviours of the teachers who taught us, and the influence their behaviours and reactions have had on our own lives - both positive and negative.