Siyavula

22 November 2009 marked the Siyavula year-end conference in Cape Town.
The Schuttleworth foundation was a hive of activity before the start of the event. The focus of the morning event was to re-connect with the delegates of the Cape Town Siyavula conference, to share success stories and challenges as well discuss the way forward.
The delegates enthusiastically shared their positive experiences with regard to the use of Siyavula and other online resources. However, they bemoaned the high internet costs. In an interesting group activity the delegates discussed internet penetration in the education sector and conservative estimates place internet penetration around 10% of an educator force of 340 000.
In conclusion Mark Horner shared his vision and goals for 2010. Among the delegates the planned role out of an assessment bank, “FullMarks” generated a lot of discussion and interest.
The CPT year-end conference was also attended by two senior team members of Connexions based in Texas, USA. Kathy Fletcher and Joel Thierstein shared new developments in the pipe-line with delegates and requested suggestions from educators to help improve the Connexions platform to make Siyavula an even better resource for teachers.
To those who joined us on the Siyavula journey, thank you for your support and we hope that the platform will provide you with a lot more meaningful encounters in the future.