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March 18th, 2011 by bridget
Our final evening event last night was for Life Sciences teachers, which was hosted by the Experilab in Bellville. The last six weeks have seen us cover a range of subjects and included an introductory opening evening, IT CAT, Maths, Physical Science, English and finally our Life Sciences evening. We had a turnout of nine [...]
March 16th, 2011 by bridget
We have held four Hackathons this year so far, and it is hard to believe that the university term ends next week already. As per our usual Tuesday routine, we stocked up on snacks and cooldrinks before heading over to UCT, and then prepared the venue (moved tables around, stuck up posters, set out the [...]
March 9th, 2011 by bridget
Last night’s Hackathon was our best one yet! We implemented a new, more streamlined process, which meant the assignment allocation ran smoothly and easily, and when volunteers arrived they were able to take a seat at a table, read through the instructions that we printed out and begin. We had 18 people sign up on [...]
March 4th, 2011 by bridget
Siyavula has been running a repeat of our evening events that serve to introduce teachers to using open educational resources (OERs) and technology in the classroom. These have been taking place at the Experilab in Bellville each week, with last night’s function aimed at physical science teachers.We had a good turnout of 15 teachers, and [...]
March 2nd, 2011 by bridget
Last night our second Hackathon of 2011 took place on UCT campus. As we were expecting some brand new volunteers that had never attended a Hackathon before, and also because Mark was present this week, we thought it best to start with another fairly short presentation to serve as an introduction to the project, as [...]
March 1st, 2011 by Mark Horner
Siyavula is a Shuttleworth Foundation seeded project that supports and encourages communities of teachers to work together, openly share their teaching resources and benefit from the use of technology. We believe that it is through collaboration and the freedom to adapt and contextualise teaching material to suit their specific needs, that a higher standard of [...]
February 25th, 2011 by bridget
A report back on our Maths evening for educators, held last night at the Experilab.
February 23rd, 2011 by bridget
Last night was our introductory Hackathon that took place on UCT campus. We ordered a lot of pizza and had a great turnout of new volunteers!
February 18th, 2011 by bridget
Last night was our evening event for IT CAT teachers at the Experilab in Bellville.