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Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 by carine
This past weekend saw Siyavula’s most effective hackathon yet! We were recently approached by the South African Institute of Civil Engineering’s (SAICE) UCT chapter to partner with them in one of their yearly outreach initiatives. It was a logical fit for them as they could use the knowledge and skills they have acquired at UCT [...]
Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2011 by bridget
Two months ago we held our first ever Hackathon at Stellenbosch University where, with the help of first language Afrikaans volunteers we started the process of translating FHSST into Afrikaans. We made excellent progress on our Grade 10 maths textbook, which we have since submitted for review for the government approved textbook list! Our [...]
Posted on Tuesday, 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 [...]
Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 by Davis Quinton
The training went off very well with about 20 teachers attending. There were five (5) teachers who did not attend the first session; hence we lost some time by allowing them to catch up and register.
To begin, we provided a brief hands-on overview. Thereafter, OpenOffice.org Writer was used to add questions. As teachers did not [...]
Posted on Monday, December 6th, 2010 by carine
On Tuesday the 30 November I attended a conference hosted by Bridge. The aim of the seminar was to create a stronger community for learner support programmes for Maths and Science. The meeting took place at the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance in Johannesburg CBD.
Not knowing anything about Bridge or exactly what [...]
Posted on Monday, October 25th, 2010 by carine
This past weekend the Siyavula team went up to Durban to host a workshop for the AMESA educators. The aim was to show the ease with which educators could upload their content onto Connexions, for other teachers to freely download, adapt and use.
Our adventure started at 5:30 on Friday morning when we met at [...]
Posted on Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Davis Quinton
[ November 12, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The second of two sessions will take place at LEAP on Friday 12 November 2010 for a number of teachers from LEAP.
Posted on Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Davis Quinton
[ October 22, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The first of two sessions will take place at LEAP on Friday 22 October 2010 for a number of teachers from LEAP.
Posted on Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Davis Quinton
[ November 6, 2010; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The second of two sessions will take place at Cape Academy on Saturday 6 November 2010 for a number of teachers from the Philippi schools.
Posted on Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Davis Quinton
[ October 23, 2010; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The first of two sessions will take place at Cape Academy on Saturday 23 October 2010 for a number of teachers from the Philippi schools.