Yours In Education

Advocating for Digital Storytelling In line with EdTechTeam 2019 theme #Create Join me through a journey of CREATING a Digital Storytelling Platform for students...stories real to their contexts.  Looking deep and around me... A storytelling exercise to allow you to tell your story or journey to where you are right now. Be it emotionally, socially, educationally or spiritually...it is up to you. The idea is that the story be told through the use of an APP, chrome/windows enabled APP. APPLICATION/WEBSITE LINKS Book Creator CSFirst Google Blogger We Video Google Sites

Mah Thango A RAISIN IN THE SUN Lorraine Hansbery A raisin in the sun; play by Lorraine  Hansberry inspiration Harlem BY  LANGSTON HUGHES What happens to a dream deferred?       Does it dry up       like a raisin in the sun?       Or fester like a sore—       And then run?       Does it stink like rotten meat?       Or crust and sugar over—       like a syrupy sweet?       Maybe it just sags       like a heavy load.        Or does it explode? This was one of my first reads in undergrad for an English module called me a to analyse a reflect on self and society.    What did you do when your dreams were deterred and you...

When you look at planning for your teaching,  putting the teaching plan into practice, assessing knowledge gained and marking assessments; marking takes the hat for some, the pre-planning does it for others while the process in between planning and assessing does it for others; it exposes one to a variety of learning  and teaching styles and calls for flexibility which is a concept many are yet to grasp... The most tedious of all jobs. One job that would make a teacher quit until its over and come back to share knowledge again. A lot question the professions to be soothed back to it by the long holiday break, fully paid that goes with it. We asked a few teachers how they felt about the exam session. Teacher 1: it is part of the package. Stressful and straining, time consuming yes, but who is going to if not the person who sets? Teacher 2: I love teaching, ask me to do anything but mark. It is strenuous, physically and emotionally. Imagine teaching so much...

To Whom Much Has Been Given, Much Is Required. Inanda prides itself in being humble receivers and givers. We spring into action with sessions sharing classroom hacks, high tech to low tech and some requiring no technology integration. Sharing what is learn is a skill. May we be long life learners and progressive collaborators.  Below is a number of hacks shared is session A 1. AGENDA 2. SCHEDULE 3. KAHOOT 4. FLIPPITY 5. GOOGLE CLASSROOM These are all current and relevant means of making learning meaningful for both teachers and learners. 

Apriring Building Collaborating Axis summit 2018 Wits Education Campus We made pacts MINE: I will introduce, expose, train and mentor. I presented:  Student online presence QUOTES ARISING FROM THE PRESENTATION: The more alternatives we give students the more responsible their online presence becomes. @ ThangoLee Our 'curriculum vitaes' should be works of and for processes of learning and products started during our schooling years going beyond. @ThangoLee IMPLICATIONS OF STUDENT ONLINE PRESENCE: Creating online progressive portfolios Controlling what employers find about your professional and educational credentials Moving from traditional CVs Follow up on the traditional KEEP RECORDS MAKE LEARNING WORTHWHILE       

"To whom much  has been given much is required" I look deep into education through the eyes of the quotee as I search for opportunities for my students. My growth as an educator has come with lessons; major one coming from my recent experience of training girls towards the high school forum discussion competition, seeing them practising what has been taught and delivering it through learned skills and reflecting on performance. I thrive on making my surroundings thrive. Motivation is a huge factor. Truth be told; we are not everyone's people and people aren't all ours; this is quite a mouthful for someone in education with expectations of 'professionalism'; a word intentionally quotation marked for the purpose of this section because of my experience with my girls. For many professionalism is being a bigger person; literally... A rocky start with half of them, an optimistic start with the rest. One important quality I've learned #InEd. is providing oppo...

Check out @ThangoLee’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/ThangoLee/status/989753077228912642?s=09 My takeaway from HollyClarks keynote. #Sawbona. May we recognise the people in our midst beyond saying the words but through follow up action. I am that teacher who ends up teaching science, history and other subjects because all we do is interrelated. Interrelatedness is a necessity. It is important that we teach what can be used beyond the wall confines. #beyondthetextbooks