Evolve your School, begin a Revolution
Schools have existed for a long time, but they need to evolve! We need an education revolution to address the fast pace of change and to...
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Karen Walstra
Mar 3, 201412 min read
Classroom Furniture & Arrangement for learning and e-learning spaces
Why change the classroom layout? Why change and rearrange the classroom furniture? Our classrooms are often so stayed and old fashioned,...
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Karen Walstra
Jan 7, 201412 min read
Colours for the Classroom
Colours for the Classroom, for example: using a variety of colours in a classroom reduces passivity and boredom.
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Karen Walstra
Jan 6, 20148 min read
Exercises for the brain, in the classroom - exploring neurobics
Neurobics encourages us to use, as many senses as possible to create strong and multiple associations, therefore when we remember the...
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Karen Walstra
Oct 24, 20134 min read
School Assessment - whole school planning
Create valid, reliable and credible assessments for each subject taught throughout the academic year
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Karen Walstra
Oct 13, 20133 min read
How sharing sporting gear with others builds self values
At the end of a sports season when children have grown out of their sports kit, what do parents do with the old kit? Could we use this...
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Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20132 min read
Quick Tasks To Encourage Problem Solving
Keeping creativity, curiosity and interest alive in every child, should be an area each teacher is aware of. Our teaching styles and...
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Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20131 min read
Quick Problem-Solving Tasks Answers
Here the the answers problems of the blog entitled: Quick Tasks to Encourage Problem Solving Match problem answer: Coin problem solution...
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Karen Walstra
Aug 14, 20133 min read
Using QR Codes at School
Using QR Codes at School - QR stands for Quick Response, as you get the information quickly from the QR code and onto your mobile device; t
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Karen Walstra
Jul 16, 20137 min read
Why include MOVEMENT in every lesson!
Movement and Learning Our bodies are built to move, yet often our teaching strategies still insist on children sitting for long periods...
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Karen Walstra
Jun 19, 20132 min read
Technology & Technologies & Software
Integrating technologies - using technologies (hard and software) to make learning meaningful. We had a wonderful hands-on workshop at...
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Karen Walstra
Jun 11, 20133 min read
Girls and Boys Draw Differently
Have you watched the children on the playground or in the classroom? Girls and boys play differently. They fight differently. They...
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Sound Idea and K Walstra
May 23, 20131 min read
Using MOOCS in eEducation (Sound Idea Interview 3) April 2013
Online Education in SA Part 3: The Practical Application of Learning Technologies Link to YOuTube Video: https://youtu.be/vAZcy4oFbfs...
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Sound Idea & K Walstra
May 23, 20131 min read
E-books in the South African learning space (Sound Idea Interview 1) April 2013
Karen's interview in April 2013, by Carla Van Straten from Sound Idea Digital, is about Online Education placing focus on the South Afri
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Karen Walstra
May 22, 20131 min read
Would educational technologies assist in solving educational problems in South Africa? (Sound Idea I
Karen Walstra interviewed by Carla Van Straten Sound Idea Digital about Online Education, focusing on South African context.
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Karen Walstra
Mar 20, 20132 min read
Virtual Tours as a Teaching Tool!
Virtual Tours as a teaching tool! Take your learners on a journey!
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Karen Walstra
Feb 26, 20135 min read
Critical Thinking - making it work in your classroom
Incorporate practical critical thinking questioning ideas into your teaching and learning practices, Bloom's taxonomy and other taxonomies.
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Karen Walstra
Feb 15, 20132 min read
Teacher Outreach Programme
Saturday morning was the first Saturday this year for Thandulwazi Rokunda Teacher and Leader Development Programme. Much preparation and...
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Karen Walstra
Feb 4, 20134 min read
An Inviting Learning Space - The Classroom
Organizing and changing the classroom to suit what is being taught, in a fun and interesting manner, helps one feel comfortable and prepared
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Karen Walstra
Feb 4, 20133 min read
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...
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