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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 100th Celebration
In celebration and commemoration of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s 100th day of his birth 18 July 2018. I humbly share thoughts linked to a few

Karen Walstra
Jul 18, 20183 min read
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Recreate and Evolve your Tech or D&T Classroom into a MakerSpace
Many schools have a Technology Workshop or Design and Technology Room, with a range of hand-tools and machine tools. This is often a...

Karen Walstra
Jul 24, 20173 min read
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Education is a Fundamental Driver of Personal, National and Global Development
World Economic Forum 2014 “Education is fundamental driver of personal, national and global development” “Global leaders must commit to...

Karen Walstra
Jul 8, 20171 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Jun 12, 20172 min read
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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,...

Karen Walstra
Mar 3, 201412 min read
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Colours for the Classroom
Colours for the Classroom, for example: using a variety of colours in a classroom reduces passivity and boredom.

Karen Walstra
Jan 7, 201412 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Jan 6, 20148 min read
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School Assessment - whole school planning
Create valid, reliable and credible assessments for each subject taught throughout the academic year

Karen Walstra
Oct 24, 20134 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Oct 13, 20133 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Aug 25, 20131 min read
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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

Karen Walstra
Aug 14, 20133 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Jul 16, 20137 min read
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Technology & Technologies & Software
Integrating technologies - using technologies (hard and software) to make learning meaningful. We had a wonderful hands-on workshop at...

Karen Walstra
Jun 19, 20132 min read
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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...

Karen Walstra
Jun 11, 20133 min read
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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...
Sound Idea and K Walstra
May 23, 20131 min read
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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
Sound Idea & K Walstra
May 23, 20131 min read
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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.

Karen Walstra
May 22, 20131 min read
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Virtual Tours as a Teaching Tool!
Virtual Tours as a teaching tool! Take your learners on a journey!

Karen Walstra
Mar 20, 20132 min read
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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.

Karen Walstra
Feb 26, 20135 min read
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