This week, the VSA will officially release the awarenet Peace Song Compilation CD in South Africa with a big Release Party in Grahamstown. The event will take place on Friday 1/2/13 at 2.30 pm at Nombulelo Hall in Joza. Invited is everyone who took part in the awarenet Peace Song Project in 2012 and a Read more about awarenet Peace Song Compilation CD Release Party[…]
The VSA presented awarenet at OuiShare #3 and generated a lot of interest. For the full 5 min presentation, please follow the link below. If you have questions or if you are interested to collaborate with us or to use awarenet, please contact us. awarenet@OuiShare
awarenet has a new attraction, just in time for the new school year in South Africa! The cMinds Project, co-funded by the Life Long Learning Programme of the EU, aims at deploying programming concepts towards the development of critical and structural thinking. cMinds was presented at Online Educa Berlin, where Anna Wertlen approached the presenter, Read more about cMinds on awarenet: a game to learn programming concepts[…]
During the last SenseDrink #13 at the Luzia Bar in Berlin, we were invited by Ismail Chaib to give a Hold-Up during the next SenseCamp on the 9th of February in Berlin. Thank you for inviting us, @iChaib, we are very much looking forward to the event!
The year end was used to found the German Village Scribe Association. This important next step was done to enlarge the global network of the VSA and to make collaboration between German and South African schools easier. Further, the official status as NGO in Germany is necessary when applying for funding. The foundation took place Read more about Foundation of German VSA[…]
What all includes a good health? More than 200 learners from more than 5 schools investigated this question and displayed what they found out on awarenet in one big project called The Health Promotion Project during the last 6 months. They were supported by their coordinator Terri-Lynn Penney and a wide range of volunteers, including Read more about awarenet cares about Health and social Development[…]
The end of the year 2012 is approaching fast, so today I want to take this opportunity to highlight some of the amazing projects that were created by the users of awarenet. They range from health over drama to semiotics, music and equal education. Some of them are finished, some will be continued next term. Read more about The amazing awarenet projects of 2012![…]
The VSA took part in the bi-monthly meeting of the socialbar in Berlin this week, an event at which talks are held and space for discussions are given. Participants came from the various fields of social work and fundraising. The VSA participated to find out more about the local scene and their view on and Read more about VSA at socialbar in Berlin[…]
One of the awarenet champions, Mrs Funeka Jacob (teacher at Mary Waters High School) has recently started her Masters in “Investigating the Use of ICT in Collaborative Learning”. She is enrolled at Rhodes University and now researches how working in groups enhances teaching and learning, taking awarenet as an example. Mrs Jacob is a very Read more about A Masters Thesis about ICT in Collaborative Learning by an awarenet Champion[…]
We proudly announce that Grocott’s Online Mail published an article about the work of a community coordinator at the VSA: a day in the life of Terri-Lynn Penney “Bringing computer literacy to the community, one click at a time”. Terri-Lynn Penney is one of our trustees and a facilitator for the awarenet learning network. She Read more about Portrait about VSA’s coordinator in Grocott’s Mail[…]