Author: Anna Wertlen

VSA submitted 5 pictures for eLearning Africa Photo Competition – help us win and vote for us!

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The eLearning Africa Conference Photo Competition asked for pictures with the theme Capture this! How ICTs are empowering people across Africa. The VSA submitted 5 pictures including descriptions. M favourite description is this one: Upstarters being aware (to vote click here) An innovative, true multimedia project that drew a lot of attention: The Village Scribe Association Read more about VSA submitted 5 pictures for eLearning Africa Photo Competition – help us win and vote for us![…]

Reed House Systems, TeleWeaver and the Siyakhula Living Lab in the German DIE ZEIT.

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Dietrich von Richthofen, a German journalist, visited Grahamstown and the rural Eastern Cape in January 2011. After a series of long interviews with Ron Wertlen (eKhaya ICT and Reed House Systems CTO) and Anna Wertlen (Village Scribe Association), Sibukele Gumbo (Siyakhula Living Lab Management Unit) and Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University – Centre of Excellence) and Read more about Reed House Systems, TeleWeaver and the Siyakhula Living Lab in the German DIE ZEIT.[…]

awareNet now connected to twitter

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We can proudly announce: Our social network awareNet is now connected to twitter! awareNet is now sending daily automated updates about certain activity to @VillageScribeSA. Please, follow us to see what’s going on in our social network for South African and other interested learners. Insights that are posted are completely anonymous to protect the privacy Read more about awareNet now connected to twitter[…]

Rhodes Community Engagement volunteers for VSA and awareNet

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The VSA started a great collaboration with Rhodes’ Community Engagement. CE organised 10 volunteers who are going to work with us for the year 2011. We are very happy to welcome such a large group of motivated, young and active students. Thank you very much for your interest! The volunteers are going to join Thozi, Read more about Rhodes Community Engagement volunteers for VSA and awareNet[…]

awareNet is improving on a daily basis!

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awareNet is the VSA’s social networking software, developed together with eKhaya ICT. Think facebook and Wikipedia in one, especially designed for underprivileged schools in South Africa. The most exciting technical aspect is that even schools without Internet access or very low Internet quota can use it. Nevertheless, they can connect to any other school in Read more about awareNet is improving on a daily basis![…]

VSA partners in Cape Town: meetings and projects.

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To get things going one has to go out and meet people. Best if you don’t know what the goal is. Anna and Ron Wertlen went to Cape Town for three quite different and very interesting meetings. RLabs and Marlon Parker in Athlone: The VSA, eKhaya ICT and RLabs want to work closely together and Read more about VSA partners in Cape Town: meetings and projects.[…]

VSA, BI and TU Berlin cooperate in school extension project in Nqileni

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Manuela Walsdorf-Maul from the Technical University Berlin and Anna Wertlen from the Village Scribe Association visited  the Bulungula Incubator (BI) in Nqileni last week (2.-6.3.11). Together with Annette Champion, Rejane and Dave Martin, they discussed the possibilities for a school extension project in the area. Mrs Walsdorf suggested that German students finish outstanding work and Read more about VSA, BI and TU Berlin cooperate in school extension project in Nqileni[…]

VSA 2011 activities

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The VSA has some exciting new developments to report: Anna Wertlen is currently writing a proposal to the Makana Municipality for the usage of a large building in Joza-Rhini. Several stakeholders are interested to move into the building to strengthen and widen partnerships to serve the community, eg. RLabs, the Centre for Social Development, The Read more about VSA 2011 activities[…]

VSA at NetProphet

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Ron and I have just registered for the Net Prophet Conference in Cape Town. Anna will represent the VSA and Ron eKhaya ICT. Together we will present our Village Scribe Project, awareNet, TeleWeaver and much more. This is how Net Prophet describes itself on its homepage: Take the most innovative/successful/creative/ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the Internet Read more about VSA at NetProphet[…]

Thozi’s January news

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Thozi Ngeju works for the VSA and is the community coordinator for the Grahamstown-Rhini region. He teaches awareNet to the learners at various different schools in the township. (Click here to find out more about Thozi.) “So far January has been slow because of the holiday. However, I’d like to note that this should be Read more about Thozi’s January news[…]