2018 awarenet highlights
Check out some of the highlights of the awarenet year 2018!
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In February we reached our 500th member of the Open Lab and our teacher’s course was SETA accredited:
500th member of awarenet Open Lab!
The awarenet Open Lab registered its 500th member last week! Aphelele Pama, a 13 years old grade 6 learner from local school CM Vellem became awarenet Open Lab member number 500.
Asked why he decided to join the awarenet Open Lab Aphelele says the main reason is that computers can help him do his homework better. He can also…
awarenet Teacher’s course accredited!
The awarenet teacher’s course which started in 2017 now has official recognition in the South African educational system! Through the 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA) relevant bodies of authority in different sectors of the…
In April we taught teachers doing a postgraduate degree at Rhodes University the use of Power Point:
awarenet lecture on PowerPoint in the classroom
PowerPoint is a powerful tool and as all technology has its uses and misuses. Earlier this month I presented a lecture and did a workshop at Rhodes University for teachers in how to best use…
In May we had great fun at the Open Day together with our partners at the Joza Youth Hub:
The Joza Youth Hub opens its doors!
On the 26th of May we invited the community to take part in the annual Joza Youth Hub Open Day. The different organizations based at the Joza Youth Hub were showcasing their work in form of competitions and…
In July our learners took part in the annual Makhanda/Grahamstown Arts Festival, creating animations at a fun workshop and seeing an interesting play about local history:
Afrofuturist Animation Workshop!
awarenet learners got a chance to learn how to make advanced computer animation during the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. The learners took part in the Afrofuturist Animation Workshop run by Alette Schoon of the…
The Xhosa Chronicles
During the Grahamstown National Arts Festival which took place last week we took some of our learners out to see "The Xhosa Chronicles", a play about Xhosa culture and what difficulties modern Xhosa people face whilst looking back at their history. Kjetil, Xenia and I were accompanied by our lab supervisors and a…
In September the second Learning Lab officially opened:
Opening of the awarenet Learning Lab
This Wednesday we officially opened the second awarenet computer Lab! All the people who put in effort in establishing the lab were invited to share some cake and admire the progress. This Lab will…
The same month former awarenet intern Mcvay returned from an exiting year as volunteer in Germany:
Mcvay and his year as a volunteer in Germany
Former awarenet learner and intern Mcvay Boko just returned from an exciting year as a volunteer in Germany! It has been a long journey with awarenet for Mcvay who first joined our program as a…
In October staff and volunteers from awarenet received recognitions for community engagement from Rhodes University:
Recognition for awarenet at Rhodes Community Engagement Awards 2018!
awarenet and partners received awards for community engagement at the 2018 Rhodes University Community Engagement Awards! Sudo Soc, the…
Last year we also did a lot of fun activities with cameras and recorders:
Joza goes Hollywood
A few weeks ago we reported about our movie making course. Within this blogpost we want to show you the final version of the short movie.
We are incredibly proud of our learners and what they have accomplished. They shot the film with their mobile phones and edited it themselves with the…
Photo walk in local township
The colours of the grey streets of Joza came alive for awarenet learners and other local youth who took part in the Photo Walk organised by local newspaper Grocotts Mail. Grocott's Photo Walk is a joint cooperation with The Stand community newspaper in Syracuse, New York where the two…
awarenet October holiday fun!
The awarenet team were busy doing fun things in and around the computer lab at the Joza Youth Hub this October school holiday!
School holidays mean a lot of free time. Instead of laying in bed all day kids from our local area were invited to join our media workshops in the…
