Minutes and Reports of the VSA AGM 2013

The Annual General Meeting of the VSA took place on Tuesday, the 17/12/13 at 7pm, German time, in Berlin and Grahamstown, which were connected via skype. Minutes of the VSA Annual General Meeting ———————————————————————————- Attendees (Anwesend):  Richard Strickland (RS), Terri-Lynn Penney (TLP), Antje Hering (AH), Rieke Heitmueller (RH), Anna Wertlen (AW), Ronald Wertlen (RW) Begin: Read more about Minutes and Reports of the VSA AGM 2013[…]

Eine Umfrage zu Medienkompetenz und sozialen Netzwerken im Unterricht

Macht mit, es geht um Euch und Eure Kinder! Wir haben eine Umfrage konzipiert, mit der wir herausfinden möchten, was Schüler, Lehrer und Eltern von der Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke im Unterricht halten, was bereits benutzt wird, und was wie benutzt werden sollte. Wir möchten wissen, was für Euch Medienkompetenz bedeutet und in welcher Form man Read more about Eine Umfrage zu Medienkompetenz und sozialen Netzwerken im Unterricht[…]

awarenet Workshop auf der Social Media Week in Berlin

Die Social Media Week hosted einen Workshop mit dem Tital “awarenet – eLearning Netzwerk für Kollaborationen mit Südafrika”. awarenet ist eine online Lern- und Kommunikationsplattform für Schüler und Lehrer in Verbindung mit einem sozialen Entwicklungsprogramm für unterprivilegierte Schüler. Derzeit befinden sich die meisten Nutzer in Südafrika. Wir möchten die internationale Zusammenarbeit von deutschen und südafrikanischen Read more about awarenet Workshop auf der Social Media Week in Berlin[…]

awarenet presented to Business and Law Students in Berlin

The VSA has presented the awarenet programme and itself as social entrepreneur to students of the Berlin School of Economics and Law on Wednesday, 17/4/13. We were invited by Prof Sven Ripsas, who teaches and coordinates courses about social entrepreneurship for students. During the summer semester, the students will have to analyse social enterprises or write Read more about awarenet presented to Business and Law Students in Berlin[…]

Business Model and Value Proposition Canvas

The second part of the Idea Reframing Workshop at the social impact enterprise lab took place today. Six social enterprises including the Village Scribe Association were present again. This time, we were introduced to the Value Proposition Canvas and the Business Model Canvas. We went straight into our own projects and defined our most important Read more about Business Model and Value Proposition Canvas[…]

VSA recruiting more teachers to awarenet

On Friday 15/2/13, Dr Sarah Hanton, trustee of the VSA and awarenet coordinator, organised a presentation about the possibilities of awarenet to the staff of VG High School in Grahamtown to recruit more teachers into the programme. Terri-Lynn Penney, Viv Quin and Richard Strickland were also present to give individual support during the meeting. The Read more about VSA recruiting more teachers to awarenet[…]

Very successful Hold-Up about Passwords at SenseCamp Berlin

The first SenseCamp for the VSA turned out to be very successful and also great fun! MakeSense Berlin invited into the Social Impact Enterprise Lab last Saturday (9/2/13) and almost 200 SenseMakers came. There was an amazing atmosphere in which creativity, social ideas and motivation was sprouting out of everyone to form a lively, sizzling Read more about Very successful Hold-Up about Passwords at SenseCamp Berlin[…]