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![…]
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[…]
Do you have any idea what this is? This is a cootie-catcher. Our new playful promotion for awarenet – made by Vega Design School in Cape Town. Visit us at the Talking Heads Session at Online Educa Berlin (29/11/12, 2.30-4.30pm) and find out more about how awarenet is educating socially responsible, collaborative minds… and what Read more about awarenet promotion by Vega Design School[…]
The two Honours students who are researching awareNet’s impact, Kiarin Lee Gillies and Louise Featherstone attended the Annual Conference of Anthropology, Southern Africa in Cape Town (31/08-03/09/12). Held for professionals and students in the discipline to discuss their research and look at other issues within the discipline, this year’s theme was The future of Anthropology Read more about Honours Students and awareNet at ASnA Annual Conference 2012[…]
Kids at school get into trouble, one day or another. The interesting thing about that is how teachers and learners deal with the problem and in which way they find solutions. Rosa Brandt, an Honours student at Rhodes University has found an innovative and very expressive way to show kids what kind of possibilities they Read more about Honours Student combines Drama with Web 2.0[…]
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will be thinking out of the box and breaking the computer lab ICT education mould in a rural pilot. The pilot will take place at Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, South Africa. awareNet is forms an important part of the social networking technology and methodology for the project. The Read more about awareNet in Rural Education Pilot[…]
As part of the next Brand Challenge, students of Vega Design School will work on awareNet‘s brand, design and usability. The VSA is very excited about this partnership as Vega produces excellent work and very motivated students. awareNet really needs a bit of assistance in this regard. To give you an idea: There will be Read more about Vega Design School enhances usability of awareNet[…]
Vega Schools’ Annual Brand Challenge can help the Village Scribe Association communicate better! Pending selection by the Vega Brand Challenge — we hope we are worthy of this honour! How does it work? A multidisciplinary student team, tutored and coached by veteran communication experts, constructs a brand strategy for awareNet and the VSA. Included are Read more about Vega Brand Challenge Helping VSA Communicate[…]
The VSA proudly announces the beginning of academic reasearch on the impact of the introduction and use of awareNet in disadvantaged and other schools in the Eastern Cape. Two Anthropology Students from Rhodes University have started their Honours theses about “The School as a Multi-Layered Community: Negotiating Technology in Township Schools.” (Louise Featherstone) and “awareNet: Read more about Two Honours Projects by Anthropology Students about awareNet’s Impact[…]
A recent article in Grocotts about Terri’s running project began: “Most social networking sites are associated with gossiping and posting more or less funny wall comments to your friends’ pages. This may be true for Facebook, but it’s not the case with AwareNet, an online educational social network exclusively for school children and their teachers.” Read more about Socializing on social networks[…]