The African Education Week Convention which will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from 19th to 22th June will be a discussion on Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Classrom.
Should IT and social media be used to develop professional learning networks? Are mobile devices revolutionary or disruptive in a classroom setting? And can twitter, Facebook and MixIT enhance teaching and learning in the classroom? These are some of the compelling questions that will be discussed at the event.
In a release its official site, Educational technology expert and head of e-Learning at Mustek, Kobus van Wyk encourages teachers to embrace technology.
“Although e-Learning is already happening in isolated schools, it still has to get going at a much broader level. e-Learning can make a huge contribution towards alleviating the bad state of education in South Africa.
“It's not just tablets that are the way forward, it is the concept of ‘bring your own device (BYOD)’ says one of this year’s keynote speakers at African Education Week, Prof Johannes Cronje, Dean Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
“Tablets are getting cheaper and cheaper, and more and more versatile. We are moving to a multi-screen universe, with the screens being very intelligent, and even knowing where they are and who is using them. This ability of machines to learn our behaviour and our needs will mean that we have to explore new ways of learning and thinking about technology.”
“Today learners are becoming very tech-savvy and engage with one another through technology as a primary means of communication” says Paulo Ferreira, Head of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung South Africa.
Now in its 7th year, it remains the continent’s leading educational resources and training event, attracting more education professionals than any other event.
Should IT and social media be used to develop professional learning networks? Are mobile devices revolutionary or disruptive in a classroom setting? And can twitter, Facebook and MixIT enhance teaching and learning in the classroom? These are some of the compelling questions that will be discussed at the event.
In a release its official site, Educational technology expert and head of e-Learning at Mustek, Kobus van Wyk encourages teachers to embrace technology.
“Although e-Learning is already happening in isolated schools, it still has to get going at a much broader level. e-Learning can make a huge contribution towards alleviating the bad state of education in South Africa.
“It's not just tablets that are the way forward, it is the concept of ‘bring your own device (BYOD)’ says one of this year’s keynote speakers at African Education Week, Prof Johannes Cronje, Dean Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
“Tablets are getting cheaper and cheaper, and more and more versatile. We are moving to a multi-screen universe, with the screens being very intelligent, and even knowing where they are and who is using them. This ability of machines to learn our behaviour and our needs will mean that we have to explore new ways of learning and thinking about technology.”
“Today learners are becoming very tech-savvy and engage with one another through technology as a primary means of communication” says Paulo Ferreira, Head of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung South Africa.
Now in its 7th year, it remains the continent’s leading educational resources and training event, attracting more education professionals than any other event.
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