Wednesday 21 September 2011

North-West Province - PC literacy training across rural South Africa

Learnthings Africa & MTN 

2010 -  2011



Background


MTN, a major cellular network, contracted Learnthings Africa to provide basic computer literacy training to students and teachers at 100 rural schools across South Africa, where MTN provided each school with a fully functional computer lab. Each lab was equipped with around 30 desktop PC's and an Interactive whiteboard. I had to train teachers on how to integrate technology into their teaching methodologies. I did basic training on MS Word, Encarta and Learnthings content to both teachers and students. I did facilitation at 12 of these schools in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West province and the Eastern Cape.

African 'classroom' - Matlaisane High school (North West Province)


About Learnthings Africa


Learnthings Africa specializes in providing training based on the integration of ICT and digital materials within the teaching and learning environment, so that users can meaningfully utilize ICT in education and harness ICT technology to improve, enrich and expand education. Some of the training programs include: Computer literacy, Introduction to digital resources, Integrating ICT into teaching and learning, creating digital content, Evaluation of digital resources, the interactive whiteboard.

My Duties included:

  • Teaching rural primary and secondary school children and teachers basic computer literacy on Microsoft. (WORD, EXCEL, and POWERPOINT as well as ENCARTA).
  • Facilitating Training of teachers regarding the integration of ICT’s into teaching and learning.
  • Training e-content developers and teachers how to digitize learning content.

Mathiba Stad nature scenery - North-west province

About North West province


North West is an inland South African province that borders Botswana. Its landscape is defined by mountains in the northeast and bush-veld scattered with trees and shrubs. Its capital is Mahikeng. North West was created after the end of Apartheid in 1994, and includes parts of the former Transvaal Province and Cape Province, as well as most of the former Bantustan of Bophuthatswana. The Magaliesberg mountain range in the northeast extends about 130 km (about 80 miles) from Pretoria to Rustenburg (Wikipedia).

Grazing donkeys on the school grounds, Gaesitsiwe High school, North West province

Donkey car, North West province

'Supermarket' - North West province

Township house - Hammanskraal, Northwest province

 Mini-bus taxi - Hammanskraal, Northwest province

Donkey car - Makapaanstad, North-West Province

Mathiba stad house - North-West province

African 'Baby pram' - 
Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

Street vendor - Tladi Stad, North-West

African car Texas style - Moeka, North West province

Gaseitsiwe High school - North-West Province

African landscape near Gaseitsiwe High school - North-West Province

The slogan of MTN Cell Company who sponsored these PC literacy projects, 
painted on the door of the PC lab of Gaesitsiwe High School - North West province

Student training at Gaseitsiwe High school - North-West Province

Donkey car - North-west Province

Goats crossing the main road - North West province

Gaesitsiwe High School - North West province

Posing with the teachers at Gaesitsiwe High School - North West province, after training

Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Teacher training at Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Shop near Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Donkey car - Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

'Fork in the road' - near Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Student training at Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Pre-school kids in deep discussion

Driving school - Makapaanstad, North-West Province

Donkey crossing the road - Makapaanstad, North-west Province

Donkey car - Makapaanstad, North-west Province

Goat drinking water at the tap on the school grounds - 
Masonyane Middle school, Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

 Students drinking water - Masonyane Middle school, 
Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

Baby goat drinking milk - Masonyane Middle school, 
Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

African bus - Mathiba stad, North -West province

Student training at Matlaisane High School, North-West Province

Students doing homework - Matlaisane High School, North-West Province

African kindergarten - Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

Seboaneng Middle school Bathrooms - Tladi stad, North-West Province

Tea advert on a shop - Tladi stad, North West province

African car wash-Mathiba Stad (North West Province)

Donkey car passenger - North-West Province

Students drinking water - Dipetlwana Primary school, North West Province

Happy school kids - North-West Province

School feeding scheme - North-West Province

School feeding scheme - North-West Province

North West Province transportation - Makapaanstad

Makapaanstad house - North-West Province

Makapaanstad shop - North-West Province

Donkey grazing alongside the road - Mathiba stad, North West province

African school - North-West Province

Moeka - North-West Province

African car wash - Motla, North-West Province

African 'Baby pram' - Rajepani, near Motla, North West province

Seboaneng Middle school - Tladi Stad, North-West Province


Read more about PC literacy training in the Eastern Cape province


Read more about PC literacy training in Limpopo province


Read more about PC literacy training in Mpumalanga province


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