Emalahleni teachers exposed to 4th industrial revolution in education
These teachers were exposed to different kinds of ICT skills that can help them enhance their classroom’s lessons
Witbank High School and DM Motsaosele Secondary School teachers were exposed to the 4th Industrial Revolution (IR) in Education at the SchoolnetSA Digital Learning Conference held in the North West province at the Lebone II Royal Bafokeng Institute.
The conference was held from June 26 till 28.
During the panel discussion hosted on the first day of the conference where Nomusa Keninda, Mpumalanga ICT Club Founder and the
e-Learning Specialist for the Mpumalanga Department of Education answered questions from the floor of whether the 4IR is still coming or is already here for teachers to prepare or to adapt into it.
“We are already in the 4th Industrial Revolution and as teachers we need to learn faster to introduce our learners in preparation for their jobs that never existed in our era” she replied.
These teachers were exposed to different kinds of ICT skills that can help them enhance their classroom’s lessons.
Virtual Reality, Minecraft Education, OneNote, Skype in the classroom, Coding and Robotics topped the lists of skills acquired from the conference.
“Since I attended the Microsoft Education Exchange Global Summit in Paris recently in April, I took teachers step by step on how they can become Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts to join the Global Summit next year in Sydney, Australia, Ms Keninda said.
