We Registered our Mark at 365eduEvents

The Mpumalanga ICT Club Founder has recently registered the club in the international event map of 365eduEvents in Durban and Cape Town on the 12th and 13th October 2018. She was called up by Mr Mark Duncan to make two presentations with an aim of sharing and telling the story of Mpumalanga ICT Club in empowering teachers, learners and community with computer skills.

365eduEvents is all about inspiring growth and change in teaching and learning. A fun,high energy networking event with renowned educators and the latest technologies embedded into the event.

“We are proud to have one of our own registering a mark in these powerful energetic education technology workshops happening in the country and abroad” she is indeed an inspiration to our school community. Ms. Keninda presented a South African model that she designed, implemented and continues to evaluate on how teachers, Learners  and community can be trained into ICT skills from scratch. She has conducted many workshops locally using her model “Mpumalanga ICT Club on spotlight”

At the #365eduDurban and #365eduCape Town, Ms Keninda pitched two presentations, taking a group of tech enthusiasts by surprise on her simple model of engaging teachers for the Continous  Professional Teacher Development (CPTD). “It’s the best way of seeing teachers taking charge of their own developmen, with that we know our kids are in good hands” It should not be by forced or through some rewards that will make teachers to continue learning, it must come intrinsically as part of self driven kind of motivation to continue learning, says Ms Keninda 

We Rise, We Shine, We Code, We Cultivate

Sikhulile COP led by Zanele Khumalo at Kanyamazane EDC

Mpumalanga ICT Club empowered more than 200 teachers with Coding Facilitation skills in Mpumalanga in the month of August 2018 using Scratch and Minecraft Hour of Code.  Coding TTT Picnic Workshops were hosted at Nkangala TVET College Campuses and Kanyamazane Education Centre.
 “We launched at least four Community of Practice (COP) in Mpumalanga during the Coding TTT Picnic Workshops and we hope teachers will take up initiatives in their own schools to groom learners into young scientists through their computer science education initiatives.”  Emalahleni COP was established on the 18 August at Witbank TVET Campus, Siyabuswa COP was established on the 25August at CN Mahlangu TVET Campus, EMakhazeni COP was hosted on the 08 September at Waterval Boven Campus and Sikhulile COP was established on the 27 September 2018 at Kanyamazane Education Centre.

Megan and Nomusa with Siyabuswa COP

We would like to take this opportunity to send  our gratitude to all our hosts especially the Nkangala TVET College for allowing us to host our Coding TTT Picnic Workshops at no cost. Witbank Campus hospitality department with Mrs Roos and her chef students, thank you for your time in planning and the delicious meal you served teachers during our workshops. To Mr. JJ Moropa and your team together with your hospitality students, thank you very much and your professionalism did not go unnoticed.

The four COPs established in Mpumalanga will make a difference in our schools and community in kintroducing Computer Science Education to our kids and youth as we go forward. Mpumalanga ICT Club will support you every step of your new commitment. Ms Keninda Nomusa together with the Mpumalanga ICT Club project manager will visit your schools to support you. Rise, Shine, Code, and plan your Africa Code Week Workshops events with your learners during October Month. Don’t stop Coding, occupy the December Month with the Hour of Code Computer Science Week.

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Together let us unleash the Creativity and Curiosity skills in our learners, Let’s us shape their problem solving skills and groom them for the new job market in this Fouth Industrial Revolution. Our kids will no longer be the same as 10yrs in the mist of STREAM- Science Technology Robotics Engineering Art and Mathematics. Remember to put another Big A for Agriculture to be STREAAM.
Aha! School yards, let us tilt the soil to cultivate food for sustainable development and to alleviate poverty in our communities.

Rise Shine, Code, and Cultivate because we love leading a change.

Compiled by Nomusa Keninda - Founder and CEO of  Mpumalanga ICT CLUB