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Sixth FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

March 30, 2011

UCT students are currently on holiday, so it was great watching our Eventbrite attendance sign up page increase in numbers in the lead up to last night’s Hackathon, to the point where we were…

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Fifth FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

March 23, 2011

This is the last week of term for UCT students (can you believe it!), but despite this we had 21 signups on Eventbrite, and ended up with 26 volunteers at our Hackathon last night! Some volunteers…

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  • Tags: Hackathon, maths equations, , , , uct students, website tomorrow

Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources in Life Sciences

March 18, 2011

Our final evening event last night was for Life Sciences teachers, which was hosted by the Experilab in Bellville. The last six weeks have seen us cover a range of subjects and included an…

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Fourth FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

March 16, 2011

We have held four Hackathons this year so far, and it is hard to believe that the university term ends next week already. As per our usual Tuesday routine, we stocked up on snacks and cooldrinks…

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  • Tags: assignment, chemistry table, extension cables, Hackathons, maths physics, Physics, ,

Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources in English

March 11, 2011

English was the subject, Experilab was the venue! Last night was our second last evening event for teachers in the Northern Suburbs, and with a gathering of nine English teachers present, there was…

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  • Tags: creative commons, creative commons license, education revolution, gaining momentum, , , , test

Third FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

March 9, 2011

Last night’s Hackathon was our best one yet! We implemented a new, more streamlined process, which meant the assignment allocation ran smoothly and easily, and when volunteers arrived they were…

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Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources in Physical Science

March 4, 2011

Siyavula has been running a repeat of our evening events that serve to introduce teachers to using open educational resources (OERs) and technology in the classroom. These have been taking place at…

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  • Tags: birthday paradox, flu virus, open source, , physical science teachers,

Second FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

March 2, 2011

Last night our second Hackathon of 2011 took place on UCT campus. As we were expecting some brand new volunteers that had never attended a Hackathon before, and also because Mark was present this…

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  • Tags: fellow volunteers, Hackathon, maths equations, , , vula

Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources in Mathematics

February 25, 2011

Last night was our third Northern Suburbs evening event where we covered the use of open educational resources (OERs) and technology when teaching maths. Once again we were hosted by the Experilab…

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First FHSST Hackathon of 2011 on UCT campus

February 23, 2011

Last night was our first UCT Hackathon of 2011. Our team at Siyavula were eagerly anticipating the evening and turnout of volunteers, as after our successful few days at UCT’s O-Week where we…

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  • Tags: Hackathon, introductory evening, pizza, pizza orders, snack table,

Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Technology in IT and CAT

February 18, 2011

Last night was our IT CAT evening for teachers in the Northern Suburbs, hosted by the Experilab in Bellville. It was a small affair, but as there are very few IT and CAT teachers in Cape Town and…

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  • Tags: cat teachers, computer, logo, mit open courseware, , programming, robotics equipment

FHSST at the University of Cape Town O-Week 2011

February 15, 2011

FHSST relies on volunteer contributions to constantly evolve, stay current and up to date. In the past we have run Hackathons at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus, tapping into the science…

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Northern Suburbs Evening Event – Siyavula Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Technology in the Classroom

February 11, 2011

Siyavula is running a repeat of the series of evening events that we held towards the end of 2010 at the Open Innovation Studio (OIS) in Cape Town. This series of events are taking place in…

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Second Hackathon at the OIS

December 8, 2010

Our Hackathons are still continuing at the OIS, and we held our second one there last night. As this is a very busy time of year for many people, and most students have now gone home for the holiday,…

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  • Tags: , equations and inequalities, Hackathons, hearted conversation, , second, south africans

Philippi Schools: FullMarks Session 2

December 7, 2010

The training went off very well with about 20 teachers attending.  There were five (5) teachers who did not attend the first session; hence we lost some time by allowing them to catch up and…

Written by: Davis Quinton

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Start of the Hackathons at the OIS

December 2, 2010

Our office at the OIS became the new venue for hosting our FHSST Hackathons. Although we have finished with our Hackathons at UCT, we still have work to do on our textbooks. We called on volunteers…

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Closing Evening for Series of Open Education Resources Functions

November 29, 2010

The last six weeks have seen around ninety teachers and representatives from the DoE pass through our office at the Open Innovation Studio (OIS), where we hosted our series of evening events on Open…

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Introduction to Open Education Resources in Mathematics

November 19, 2010

One of the important aims of our evening functions that we hold at the Open Innovation Studio (OIS) is to inspire teachers and open their eyes to new resources and ideas that can be brought into the…

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The Big Bang Theory – Hackathon Seven

November 17, 2010

Go out with a bang! Go out on a high! And so we did! Due to the volunteer presence at our previous Hackathons decreasing somewhat over the last few weeks, we decided that last night would be our last…

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Introduction to Open Education Resources in Life Sciences

November 12, 2010

We thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere at last night’s evening event for Life Sciences. Many of the teachers that came already knew each other either from previous work experience or from…

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