Experiences of my life in South Africa as an educator that loves edtech and game based learning.
I received an e-mail a few weeks ago with the great news that I’ve been selected to be a Microsoft In Education Fellow for another year! I am honored and proud to be given this platform to make an impact in the lives of South African educators- and students. The MIEFellow community work together for […]
One of my proudest moments as a teacher were when Mrs Kling (a robot that my students built) got recognition. What was special about this project was the fact that we were the underdogs and knew nothing about robots (myself included) and it took a team of 10 kids and 4 teachers to make this […]
Everyone knows about South Africa’s past. I don’t want to talk about all the sadness of the past here. There is enough information about it on the internet. What I do want to celebrate is the fact that everyone can vote now. I voted for the first time in 2002. My husband and I voted […]
Ek was gelukkig om twee ouma’s te ken. Ouma Millie is ongelukkig oorlede toe ek in Standerd 7 was. Ouma Betsie het my gelukkig gelukgewens met my 30ste verjaardag. Sy was ‘n ware rolmodel vir ons almal en ons mis haar baie.
Milo was Hawie se hond. Sy was baie oulik en ek was baie lief vir haar. Toe sy ‘n baba was het Hawie met haar in sy fiets se mandjie by die huis aangekom. Sy is dood net na Michael Jackson toe ek in Rusland was.
Soos ek reeds genoem het het ek antiversie van die heupe. Dit gebeur wanneer die heuppootjies nie reg uitdraai nie. Ek onthou dit was baie seer en baie warm. Ek was in gips tot by my bobene, Ek onthou my ma wat mooi na my gekyk het. Op ‘n stadium kon ek op my gipsbene […]
Ek kan nie veel van my eerste skooldag onthou nie. Dit was by die voorbereidingskool in Mafikeng en ons het in Jan Viljoenlaan 13 gebly. Ek weet net dat ek daardie jaar baie geniet het. Juffrou Johanna was my heldin en ek wou net soos sy wees. Kyk die indraai voete. Dit is later reggemaak. […]
Van kleins af het ek maar altyd probleme gehad met my arms en bene. Was nog nooit baie vas op my voete nie. Dit kan toegeskryf word aan baie redes maar die feit is ek loop liewer op my kniee as op my voete. Ek kan nie presies onthou hoe my arm gebreek het nie. […]
Daar is ‘n paar woorde in Afrikaans wat herinneringe oproep: koeksister, poskaart, moerkoffie, kaalgatperske en windpomp om maar net ‘n paar te noem. Kom ons bly vir nou by koeksister. Wanneer ek die woord hoor dink ek aan lekker kuier saam met koffie. Ek dink ook aan my ouma se kombuis in Pretoria Wes waar […]