How do learners become techno-savvy?

1. How do learners become techno-savvy? How to bridge the digital divide

3. Overall ranking

5. South Africa’s ranking (out of 144) Environment Sub index: nr 33 Readiness Sub index: nr 95 Skills Sub index: nr 102

6. Includes 144 economies in 2013 version NRI Report

7. The growing availability of technology has empowered citizens of both developed and emerging economies with fairly good access to the digital world. South Africa is in 70th place. Despite a sharp improvement in the development of its ICT infrastructure (59th)—notably in terms of international Internet bandwidth capacity (66th)—and a strong uptake by the business community (33rd), the ICT impacts (92nd), particularly the social ones (112th), remain limited. The perception of a lack of clear government vision (105th) to orchestrate and implement a holistic ICT strategy for the country, coupled with deficiencies in the educational system for some segments of the population (102nd), play negatively in this process and outweigh a rather positive political and regulatory framework for ICT development (21st) and pro-business environment (55th). Thus, the Index facilitates the identification of areas where policy intervention—through investment, smart regulation, and/or incentives—could boost the impact of ICTs on development and growth. Given the potential high returns that ICTs can provide in transforming a nation’s economy and its citizens’ well-being, assessing ICT developments has been the object of much academic and policy attention in the past decade. Several organizations have made significant efforts to measure and benchmark ICT deployment and uptake, The skills pillar gauges the ability of a society to make effective use of ICTs thanks to the existence of basic educational skills captured by the quality of the educational system, the level of adult literacy, and the rate of secondary education enrolment.

8. The NRI results confirm the presence of the digital divide between advanced economies on the one hand and emerging and developing economies on the other hand.

10. Cars Two Feet City Golf Rolls Royce

11. Computer equipment at SA schools Two Feet City Golf Rolls Royce

13. Cars Two Feet City Golf Rolls Royce

14. Computer equipment at SA schools Two Feet City Golf Rolls Royce

15. Thoughts about this digital divide • Is it about the tools, the skills, the results • Is it about attitude, willingness, openmindedness, adaptability • Should we see ICT skills as a goal in itself • And/or that ICT supports other sectors (medicine, leisure, ..) • Global competitiveness / Internet economy

16. Change • Do you draw comfort from the illusion that everything will remain the same? • How eager are you to change something • To change a lot • To change again and again • Do you have a choice

18. A Skills Based Curriculum CAPS Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement DoE SAQA Unit Standards International Computer Syllabi

19. Activities Grade 1, drag and drop in Word.

20. Completed Activities Grade 1, drag and drop in Word.

21. Activities Grade 1, count and enter the number in a cell in Excel.

22. Completed Activities Grade 1, count and enter the number in a cell in Excel.

23. Activities Grade 6, add graphics and shapes, a design template and transitions.

24. Completed Activities

25. Teachers Guide The activity ‘Sums of Eggs’ in Grade 3.

26. Teachers Guide The activity ‘Circus’ in Grade 6 has lots of software tips.

27. Assessments

28. Assessments

29. Assessment Sheets

31. Free Software • 4-in-a-row • 10 Finger BreakOut • Brain Workshop • Frets on Fire • Stellarium • Chess programs • Reading software • Typing tutors • Scratch, a programming language that makes it easy to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – they can even share creations on the web.

32. Product Price 1st year

33. Upgrade 2nd year

34. Single Site Licence Agreement • One school, regardless of the number of learners, regardless of the number of computers. • Valid for 365 days. • After that you can upgrade annually to the latest version at 50% of the price. • Renewal option (max 2 years in a row) at 10% of the price.

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