I was extremely honoured to be asked to be a judge in one of the categories.
The aim with these awards is to reward creative use of Apple in teaching and learning!
I was expecting to see great projects, because I have seen the previous year's winners at the Apple in Education Awards, but I was blown away with the creativity! Again!
The venue was at the stunning new iLounge in Juta Street in Braamfontein.
Thr iLounge has a great view of the city with Mandela Bridge.
Each category was judged by 3 people. Each of us sat with all of the projects in a category, and gave our own marks and notes on each of the projects. After that we went through all the projects again, and it was extremely satisfying to see that the individual thoughts concurred to select the best three.
The children in the category Gr 5 - 7 mostly made projects in iMovie, and we had one Keynote presentation to judge as well! It was so inspiring to see what they are able to do!
I can't wait to see the projects of the final winners in all of the categories! The projects come from schools all over the education spectrum; from government to private schools.
It made me excited again to think that this type of technology are helping - and should be implemented more - to level the educational standard in South Africa!
I wish we could put this in all of our children's hands!
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