[Ica-osgeo-labs] GIS in South Africa Secondary Education

[Jeff McKenna]

Suchith, all,

I have had the pleasure to work with Bridget on several trips to South 
Africa, and I can tell you that she has that rare passion to teach, rare 
enthusiasm that students latch on to, that is so hard to find.  She and 
Gavin make a wonderful team, teaching openness to students and 
organizations all over South Africa.  Both Bridget and Serena are really 
shining stars in education in South Africa, I am truly glad to be on the 
same team as them :)

-jeff



On 2015-02-16 2:09 PM, Suchith Anand wrote:
> Welcome Bridget Fleming and thank you for giving us updates on South Africa Geography education. We welcome SA Teachers and looking forward to sharing ideas  in our joint objective for building Openness in Geoeducation to enable geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all.
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> Hardware costs are (and will) keep coming down, internet access is increasing even in developing countries and with free and open source software, even poor schools in developing countries are getting small computer labs established ( i know this from my experience in India) .The convergence of all these factors with a great team of dedicated people will change geoeducation forever.
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> The timing for this is excellent and history is on our side for making sure  the opportunities of Open Education reaches all.
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> Best wishes,
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> From: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Fleming [bridget at afrispatial.co.za]
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 4:49 PM
> To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] GIS in South Africa Secondary Education
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> Thank you Serena Coetzee and Gavin Fleming for bringing this inspiring list to my attention.
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> I will forward details of the 'Teacher Training and School Education thematic' to the SA Geography Teachers’ network, a mailing list that I manage of over 800 Geography teachers in SA, when it is set up.
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> GIS is a significant part of the grade 10 to 12 Geography curriculum in SA and a group of us have been involved in a number of initiatives including teacher training, material development and GIS camps. I spent twenty years in the classroom before moving on to GIS teacher support, using QGIS as a tool.
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> Please don’t forget us here in SA, we are very eager to get involved and share resources.
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> Kind regards
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