Academy bounces into future with Chromebooks
Gadgets / 26 Apr '16, 09:42am
Raphael Wolf
Cape Town - The Cape Academy School of Maths, Science and Technology in Constantia has launched a project which aims to replace textbooks with digital technology as a teaching tool next year.
Called Chromebooks, and a first of its kind in South Africa, the pilot project was rolled out on Monday with the issuing of Chromebooks to 20 teachers, who had completed a course on how to use the digital books.
Discussing a Chromebook at the Cape Academy School of Maths, Science and Technology are teachers, from left, Ebrahim Hoosain, Jerome Meyer, Carol Abrahams, Bienyamien Manuel, sponsor Shahiem Pillay, principal Greg van Schalkwyk, parent Tutu gxOtelwa and teacher Ruschka Jaffer. Picture: Phando Jikelo/Independent Media. Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIA“Chromebooks will enable us to access digital educational material. And the vision is that using Google apps will augment and strengthen our teaching methodologies,” said principal Greg van Schalkwyk.
The project is being rolled out at the school in partnership with American information communications technology (ICT) company Accrete Solutions and Google RSA, a Google education company who are the sponsors, said Van Schalkwyk.
Other partners are Pearsons Education and Vastratech, who provide digital materials, teacher training and hardware. “We appreciate the (sponsors’) involvement for having chosen our institution as a pilot study in the application of Google apps for education,” said Van Schalkwyk.
Sponsor representative Shahiem Pillay said the school was selected because it is one of the top performing maths and science schools in the country.
“We want to take the school to the next digital level to ultimately replace textbooks by 2017.”
The school was started in 2004 and has about 400 pupils, of which about 300 stay at the school during school terms, said teacher Ruschka Jaffer.
It catered initially for Grades 10 to 12, but include Grade 8 from this year.
“We are trying to build on to the school to increase its capacity. The idea of the school was to take these particularly talented in maths and science pupils and nurture them outside of their trying home circumstances.”
The school needs sponsors to roll the project out to the Grade 8s, she added.
Cape Times
Raphael Wolf
Cape Town - The Cape Academy School of Maths, Science and Technology in Constantia has launched a project which aims to replace textbooks with digital technology as a teaching tool next year.
Called Chromebooks, and a first of its kind in South Africa, the pilot project was rolled out on Monday with the issuing of Chromebooks to 20 teachers, who had completed a course on how to use the digital books.
Discussing a Chromebook at the Cape Academy School of Maths, Science and Technology are teachers, from left, Ebrahim Hoosain, Jerome Meyer, Carol Abrahams, Bienyamien Manuel, sponsor Shahiem Pillay, principal Greg van Schalkwyk, parent Tutu gxOtelwa and teacher Ruschka Jaffer. Picture: Phando Jikelo/Independent Media. Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIA“Chromebooks will enable us to access digital educational material. And the vision is that using Google apps will augment and strengthen our teaching methodologies,” said principal Greg van Schalkwyk.
The project is being rolled out at the school in partnership with American information communications technology (ICT) company Accrete Solutions and Google RSA, a Google education company who are the sponsors, said Van Schalkwyk.
Other partners are Pearsons Education and Vastratech, who provide digital materials, teacher training and hardware. “We appreciate the (sponsors’) involvement for having chosen our institution as a pilot study in the application of Google apps for education,” said Van Schalkwyk.
Sponsor representative Shahiem Pillay said the school was selected because it is one of the top performing maths and science schools in the country.
“We want to take the school to the next digital level to ultimately replace textbooks by 2017.”
The school was started in 2004 and has about 400 pupils, of which about 300 stay at the school during school terms, said teacher Ruschka Jaffer.
It catered initially for Grades 10 to 12, but include Grade 8 from this year.
“We are trying to build on to the school to increase its capacity. The idea of the school was to take these particularly talented in maths and science pupils and nurture them outside of their trying home circumstances.”
The school needs sponsors to roll the project out to the Grade 8s, she added.
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