{"id":1215,"date":"2016-04-22T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2016-04-22T19:38:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T19:38:28","slug":"opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Doors for Educators and Learners with Technology in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

Autodesk volunteers recently wrapped up week one of their project in South Africa where the impact of their work is already being felt.<\/p>\n

The team is working with local teachers for two weeks to advance 21st century teaching methods and increase the use of technology in classrooms to increase student engagement.<\/p>\n

Makupula High<\/a> is a business and entrepreneur focused school and their motto is, \u201ceducation is our business.\u201d Teachers are passionate about nurturing young minds and expanding their skillsets so they can in turn open a new world of opportunities for their students \u2013 whom they call \u201clearners\u201d \u2013 in the underserved Kayamandi Township.<\/p>\n

The first of two groups of educators are very new to technology and largely rely on chalk boards and textbooks to teach. \u00a0The volunteers took teachers through a design thinking process and brainstormed opportunities to adopt new technological tools. Then over the course of the week, teachers got tailored coaching from the volunteers on how to create presentations and use online research tools to illustrate their concepts and lesson plans.<\/p>\n

\"Lesson\"<\/a>
\nMeet Chewu, an English teacher at Makupula Secondary who had never used PowerPoint in his class prior to the week. He created a presentation about the South African literature piece that his class was studying to help learners dive into character studies and the themes of the book.<\/p>\n

\"Chewu\"<\/a>
\nAs Esther, a Makupula tourism teacher said, \u201cI had a great week with you volunteers and in the classes. And look at me now, I\u2019m taking my laptop to the classroom!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Esther\"<\/a>
\nThe volunteers also conducted a number of workshops in other schools and universities within Stellenbosch, South Africa, over the course of the week. Read more about the Fusion 360 Workshop at Stellenbosch University where students designed a better water collection solution for Kayamandi residents on the Autodesk Design Academy blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Group<\/a>
\nWe\u2019ll leave you with a great video of the Makupula Secondary School choir rehearsing for the regionals \u2013 which they won!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/bA99Jz9QmuI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

Autodesk volunteers recently wrapped up week one of their project in South Africa where the impact of their work is already being felt.<\/p>\n

The team is working with local teachers for two weeks to advance 21st century teaching methods and increase the use of technology in classrooms to increase student engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-fold"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOpening Doors for Educators and Learners with Technology in South Africa - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"Opening Doors for Educators and Learners with Technology in South Africa\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-22T12:00:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-04-22T19:38:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/71\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/Esther.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"In the Fold\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/opening-doors-for-educators-and-learners-with-technology-in-south-africa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Opening Doors for Educators and Learners with Technology in South Africa - 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