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Thutong South African Education Portal

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Knowledge is like light, weightless and intangible; it can easily travel

the world, enlightening the lives of people everywhere.

Yet billions of people still live in the darkness of poverty, unnecessarily.

World Development Report 1999

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ICT in Education: overview

Skills for the 21st century

ICT in Education: principles

Critical Outcomes of the National Curriculum

Six Pillars of the White Paper on e-Education

Thutong (2.0 !) Education Portal

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21st Century Skills: (enGauge)

Digital-Age Literacy

Basic, scientific, economic, ICT and technological literacy'sVisual and information literacy's

Multicultural literacy and global awareness

Effective Communication

Teaming, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Personal, social, and civic responsibilityInteractive communication

High Productivity

Prioritising, planning, and managing for results

Effective use of real-world toolsAbility to produce relevant, high-quality products

Inventive ThinkingAdaptability and managing complexity

Self-direction

Curiosity, creativity, and risk taking

Higher-order thinking and sound reasoning

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Critical Outcomes of the National Curriculum

Problem solving, decision making, critical and creative thinking

Work effectively in a team

Organise and manage themselves and their activities

Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information

Communicate effectively

Use science and technology effectively

Understanding that the world is a set of related systems

Variety of learning strategies

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Six Pillars of the White Paper

infrastructure in all schools including maintenance, sustainability,security, technical support and initial training

connectivity to all schools, FET Colleges and district offices to aclosed network linked to the Internet

ongoing professional development (teacher training and teacherdevelopment programmes) for teachers, principals and supportpersonnel

maintenance and further development of the Educational Portal andcontent development

research, monitoring and evaluation

community involvement

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What is the Thutong Education Portal ?

To provide teachers, school managers and administrators, andnational and provincial education officials access to high qualityresources

To create strong and vibrant online communities of practice amongst

the above target audiences

To facilitate discussion and sharing of information and ideasamongst peer networks

To encourage South African teachers to develop and improveeducation by sharing intellectual capital

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Home Page

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Typical Learning Space

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Professional Development

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Education Administration

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Education Management

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Othersupport spaces we are growing!

Child Online Safety

Children and Youth Literacy

Dinaledi Schools

Early Childhood Development

Envirospace

Foundations for Learning

Inclusive Education

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Mobile Learning

National Teaching Awards

School Enrichment

School Safety

Support for Matrics

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Communication tools

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Registration

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Newsletters

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Notice Board

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Forums

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Blogs

Users can browse

blog posts based

on the tags you

added to your

blog.

Users can

subscribe toreceive RSS

feeds of your

blog posts.

Click on the

name of the blog

post to view the

main blog page.

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Upload resources: Step 1

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Thutong Twitter

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Thutong Thato says it is about conversations around

Creating

Sharing

Including

Communicating

Collaborating

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For more information

Mrs J Rosario

Deputy Director: Curriculum Innovation and e-Learning

Department of Education

Cell: 0823654663

Tel: 012 312 5882 Fax: 012 321 2490

Website: http://www.thutong.doe.gov.za

e-mail: rosario.j@doe.gov.za

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thutong

Skype: joy.rosario