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Apple, MINI, Select DCS to Join iSchool Africa

While many South African educators and learners enjoyed their last days of the school holiday, nine teachers from DCS headed to iSchool at Apple's headquarters in Sandton for intensive training in digital content creation. The seminar kicked off an exciting new era of teaching and learning at DCS, as the school formally joined iSchool Africa.

iSchool Africa aims to bring the best available education technology and practices to schools in South Africa. DCS was selected to join one of 20 schools nationally that will use Apple technology to create newsworthy video content for broadcast on TV, online and mobile channels, as well as create digital content for the classroom. This is only possible through the support of MINI, which provides the funds for a free mobile lab with Apple Macbook computers and video cameras

On the first day of class, iSchool instructor Gera Phielix gave the educators their homework: to create a video to be used in their classroom, complete with soundtrack, in three days. A few teachers looked at her in disbelief, but were given no option to opt out. Within little time they were deeply immersed in new software tools that turned out to be intuitive and fun to use. Two days later, every member of the class had completed their homework, and were thinking of ways to put their new knowledge and skills to use in the classroom. Stay tuned for the results!