East went East to EDEN Karoo - E-IAWB Session

Peter Adams and Albie Smith got their E-IAWB skills together and did a session with EDEN Karoo Facilitators. All present were very eager to apply their own unique E-IAWB Skills and the session @ Gerrit du Plessis Secondary in Riversdale was very rewarding and successful.

After almost a 6 hours non-stop session, all Eden Karoo Staff members were very enthusiastic to implement their newly enhanced E-IAWB Toolbar knowledge. The Eden Karoo schools can expect a wheelbarrow full of E-IAWB expertise during 2009.

EMDC East Soneike Spur Farewell Barbie Doll - Barbara

From: EMDC East Team 2008/12/12@10:00 am

To: Barbara

Thanks for being part of our team. Your contributions were very much appreciated. We will miss you in our team. Your constructive work ethic motivated all of us. We will visit you @ your home-based school.

Albie Blogger

SECURITY - Safe Educational Complexes Under Rigid IT Yales

SECURITY

EMDC East have ensured that schools were informed to take the neccessary security steps to protect their property - even the police detail were forwarded to the schools. LETTERS and verbal communication were taken by Facilitators.

A special task team from SAPS will be deployed in Khayelitsha area. SAPS said they can do a lot if they have the serial numbers as supplied through IT Crimes. SAPS have the re-registered schools serial numbers already. Khanya East Security sustainable plan incorporation with SAPS @ http://www.saps.gov.za./

Further, EMDC East Team also informed schools about appropriate measures to safeguard everything. One of the measures is to ensure that school's insurances are updated to cover all ICT equipment such as the school's computers, Mindset equipment, data projectors and Interactive Whiteboards, Mimio.

Principals must make sure that the LAB keys are in responsible hands. Security armed response must be informed WHO are the keyholders during the holidays - they must be contactable and available. Schools were informed to ensure that alarm systems are in a working condition. Admin Pc’s and servers, scanners, printers, data projectors, laptops must be packed away in strong rooms.

CONTACT DETAIL :Police Operational room number 24 hours is: 021 360 23 08 or 14 in ALL District East Areas.

IT CRIMES is also 24 hours available and may be contacted as soon as SAPS has been informed in cases of a burglary. CONTACT NUMBER: - 011 837 4700 shaun@itcrimes.co.za.

Albie

HEADING: Computer Age dawns at Khanyolwethu High School. (Lwandle Strand)

The Khanyolwethu Secondary School, with its more than a thousand enthusiastic students, was honoured at a function attended by the Minister for Education Mr Cameron Dugmore who officially opened their new Computer Laboratory. A ceremony for unveiling of a marble plaque which was held in the large school hall, was also attended by members of School's Governing Body, several Ward Councilors, Officials from the Head Office as well as representatives from the several NGO organizations who supplied and participated in the setting up of the modern Computer Laboratory, which was described by Mr Dugmore as being the most modern in the Western Cape.

Mr Singh had this to say about Khanya Personnel: "on behalf of the S.G.B., learners, parents and staff we wish to place on record our sincere thanks for the commitment and dedication of Khanya personnel, in particular Mr S. Goliath who took a personal interest in our school and walked the extra - mile in ensuring a perfect finish for the official opening of the Computer Khanya Laboratory at Khanyolwethu High (Lwandle - Strand)