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Welcome to the premier accredited
Information and Communication Technology Company
for learners of all ages.
At
Computers 4 Kids, we specialise in providing
a unique ECDL Foundation endorsed
Integrated ICT Curriculum, as well
as all the backup, support and in-service
training to ensure your ICT centre works for
you! Our integrated ICT curriculum works on
Microsoft, Mac as well as Open Source platforms.
Join the
hundreds of schools and hundreds of thousands
of students who make use of our integrated
curriculum on a daily basis. Take a tour
now!
Why not kick-off right now with our fantastic
soccer lessons and score!
Have fun with your class decorating your vuvuzela
and makarapa, dance the diski and score the
most fantastic goal of the season. Click
on the soccer ball to get started.
Computers 4 Kids is a British
Airways Opportunity Grant Winner 2010. As an
Opportunity Grant Winner the airline will provide
Computers 4 Kids, business
class travel for one year.
The airline had an overwhelming response
to the initiative and Computers 4
Kids is one of the lucky winners
of the 50 Grants that were on offer.
The standard of the entries was exceptionally
high and there were more than 1000 applicants
in South Africa. Computers 4 Kids,
was chosen as they demonstrated how business
travel would allow the company to achieve
their goals and aspirations for 2010.
The British Airways Opportunity Grant initiative
was launched this year for the first time
in South Africa and promotes the building
of long term business growth by encouraging
face-to-face meetings between businesses.
For further information on British Airways
and the Opportunity Grants, please click
here
1.
Training Centre Business Opportunity
All Computers 4 Kids Training Centres now
qualify for full ICDL Training Centre
privileges - another 1st for South
Africa. This unique business opportunity has
elicited a phenomenal response. A comprehensive
business package for R49 900 includes all
hardware, internationally accredited software,
curriculum, training, marketing materials
and on-going support. Work from home or set
up in schools or businesses to train children
or adults. Find out more about the Small Business
Opportunity here!
TRAINING SESSIONS
The monthly training sessions for new and
prospective Training Centre Licensees will
be held in Cape
Town as follows: 29-30 July
31 Aug- 1 Sep
28-29 Sep
26-27 Oct
30 Nov – 1 Dec
Please email
Shireen to reserve your space!
2. H1N1 Lessons
Looking for an easy and informative way
for teach your learners about the H1N1 flu
virus and the importance of washing hands,
using tissues, not sneezing on other people
and staying at home when they have a temperature? Try our H1N1 lessons now!
Templates available in English and
Afrikaans!
3. Français
e-Learner is now available in French! Take
a tour
now!
4.
Xhosa
e-Learner is now available with Xhosa templates.
Take a tour
now!
3.11 Plant Parts
3.14 Oceans are Important
3.17 Number Square
3.21 Which way in the woods?
NEWSFLASH!
e-Learner is an ECDL endorsed
product which equips learners of all ages
with a solid foundation for progressing
on to the ICDL Core qualification. It is
currently available in the ICDL SA territory
covering Botswana, Burundi, Comoro Islands,
Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda. This is
fantastic news for all educators and learners
- and a feather in our cap. This, in essence,
also creates an ICT path from primary school
through to high school with certification
from the ICDL South Africa. The newly endorsed
affordable certified product is branded
as e-Learner. Read
more...
We are the 1st company
world-wide to have English primary school
materials accredited. Find out more information
about the ICDL in Africa and their various
qualifications at www.icdl.org.za
. Watch this space for exciting news on
the launch of e-Learner in your area soon!
First
e-Learner certificates issued!
The first e-Learner Gold and Silver
certificates worldwide have
been issued to learners from Bergvliet Primary
School in Cape Town, South Africa, at a special
awards ceremony. The CEO of ICDL SA, Mrs
J van Niekerk, was there for the occasion and
presented the newly qualified e-Learners with
their certificates. Congratulations to
the e-Learners of Bergvliet Primary School on
their achievement - the FIRST certified e-Learners
worldwide!
National
and International Special Days and Events
Take a look at our calendar
which shows up-coming national and international
special days and events which you could incorporate
into your classroom teaching.
Fully
Automated e-Learner Online Assessments
The much awaited launch of our automated online
e-Learner assessments for Silver and Gold
certification has arrived! Visit the
e-Learner.mobi site to access the assessments.
Adopt-A-School
Initiative
As part of its Corporate Social Investment programme,
Computers 4 Kids has launched its "Adopt-A-School"
programme. This programme entails each of the
13 National and International Franchise offices
'adopting' a local school. Read
more...
NEPAD
launches South African e-School
Computers 4 Kids is proud to be a member of
the HP Consorium providing an ICT curriculum
and localised content for the NEPAD
e-Schools initiative in Africa.
Seen below, is Computers 4 Kids MD, Russell
Pengelly (2nd left) with the HP Consortium
members together with ex-President Thabo Mbeki
at the launch at Maripe High School.
Apple
Mac version
Computers 4 Kids is proud to announce the release
of the Mac version of our popular ICT curriculum.
Mail info@computers4kids.co.za
for details or a demo disk.
Computers
4 Kids - UK
The localised UK version of the Computers
4 Kids integrated ICT curriculum has been
approved for school use in the UK! Further
information can be obtained fro our Computers
4 Kids UK website
New
Product – Automated Online Assessments and SMS
notification
Computers 4 Kids announced a new addition to
its C4K Online Management System (COMS) this
week – Automated Online Assessments. This will
allow learners to easily log in online (an off-line
version will also be available) and complete
an assessment covering a specific lesson that
an Educator has chosen to assess. Once completed,
the learner will receive an immediate result
and the Educator will be presented with learner
results in a table format highlighting all the
skills assessed. The data can then be manipulated
to create reports, skills lists and class lists.
This presents a huge time saver for Computers
4 Kids Educators and further demonstrates COMS
ability to provide an effective LMS. The add-on
feature is the SMS result which the parent receives
once the learner has completed the assessment!
The class teacher / ICT Teacher / HOD also receives
an SMS with the class average once all learners
have completed the assessment. Watch this space
for the demo link!
New
Online Planning and School Management Reporting
System Launched
This week saw the release of the Computers 4
Kids Online Management System (COMS). This new
system replaces the current system and allows
the educators to save their planning online,
edit their planning and add their own lessons
to the planning sheet. The new version also
allows School Management or Support Personnel
to view the planning, add comments and view
screenshots of the completed lessons. Well done
Team!
Technology
Top 100
Computers 4 Kids is proud to have achieved recognition
by Technology Top 100, South Africa’s foremost
business excellence awards programme, as a leader
in IT innovation.
TT100 recognises the way in which organisations
use technology to achieve, more effectively,
their own objectives, be they maximising profits,
gaining market share, creating niche markets
or adding value for their investors, shareholders
and/ or trustees.
TT100 is therefore less about technology itself,
than fundamentally about the way technology
is used innovatively.
Computers 4 Kids is now on the WCED
database as an official supplier (A List). Allocated
budget funds may now be used to pay for our
integrated curriculum.
New
National 0861 contact number
You can now contact Head Office on
our national number: 0861 C4KIDS (245437). Please
add this number to your address book!
Looking for an easy and informative way
for teach your learners about the H1N1 flu
virus and the importance of washing hands,
using tissues, not sneezing on other people
and staying at home when they have a temperature?
Computers 4 Kids is proud to have achieved recognition
by Technology Top 100, South Africa’s foremost
business excellence awards programme, as a leader
in IT innovation.
New
National 0861 contact number
