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Motivational Talk to TOP 100 learners at Mankweng CircuitPolokwane South AfricaBy PHUTI RAGOPHALA(TOP 50 GTP finalist 2017)http://itandiksproject.blogspot.comSkype ID: phuthi6

Some tips on how to use tech resources to simplify learningWe are in the age of smart phone and tablets where learners have more choice than before over the kind of information you want to consume and how to consume it.A digital era where every answer can be found in googleEducators are no longer much authoritative of knowledge and stand in front of the class every day as transmitters of knowledge They only facilitate, guide and support your studying and knowingAnd of course there are three steps that will lead to your success:Learn/studyAchieve Reward. And of course the kind of reward will depend on your level achievement

Technology resources to augment your learningvodacom e- school: It has very thing you need to study Collaborated with DBEUse apps like whats app, telegram, yammer and many other to form study groups and collaborate with other studentsLearn to google whatever you want to know. Google has every thingLearn to augment teachers lessons by checking DBE websitesRegister YouTube and learn how certain things work practically e.g digestion path, process of germination, how the cyclone is formed, how the rain is formed etc. Practical processes to augment your theory

21st century skills to be acquiredIf you want to be a Job creator than a job seeker, the following are skills to acquire in your learning last update on the 25th August 2016)CreativityInnovationCommunicationCollaborationCritical thinkingReasoning ,analysis and interpretationSelf directionProblem solvingIf from each lesson you dont acquire some of these skills then.

UNESCO SDGsOf course it depend on the teachers approach of teachingProject/Problem Based Learning approach(PBL)This approach cut across all the learning areas not only Maths and Science( solving questions)And our curriculum is more or less based on the 17 UNESCO global SDGsNot for you now

LeadershipForm and lead study groupsBe active at school and life a principled life: study, do sports, create projects, join debates groups, etc.Live a time tabled life: These will make you to be in your tip toes every daySchool uniform and leadership are the best tools for disciplineIf you can live this life you will maintain your disciplined life forever

What to do to succeed?

Visit your yourself and think

Organise yourself

Team work ,hard work and study groups to form that puzzle of making Mankweng a circuit of Star again

Collaborate and exchange ideas

I have seen collaboration in all institutions except the schools: doctors collaborate , criminals collaborate, prisoners collaborate, witches collaborate . Learn to collaborate, dont keep information, exchange, even teachers to exchange methods and approaches of teaching and learning

One of yesterday seeds from PulaMadibogo Primary

My ideal kind of leadership stylesAn ideal Leader create leaders who are better than her/himAn Ideal Leader lead from the front/middle/behindAn ideal Leader does not maintain status quo and norms instead changes I wont tell you that im counted amongst principals who redefined teaching and learning in Primary school but running projectsI wont tell you that my profile is international:https://education.microsoft.com/Status/Public?token=51b5408d I wont tell you that I am amongst the TOP 50 Global Teacher Prize finalist 2017http://www.globalteacherprize.org/2017-finalists/I wont tell you that I will be flying to Dubai 15th to 20th March 2017 to compete for One million dollar .I wont tell you that By now I have conquered the global stageI wont tell you that I retired from traditional teaching to online teaching

TOP 50 Global Teacher Prize finalist

Announced on the 1th December 2016

The Iceberg Illusion example

Analogy of a treeLeaves: visible,seasonal, dont last long on branches, if there is drought, They quickly fallBranches and stem: visible, not strong enough ,also do not stand windy weather, they break quickly and dieRoots: Invisible, deep rooted down, interwoven and unshakableLESSON BEHIND THIS ANALOGYPeople who come to your life for certain unknown bad reasons and do not last if you have problems or limitations(leaves)People who come to your life for certain reasons and if you do not have what they want , they leave alone and goPeople who keep you strong, hold you when you fall, wipe your tears when you cry, supporting your ideas, studies, giving you warm love :Parents, Family.Teachers, Dep of Education and SGB. Most of the time they work together towards your successMost of the time are not noticeable.You will choose whom do you want to be associated with

Look into the mirror and tell that person to changeMichael Jackson says in one of his song called Man in the mirror:Look in the mirror and say I want to make change once in my lifeTake a look at yourself and tell that person that you want to make change once in your lifeIts gonna feel good. Take out your mirror and tell that person to change once in her/hislifePLAY THE SONG!

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