Izak Minnaar, Michael Salzwedel, Tegan Bedser, David Hislop (

www.korwe.com)

Digital News@sabcnewsonline

ContextConceptFunctionalityPrototypeData sourcesAccess ImplementationNext phases

The SABC is strong on providing education content and services – it is part of the public service mandate

Education on 3 TV and 18 radio stations; the web

SABC is a major source of matric results In 2012 about 60% of matrics who passed

used the SABC NewsBreak matric results service

Daily education coverage on SABC News

As a natural extension of these services, the SABC now provides the public with a tool to check out schools in their area: Academic performance and track record Teacher/student ratios Educational and other facilities Special streams and subjects Sport facilities and extramural activities

Use a map and/or filters to find a school: Welcome to SABC SchoolAdvisor, where

you can find out more about schools in your area. Double-click anywhere on the map to zoom in, or use the selection tools. Click any school marker on the map to find out more about that school.

Map pop-up with basic information and a link to a full school report card

Compare my school with others Rate my school

Sign in with FB/Twitter (building a community) and rate tuition, facilities, management, etc

Additional info – list and click through to Schedules for SABC educational programmes

on radio and TV Educational videos and podcasts Education related news stories

Official information provided by the Department of Basic Education: Schools master list (xls, already

available) Matric results: performance by subject

(scraped from pdf) Schools infrastructure list (pdf, to be

scraped and incorporated/hunt for datasets)

Embedded in full and widget sizes on SABC websites and social media profiles: SABC home page, education, news Education programme sites TV and radio station sites Fixed links on SABC website header/footer

Promotion on 4 TV channels, 18 radio stations

Remaining work to be done on this version Finishing functionality Adding data from pdfs Completing design and artwork Cleaning up code Creating widgets and embed functionality Deployment on SABC websites

Best case implementation scenario for version one: 4 – 6 weeks

Mobile versionMore & updated info to ensure return

visits: Incorporate datasets from 3rd parties - eg

Equal Education, research institutes:▪ Top schools for maths, science, etc▪ Schools with problems: sanitation, textbooks

User generated content, curated and moderated