KILT in partnership with Edunova hosted our very first KILT e-Celebration on 4 February, where we rewarded our Knysna schools for their commitment to e-learning in a fun and exciting way.

Our schools have been engaging in a point system "game" throughout 2022, to track the use of technology in the classroom through:

• submitting e-lesson plans,
• attending e-workshops, meetings and webinars,
• uploading lesson plans,
• acquiring technology for their schools,
• and engaging in all things e!

Our IT Enablers (ITEs) in our schools kept track of the points earned and supported their schools by establishing afterschool clubs for coding and robotics as well as by hosting activities in the computer labs. All these related activities earned points and created hot competition between the schools.

One of the aims of our e-Celebration was to create a platform where teachers and principals from different schools could mingle and network. We achieved this by creating a scavenger hunt where teams competed for spot prizes.

It was wonderful to see the joy and engagement of the teachers as they gave up their Saturday, in scorching heat without losing enthusiasm. Our tech and school vendors were there to show off their awesome technology and gave us a glimpse of great new advancements that is designed to make e-learning exciting and future focused.

We had 5 different kinds of Robotics and coding stations on offer, zooming us into the 4th industrial revolution! Eduboard introduced us to Marty the robot, Tangible Africa showcased their unplugged coding (Tanks and Rangers) and our very own ITEs showed off Spike robotics, Micro:bit, scratch and EV3s. We also showcased Kahoot, Flippity, QR codes and artificial intelligence (AI) stations, to demonstrate how we could spice up our lessons.

Dietrich Baron of Edunova pointed out that our work in Knysna is having a ripple effect on the projects that Edunova is running in the rest of South Africa.

Sammy Bowers, e-learning advisor of the Department of Education, thanked KILT, the teachers and principals for their success in making our schools e-ready.

Sandy Ueckermann, Managing Director of KILT, elaborated on how we are the ocean in a drop, rather than a drop in the ocean when realising the change that we are co-creating in Knysna. Our Western Cape premier, Alan Winde, concluded with his e-keynote focused on how important it is for our KILT schools to make the most of these opportunities in order to be ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

A heartfelt thank you to all the speakers on the day for inspiring our teachers to LEVEL UP! It is always good to see the joy and appreciation of our e-Learning team from the teachers and leaders of our KILT supported schools.

The real fun began as we rewarded our top performing schools and teachers by handing out wonderful tech prizes including TV’s, cell phones, visualisers, and even a laptop to the deserving winners. Each winner was able to make a choice of their prize from the vast array of donated tech that covered the stage.

Our top schools on our gaming board are:
1 Fraaisig Primary School 23 425 points
2 Hornlee Primary School 22 717 points
3 Redlands 21000 points
4 Percy Mdala High School 18581 points
5 Sunridge Primary School 18126 points

Our top Teachers on our gaming board are:
1 Ethon Alexander (Fraaisig) 4196
2 Constance Stuurman (Fraaisig) 1730
3 Nicole Beauzick (Hornlee) 1630
4 Ludrick Greef (Hornlee) 1420

Our top TwT teachers are:

1 Evangeline Charleson 500
2 Deidré Prince 445
3 Devika Rani  Naik 395
4 Nicole Beauzick 380

Without our star ITEs, our e-learning will not happen in our school labs and after school clubs. Plus, they work hard in uploading resources and collecting data. They also manned our stations and gave everybody an idea of what it is that they do in our schools! Thank you for your commitment ITEs! Our top ITEs are:

Our top ITEs are:
1 Sharolene Herder (Redlands Primary School) 1732
2 Sigourney Louw (Concordia High School) 1298
3 Chelsea Gallant (Knysna Secondary School)1090
4 Karyn Jantjies ((Brackenhill Primary School) 963

Thank you to everybody who made this day special, including  our teachers who braved the record heat on the day, and the DoE for their support, as well as our KILT stakeholders and partners who were there to support us.

A very special thanks to our sponsors and vendors for sharing the day with us and blessing us with amazing prizes, as well as the food stall vendors who made sure that we were nourished and hydrated.

As Lead of KILT’s e-Learning Project, I am sure that this year is truly going to be a year of levelling up!

The leader board is ticking and the game master will be encouraging everyone to create an even bigger and better Level-Up game for 2023!