Futuristic Teachers!

Batswana (Lesang and Tebogo represented the country) in Ghana were invited by Dela Michel to speak about their experience in Ghana and Botswana's food, music, culture, people, places and lifestyle. It is an epic and educating discussions. Listen in for more information. 

In this episode, I had a chat with Njabulo Mkize and our conversation touched on the following;

# 1976 Soweto Uprising Movement.

# Making connection between 1976 struggles and current struggles (2021)

# The role of the youth (students) in education

Please connect with Njabulo here:

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Mkzee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkize/

Website: https://sakizwenow.wixsite.com/sakizwenow

We reflect on our two-year stay in Ghana since we landed in January 2019 and we touch on the following;

# Our finances

# Holidays in Ghana

# Running away from Covid-19

# Our response to Covid-19, and being safe...

# Covid-19 hit home; losing people close to us

# Our challenge with South African and Botswana High Commission

# Our anxiety to travel back home during Covid-19

In this episode, I had a chat with one of the young and prolific teachers I know in Africa, and she spoke about the EdTech stools she uses in her Spanish and French classes. She mentioned how she uses them for assessment, marking, student engagement, feedback, to excite the students, collaborate with other teachers, and so forth. These are the EdTech tools she spoke about;  

Edzpuzzle: https://edpuzzle.com/home 

Blooket: https://www.blooket.com/ 

Wizer: https://www.wizer.me/

Lekgabe Dihlabi spoke about her background, her parents warning her not to become a teacher, school experience, the school unjust and unfair systems, depression, graduating at the university after 8 years, finding herself and starting to believe in herself, tutoring journey, STEMI, her role at ESKOM Expo, Kgabsy Science Communication Network, teaching during COVID-19 lockdown. 

In this episode, I had a thought-provoking chat with the authors of the newly published book "Anti-racist teaching practices and learning strategies"; Dr. Warren Chalklen and Dr. Gcobani Qambela. 

The conversation touches on the following;

# The authors' personal relationships as they come from different backgrounds, and how they started talking about issues of race, colonialism, and oppressive systems beyond race. 

# 5 pillars of the book; your reflection (position), lesson planning, teaching strategies, classroom management, and assessment. 

# How anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and decolonized learning, teaching, and assessment look like.  

 Please use the following links for purchase and discounts;

# Link to purchase: https://warrenchalklen.com/product/anti-racist-teaching-practices-and-learning-strategies-workbook-pdf/

# 25% off coupon code: Use the coupon: LAUNCH to get a 25% discount on your purchase.

# Eventbrite link for Book Launch: https://antiracistteachingpractices.eventbrite.com

In this episode, I had a chat with Njabulo Mkize and our conversation touched on the following;

# Family history and apartheid impact on the family.

# The reason why his surname is misspelled; Mkize not Mkhize

#  His grandfather was a freedom fighter and he was given a life sentence and hanged.

# Why he studied history intentionally.

# Self-consciousness 

# Black family silence, collective and transgenerational trauma, the loss of identity, created his own identity, born frees but does not feel free, mental health, and 

# Writing his book based on the University assignment.

Connect with Njabulo here:

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Mkzee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkize/ 

Website: https://sakizwenow.wixsite.com/sakizwenow