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Heidelberg High
On the banks of the Duivenhoks River in the little town of Heidelberg one will find Heidelberg High School which celebrated its centenary in 2004. The town itself has very limited job opportunities for the young and the school serves a very small farming community. Its growth is therefore influenced by the fluctuating size of the farming community and, while the school currently houses learners from grade 1 to grade 12, they will say goodbye to the senior grades and from the start of 2008 will only cater for learners up to grade 9.Heidelberg High is proud of the well-balanced young people it has produced for the working force of South Africa and they realise the growing importance of technology if they are to continue with this tradition. Without technology, they believe that their learners will be at a disadvantage when they enter the job market. The task seemed almost unattainable given their limited resources and they were therefore delighted to be included in the Khanya Project in 2005. With Khanya’s assistance and expertise they are now confident of being able to realise their dream of computer literacy for all their learners. While the school was not new to technology – they had a computer centre with 26 computers – this was being used for computer studies SG and Computyping SG. In addition, the venue was also used to teach the other grades some basic computer literacy. It could not, however, accommodate the needs of all the learners nor could it assist the school in meeting the requirements of the new Further Education and Training curriculum and an additional Khanya laboratory, specifically for curriculum delivery, has therefore been developed. This will ensure that all learners receive sufficient exposure to the technology and it will enhance the schooling experience of both educators and learners. There is great excitement among both the learners and the educators about the Khanya computer laboratory. Educator training in the Khanya computer literacy modules and in the use of the technology for curriculum delivery has been very well received and all educators are enjoing the journey towards becoming e-educators. They have empowered themselves to improve and expand their lesson preparation, their administrative work and their classroom delivery. In their new laboratory they now have access to resources for their own lesson preparation and to which they can direct their learners for the completion of tasks. Learners too eagerly anticipate each lesson in their laboratory and it is hoped that literacy and numeracy skills in particular will be enhanced in this exciting and interactive learning environment. Heidelberg High is committed to the incorporation of technology into the learning experience they offer their learners. Their partnership with the Khanya Project will ensure that this commitment is maintained and encouraged, that they are able to keep abreast of developments in technology in education and that curriculum delivery through technology becomes an increasing reality at the school.
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