Kerry-Ann Van Der Merwe

Grade 4 Class Teacher

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City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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About me
💻 MIE Fellow 👩‍💻 Chief of Classroom Curiosity for Enthusiastic Techie Explorers (Grade 000 to 3) | 🎮 ESports Coach and Facilitator ✨️ | 🏐 Netball Umpire and Coach | 📢 Keynote Speaker
Education
- Danville Park Girls High School
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  12
  Activities and Societies: SA and Natal Karate, Environmental Society, Community Service, and Prefect
- University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
  2007 - 2013
  Bachelor of Education (Intermediate & Senior Phase) and Honours Bachelor of Education (School Man) Intermediate and Senior Phase (Grade 4 to 9)
Experience
- Durban North Kollege
  Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
  Grade 4 Class Teacher
- Cooper College
  Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
  - Head of Phase
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
  - English Teacher Grade 5 to 8
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
- Steyn City School
  Jan 2018 - now
  Head of Department for Technology Education
  HoD of Technology Education for the Prep School, as well as the Tech Teacher for our Grade 000 to 3 students. From developing our Tech Curriculum, to instilling 21st century skill-sets in our students, I do it all with great passion and love. Empowering Students for their futures and empowering our teachers with #21CLD.
- PurpleZA
  Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
  Tech for Tinies Presenter
  Presented two sessions at PurpleZA's webinar on 26 June 2021 about: (1) The use of FlipgridAR in the PreK and Foundation Phase Classroom. (2) Creation and use of Bitmoji Scenes and Classrooms to create engaging and fun learning materials that students love!
- ISTE
  Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
  ISTELive21 Presenter
  Presented #HybridHacks Poster Session at ISTELive21 on 28 June 2021. It was a session for beginner teachers who were interested in how Wakelet can be used to curate and create engaging and electronic learning content, assessments, and tasks.
- Wakelet
  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
  Presented a 20 minute session about how I use Wakelet in my classroom. Presented a 20 minute session at the 2021 Wakelet Community Week, during the 12 hour Livestream event on 9 June 2021, about how I used Wakelet to curate and present our 2020 Virtual Science Fair.
  - Presenter at "Transform your Teaching with Wakelet"
    Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
  - Wakelet Community Week Presenter
    Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
- #TeamsEduChat TweetMeet
  Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
  #TeamsEduChat TweetMeet Co-Host
  Selected to present at a webinar on 16 April 2022 and then co-host the panel discussion on Twitter on 19 April 2022. April's #TeamsEduChat topic was #Wellbeing in Teaching and Learning.
- Wakelet
  Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
  Wakelet Community Week 2022 Presenter
  Presented a webinar session in "School of Rock" segment of the Wakelet Community Week 2022. I demonstrated how Wakelet could be used for classroom collaboration between students and teachers.
- PurpleZA
  Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
  Tech for Tinies LIVE Presenter
  Presented BEST PRACTICE advice for the use of Microsoft Flip and Minecraft Education Edition in the Foundation and ECD Phases.
- Schoolscape
  Aug 2022 - now
  Schoolcape Guru
Licenses & Certifications
- Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert 2022-2023
  Microsoft
  Sept 2022
  View certificate
- 2023 Education Empowerment Summit Session Leader
  Microsoft
  Nov 2023
  View certificate
- IEB Assessors Course - Outcomes based assessments
  ETDP SETA
  Jun 2019
- Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow
  Microsoft
  Nov 2021
- Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE)
  Microsoft
  Sept 2019