Director Technology Innovation at Parklands College an Apple 1:1 and Google Reference school integrating tech into learning. Secret love 4 all things Space.
Joined August 2009
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19 Dec 2025
We are a family of four & I checked in late online. Our seats were not ideal. At the airport our amazing checkin lady-Mokgadi-walked around looking for us to give us the most amazing seats. We were blown away. @FlySafair #CustomerExperience #FlyWithFlySafair #FlySafairCares
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18 May 2024
Fun times with @legoeducation, @stuartswann and Spike Essentials. Coding, Mechanics, Maths, Music and FUN, FUN, FUN … thanks to @handsontechsa @cloud_ed #innovateedu @ParklandsTweet
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15 Apr 2024
Just spotted @Space_Station flying over my house in Cape Town, South Africa. Hope you saw us all waving.
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14 Mar 2024
This just makes it even better
14 Mar 2024
Watching Starship soar to space with the tune of Sprach Zarathustra is just pure euphoria
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The pre-registration for @BeamlineforSchools (#BL4S) is open.
Beamline for Schools is a #physics competition open to high-school students from all over the world.
If you are a high-school student and would like to conduct a #physics experiment at a particle accelerator, submit a proposal to the Beamline for Schools competition to win the chance to spend two weeks at #CERN or @desy to perform your experiment.
The deadline to submit your experiment proposals is April 10, 2024.
Find out more: beamlineforschools.cern/
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15 Mar 2023
It was a privilege to have our Parklands College STAR team onsite to witness this launch. We look forward to our payload launching on Thursday. A special thank you to all involved.
@MaxiqSpace @ParklandsTweet @UKZN @SANSA7 @dsigovza
15 Mar 2023
A successful rocket launch on South African grounds, by @UKZN students who are trained to design and launch Rockets. If you watch the video below, listen to the sound as well. 🥳🙌🏾Congratulations to the ASRI team!
citizen.co.za/lifestyle/tech…
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15 Mar 2023
A successful rocket launch on South African grounds, by @UKZN students who are trained to design and launch Rockets. If you watch the video below, listen to the sound as well. 🥳🙌🏾Congratulations to the ASRI team!
citizen.co.za/lifestyle/tech…
#Phoenix1CRocketLaunch a huge success yesterday the Overberg Testing Range in Arniston. Congratulations to the @UKZN team. The Space Propulsion Programme is funded by the Department. @DrBladeNzimande @SANSA7
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If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. Mint live. Inspired by @uintsnft and @jackbutcher's Checks
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13 Jan 2023
Proud owner of #NFT rainbow.me/0x3EC621735E1690F… from onchainkaleidoscopes.xyz/. Thanks to @npm_luko and @stephancill. @ParklandsTweet
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Do you have a passion for little people? Would you like to #work with children or open a #playschool? Then our #FurtherEducationFaculty could be for you.
Join us for a tour for #OpenDay on Saturday 26 November any time between 10am - 1pm.
Enrolments for 2023 are open!
#ECD
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Last night, we hosted "An evening with a Woman of #Science”. Welcoming guest speaker Dr Stephanie Payne who completed her PhD at #CambridgeUniversity in a fascinating field of #ScientificResearch & enjoyed presentations by a couple of our own young scientists!
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10 Jun 2022
Are you training for a 21km? 15km is a great distance to test your legs. Join us on 22 October for a flat scenic race. Entries open soon!
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25 May 2022
For those of you into Web 3.0. - you will love this - stepn.com/. It is GameFi (gaming Finance). Basically you get paid for exercising. There is a bit of a starting fee for NFT sneakers though.
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🌕 The window is closing soon to send your name around the Moon.
Sign up for free and get a custom boarding pass for the @NASAArtemis I flight: nasa.gov/wearegoing
ALT A boarding pass with "Your Name" on it. The boarding pass has a light blue background and an Artemis logo. The text reads: "Launch site - Kennedy Space Center, Florida; Launch destination - lunar orbit; Launch vehicle - Space Launch System (SLS); Spacecraft - Orion. Mileage earned: 1,300,000 miles. Boarding now."
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Richard Knaggs retweeted
7 May 2022
🤩🤩Our team loved the InnovateEDU conference!🤩🤩 Thank you @stuartswann @mathematic_AL
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#innovateEDU @cloud_ed @edtechteacherSA
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7 May 2022
And you should be. Awesome campus and great hosts #innovateEDU @richknaggs thanks!
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We made a way to verify and track the details of your on-chain carbon retirements done through @ToucanProtocol. Test it for yourself with retirements made through @KlimaDAO retirement aggregator.
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