Comments from IT Teachers
Comments from Classroom Teachers
Comments from Principals
Comments from Learners

Comments from IT Teachers >>

• ... it's often frustrating to have learners complete their task in the computer room long before others. What I now do with those 'quick' learners is to get them working in XT ... it keeps them meaningfully occupied while I focus on the learners that need my attention.
• I use EvaluNet XT exclusively for my computer literacy classes. I have authored material based on what I teach in computer literacy and then use the exercises to assess my learners' progress. It saves me lots of time.
• I use XT for about 10 minutes of nearly each lesson. During this time I let the learners work in EMS, Natural Sciences, Maths or whatever they choose. The teachers really appreciate what I’m doing to help improve their learners’ results. It’s far more productive than them playing games!
• I use XT to author exercises based on the ICDL (International Computer Drivers Licence) material. This helps my learners to be better prepared for their ICDL exams.
• The old e-SCHOOL was hardly used by our teachers, but since we upgraded to XT more and more teachers are making use of technology for the benefit of their subject. This helps me get on with what I need to do!
• Some of our teachers have already started adding their own material relevant to the learning areas they teach in grades 10 and 11.

Comments from Classroom Teachers >>

• XT has saved my ‘bacon’, on more than one occasion! I quickly used it to print out an test for use in my classroom. We all forget, we are all human …
• I make good use of XT Author at home. I’ve copied lots of questions from my old tests and exam papers. It’s a real time saver, because all the formatting is automatically done for me … and when the learners do the test in the IT room I have no marking to do!
• I have really benefited a lot from EvaluNet XT … so far I’ve had the opportunity for 4 of my classes to do an assessment in our computer room – the LO and AS breakdown that XT gives me is invaluable.
• My learners like the fact that they can revise in the computer room what I teach them in the classroom. I’m really grateful that our computer teacher allocates some time to the use of EvaluNet XT.
• I use the results generated by XT to determine what LO’s I need to focus on in class …

And even comments from Principals >>

• We don’t really have much time to use EvaluNet XT during the term, but we use it extensively during assessment time at our school – it really saves our teachers lots of time.
• At last a product that can have a meaningful and positive impact on the academic performance of our learners … the fact that it saves my teachers lots of time is a bonus.
• Our science teacher has added lots of his own material into XT – what I’m excited about is that it helps my teachers grow professionally – it’s not only there for the learners to benefit from.

Comments from learners >> (sic)

• In Study Mode we learnt about healthy eating. We answered questions which involve the food pyramid and non health foods. When a question opens on the screen you can click on a pencil that will show you a picture about the question.
• My favourite is Challenge Mode because I challenge a friend to see who can win.
• Study Mode was very fun because it made us practise how to work in groups because we shared our information and we heard each others ideas and we put them together to see if they made sense. We kept on getting the questions right and we were amazed how we got them right but unfortunately at the end we got 9/10 but that was good.
• Challenge Mode was very fun and challenging and it also tested us how much we know about Life Orientation. At the end Tamlin got 1 point and I got 15 points. I was very happy I didn't know that I knew so much about L.O.
• I learnt the most in Study Mode because it was the first one we did and I learnt about animals and plant life in Natural Science that I didn't know at all.