Maggie Verster

Maggie is a passionate School 2.0 activist for teaching and learning and believes that teachers need to incorporate web 2.0 tools into their teaching strategies in order to effectively engage a NEW generation of learners. She has delivered numerous conference papers, conducted workshops and developed resources to assist teachers to effectively use ICT for professional development and in their classrooms. She is currently developing a collaborative training initiative for the National Department of Education to empower subject advisors to use ICT in support of teachers. For more information about her, see her blog at www.school2.co.za Share resources with her at http://del.icio.us/maggiev follow her learning tweets at www.twitter.com/maggiev

Steve Vosloo

Steve Vosloo is Communication and Analytical Skills Fellow for the Shuttleworth Foundation, guiding the organisation's strategy in terms of tackling the challenges that face South Africa from an education perspective. He began his career as a web developer, working in both Johannesburg and London during the dot-com boom. Since having moved back to South Africa he has developed a passion for the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for socio-economic development.

Steve was the Design & Usability Team Leader at the Centre for e-Innovation for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and ensured that the award-winning Cape Gateway portal was as usable and accessible to as many citizens of the Western Cape as possible. He has also presented at numerous UN conferences on e-government, local digital content and youth and ICTs.

Steve has a Masters degree in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town and recently completed a one-year Research Fellowship at Stanford University, where he researched youth and digital media.

Steve's hobbies include traveling; from weekends in the Western Cape to any form of far-flung international travel.

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