ORT SA CAPE Tech & Connect Breakfast – Elevating Early Learning Through Innovation

The event provided educational leaders and stakeholders with an opportunity to explore how new ways of thinking and teaching can transform early learning.

Centred around the theme Elevating Early Learning Through Innovation, the breakfast addressed key topics including the opportunities AI, coding, and robotics present in early education, learning coding through play, fostering a growth mindset, and technology hacks for the classroom.

Thabang Ledwaba from BBD Software, who spoke on Coding in Real Life, remarked, “We need to inspire teachers to be passionate about tech. It is this exact passion that will flow into learners and our education system. Great work being done by ORT SA CAPE and of course, we as BBD are more than happy to form relationships that make this impact.”

Lisa Wingham, Head of Education and Training at ORT SA CAPE, concluded, “ORT SA CAPE has successfully integrated technology into its training programmes, equipping teachers to navigate the new Coding and Robotics curriculum. As education evolves, our mission is to ensure teachers are empowered to prepare students for the future.”