Musgrave, who teaches at Eunice High School in Bloemfontein, won second prize in the Innovation for Collaboration category for her 'Spread the Sunshine' project.
The project for Grade 10 Computer Applications Technology pupils sees learners investigating the needs of disabled people and then creating useful Information Technology-based applications for disabled people.
Among the projects Musgrave's pupils from the all-girls school embarked upon include teaching a dyslexic pupil how to read and write using drawings on a computer, reconnecting an elderly woman with her family through email and teaching a paralysed six year old girl how to write her name on a computer.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Musgrave said. "I wanted to teach them how to conduct research and, being the year of the Olympics and the (Paralympics), we decided to focus on disabilities."
Musgrave added that she believes that she only was honoured because of her pupils' hard work. "I was just amazed at their creativity and willingness. They have realised it doesn't cost money to make a difference."
Now in its fourth year, the Innovative Teachers Forum brought together over 250 teachers from 64 countries to collaborate together and discuss ways of using technology to enhance learning.
Musgrave said the forum in Hong Kong provided teachers from around the world with a "meaningful" chance to share ideas on how technology transformed learning.
"This reminds me of why I began teaching: to share my love of learning new things and to change people's lives," she told the Sunday Times.http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/sa_teaching_the_world/south_african_honoured_as_one_of_worlds_most_innovative_teachers_2.html
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