The Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum recognises teachers who use ICT (information Communication technology) in interesting and engaging ways. Cheryl Douglas, Programme Director of the Teaching Biology Project, was one of the South African winners who attended the Pan-African Innovative Teachers Forum held in September in Mauritius.  Cheryl won the collaboration section for her project ‘Teaching for the Future: make learners aware of global issues with an emphasis on sustainability’ and will now attend the worldwide finals to be held in Brazil in November. The Teaching Biology Project website contains content on evolutionary biology developed by Cheryl and the website offers opportunities for teachers who have attended the Teaching Biology Project conferences to access resources and collaborate with colleagues as Cheryl uses the same principles on this site as she did in her winning project.