<p>Irene Pepit is our school lead educator for Zawadi Yetu in Mogotio, Kenya.</p>

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<h2>Learning To Learn with Inkscape</h2><p>Kate Jepchirchir is a third grader in Zawadi Yetu Academy. Today, being their second week using Inkscape, we decided that we are not going to draw shapes, since they're already used to drawing shapes.</p><h2>Creative Inspiration</h2><p>Kate said today that she wanted to make something different with her name and the name of her school. She drew boxes coloured with different colours, and made a star in the middle.</p><h2>Pride and Ownership</h2><p>When writing her name and the name of her school, she didn't know how to type capital letters. When she explained to me that she wanted capital letters, I showed her how it is done, and she re-did it quickly. She was very happy with her own work and the beautiful colors.</p>

Computer Classes with Inkscape Vector Editor Teaches Grade 3 Student to Own Learning Process and Discover new Digital Skills

<p>This week, a Grade 3 student named Kate Jepchirchir tried something new in computer class. She quickly took ownership of her own project and learned new skills to complete her vision. She learned to learn this week.</p>

Grade 3 Student Learns to Learn

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<p>Nelly Cheboi is a celebrated social entrepreneur, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/nelly-cheboi/?sh=179de9a85764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes 30 under 30</a> honoree, and<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/14/world/education-technology-recycling-kenya-poverty-cnnheroes/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CNN Hero</a>. After growing up in rural Kenya and lifting her family out of poverty, she focused on her community.</p>

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<p>Every Thursday, we all gather around on Zoom to share stories from the classroom. Every educator writes a story to share from their week about student achievement.</p>

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Stories From The Classroom

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<h2>Too Cool For School</h2><p>Victor Lorot is a grade 3 pupil in Zawadi Yetu Academy. Lorot liked only to play games and didn't want to do any class. If anything new as introduced to class. If anything new was introduced to class, we wouldn't enjoy it. He just wanted to play games. Whenever we could, we sent him out of the computer class and back to his regular class.</p><h2>Inspired By Specialty Lessons</h2><p>Luckily, Lorot was very interested in video production when we introduced it. He was very excited, very happy. He did it on his own. He was even asking the class "<strong>nani hajaelewa nimfunze!</strong>" <em>(I'll teach anyone who didn't understand!)</em> Lorot is not the video production teacher in grade 3.</p>

Disinterested Zawadi Yetu Student Inspired By Digital Skills Specialty Lesson in Video Production with OpenShot Video Editor by Allan Kiprono

<p>This week, a Zawadi student took an interest in computer classes for the first time because of our OpenShot specialty lessons. Now, he is leading his whole class.</p>

Grade 3 Student Inspired By Video Production

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Inspired By Video Production

<h2>Marsha From Zawadi Yetu</h2><p>Marsha is a grade 3 student in Zawadi Yetu. She liked Inkscape from the first day because she could make shapes with beautiful different colors. She was drawing the coloured shapes and uploading them to share with other students.</p><h2>Learning To Learn</h2><p>She then today asked "<strong>Kwani ni shapes tu peke yake zinaundwa akuna kita ingine?</strong>" <em>(Why is this program only shapes? Can it make something else?)</em> I also had no idea if other things could be made.</p><h2>Trendsetting in Grade 3</h2><p>She then figured out by herself and realized "ooh", I can also draw not only shapes but also a coloured house. She drew very nice coloured house and now she has become the "teacher" in her class teaching others to draw different things in Inkscape.</p>

Zawadi Yetu Student Marsha Learned to Create More Than Shapes with Inkscape And Showed Her Whole Class Creative Computer Skills

<p>This week, a Grade 3 student in Zawadi Yetu called Marsha learned to create more than just shapes in Inkscape. Now her whole class is creating houses and other designs.</p>

Creativity in Grade 3 Design Class

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<p>Tyler Cinnamon is a American programmer and entrepreneur. He started TechLit Africa with Nelly Cheboi in 2018 to disrupt poverty with used IT devices.</p>

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Grade 3 Student Learns to Learn

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