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

School Lead Educator

<h2>Internet Skills Specialty</h2><p>Social is one of our specialties at Techlit Africa. In Social, kids are taught on how to create to&nbsp;create their own passwords and also to save their work in the internet <em>(but in a local, offline version of the internet so they are safe)</em>.</p><h2>Creating Anything</h2><p>Marion is a Grade 3 kid in Zawadi. She really likes Inkscape <em>(also a specialty in TechLit Africa)</em>. She likes drawing very much, and inn Inkscape, she can draw anything she wants.</p><h2>Securely Saving Artwork</h2><p>During her free time, Marion comes to draw what she wants and upload her work. She is so happy that social was introduced because she has her own password and all her drawings are kept safe there.</p>

Grade 3 Student Learns Internet Accounts and Security Through Saving Specialty Projects Creative Artwork | Effective Digital Skills Lessons

<p>We have a student called Marion in Grade 3 at Zawadi Academy. She really likes to create art in Inkscape, and now that she has her own account and password on our local, offline internet  program called Social, she can securely save her artwork.</p>

Internet Security With Specialty Projects

Zawadi Yetu

<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>

CEO | CNN Hero | Forbes Under 30

<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>

Classroom Stories | TechLit Africa

Stories From The Classroom

Internet Security

<p>Denis is our school lead educator in Mogotio Primary School.</p>

<h2>Kevin Recalls Early TechLit</h2><p>This week my story comes from the kid by the name Kevin. Kevin, one of my grade 5 students, shocked me by keeping memories from the day he started to attend the lab. He remembers those days when we had fewer programs at the computers.</p><p>In Kiswahili, he reminded me “<strong>unakumbuka tukiwa tunafanya touch typing kila wakati?</strong> <em>(do you remember when we were doing the touch typing all the time?)</em>" Students used to learn computer basics, then immediately started with Touch-Typing.</p><h2>Games, Basics and Touch-Typing</h2><p>Kevin then compared those days with our new curriculum. "<strong>Siku iyo si kama sai hatuboeki, saa hii kuna programme nyingi sana</strong> <em>(those days are not like nowadays we were boring but nowadays we are lucky to have more program)</em>”. He continued to remind me of the time he could see many teachers, three or four teachers teaching them only SuperTux and Touch-Typing.</p><h2>Learning To Learn with Specialties</h2><p>We had conversations with Kevin for about 5 minutes comparing those days to now. He told me how to now students improve by learning a lot of programs. He explained the benefits of learning video production, music production, graphic design and coding. I was so impressed to hear that even the students notice our improvement.</p>

A Grade 5 Student from Mogotio Primary Recalls Computer Lessons Before TechLit Africa's Specialty Educators - Video Production, Audio Production, Graphic Design and Coding vs. Games, Basics and Touch-Typing

<p>Today Kevin, one of my Grade 5 students, reminded me of computer classes before we taught specialties. “<strong>Unakumbuka tukiwa tunafanya touch typing kila wakati?</strong> <em>(do you remember when we were doing the touch typing all the time?)</em>"</p>

Grade 5 Student Recalls TechLit Before Specialties

Mogotio Primary

<p>Irene teaches the introductory lessons to graphic design. She explains how students can use Inkscape to create vector graphics.</p>

Specialist Educator

<h2>The Magic of Specialty Projects</h2><p>We teach specialty subjects in TechLit classes to inspire students to create with computers and discover their passions. The specialty that I teach is Graphic Design, where students use Inkscape vector editor to create different designs from their own ideas.</p><h2>Jepkemoi Leads Her Class</h2><p>Jepkemoi, a fourth grader showed great interest during design classes. She's been the best throughout from the very first time I did introduction. She's been guiding her fellow students.</p><h2>Expressing Self-Efficacy</h2><p>On her previous lesson she designed a car. She said that she will buy her mother and herself one when she finishes school.</p>

Designing a Car and Sharing a Vision of the Future | Grade 4 Student Shaping Her Worldview Through Computer Classes

<p>A Grade 4 student, Jepkemoi, has been leading her class every time I come to teach Graphic Design. This week, she designed a car and explained how she will buy one for her mother and herelf when she finished school.</p>

Self-Efficacy through Graphic Design | TechLit Africa

Saint Mary's

Inkscape

Graphic Design

Self-Efficacy through Graphic Design

<p>Lucy is our internet skills and touchtyping specialist.</p>

<h2>Learning Internet Skills</h2><p>Internet skills is one of the specialties we teach in TechLit Africa. Social accounts being one of the skills whereby I create accounts for the students using their names as usernames and passwords. They are able to save and upload their work.</p><h2>Sharing With Friends</h2><p>Having taught grade five north in the morning on how to open their&nbsp;accounts and the importance of remembering their passwords, Lameck, a fifth grader, then showed his classmate Luck on how to open his account since he had missed the first lesson.</p>

We Teach Internet Skills in Computer Classes Now. A Grade 5 Student - Lameck - Taught His Friend How  To Use Internet Accounts To Save Projects

<p>We've started teaching Internet Skills in TechLit computer classes. Social is the program students use to save their work on the local internet. This week, a Grade 5 student taught his friend how to use his account, because his friend missed class.</p>

Learning Internet Skills ~ TechLit Africa

Social

Learning Internet Skills

<p>Milka is our school lead educator in Saint Mary's Primary in Mogotio, Kenya.</p>

<h2>Oriana Loves Videos</h2><p>Oriana, a Grade 5, Group B student, in Saint Mary's seems to love video production so much. Every time she entered the lab, she opened OpenShot, our video editing application, by herself. I have been seed her do this several classes in a raw, which is a record for video production.</p><h2>Becoming Well-Rounded</h2><p>I wanted her to gain in all lessons, so I told her the importance of the other lessons like Audio Production, Coding and Graphic Design. I did not want her to be left behind in other lesson that could also be useful.</p><p>After I told her the importance of other subjects, she promised to become more well-rounded, which is perfect. The next class I will be coaching and observing to make sure she has not been left behind and she balances all&nbsp;the lessons.</p>

A 5th grader in Saint Mary's really likes video production. Every time she comes to computer class, she immediately opens OpenShot, our video editing application. I'm advising her to become well-rounded, because I'm worried she'll be left behind in other subjects.

<p>A 5th grader in Saint Mary's really likes video production. Every time she comes to computer class, she immediately opens OpenShot, our video editing application. I'm advising her to become well-rounded, because I'm worried she'll be left behind in other subjects.</p>

Stories From The Classroom

Internet Security With Specialty Projects

Grade 5 Student Recalls TechLit Before Specialties

Self-Efficacy through Graphic Design

Learning Internet Skills

Well-Rounded Digital Literacy

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