School Lead Educators

<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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<p>Our computer classes are guided by school leads, who are educators that stay in one school and oversee one classroom.</p>

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

School Lead Educator

<h2>Creating Digital Art</h2><p>For a while now, we have only been teaching graphic design to fourth graders and up. For lower classes we had our students use Potato Guy, an application to learn drag and drop skills. For Potato Guy the goal is to dress a potato.</p><p>I had always wondered how young is too young to introduce our students to Inkscape. At the moment we thought fourth graders were the youngest.&nbsp;So today we decided to experiment with second graders. They are about eight years old. </p><h2>The Youngest Artists</h2><p>I was particularly impressed with Allan, a second grader who drew a person wearing a green shirt and white pants. His design was so detailed with black hair, brown skin, one white shoe and the other shoe was barefoot. Of each of the colors, he had to pick the specific colors from the color wheel.</p><p>Most students had no problem using Inkscape. Now I am excited to try Inkscape with even the youngest of our students.</p>

We tried to teach 8-year-olds to use Inkscape, a vector editing program. They impressed us with their creativity and how quickly they learned to create digital art with Inkscape.

<p>We tried to teach 8-year-olds to use Inkscape, a vector editing program. They impressed us with their creativity and how quickly they learned to create digital art with Inkscape.</p>

8-Year-Olds Creating Digital Art

Saint Mary's

<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>

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Stories From The Classroom

Inkscape

Graphic Design

<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>

Well-Rounded Digital Literacy | TechLit Africa

Open Shot

Video Production

Well-Rounded Digital Literacy

Milka Akware

Saint Mary's Primary School Lead Educator Milka Akware | Teaching Digital Skills & Self-Efficacy in Kenya Primary Schools

Milka Akware
School Lead Educator

Recent Posts from Milka Akware

8-Year-Olds Creating Digital Art

Well-Rounded Digital Literacy

Milka Akware School Lead Educator

Recent Posts from Milka Akware

8-Year-Olds Creating Digital Art

Well-Rounded Digital Literacy

Milka Akware
School Lead Educator