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

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Allan is a photographer, journalist and the founder of KE Media. With TechLit he inspires students with his passion for video production. Students learn to use video editing software with Allan.

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Photography and Videography is part of our lessons in video production class.Since the phone was introduced to our TechLit classes, students now enjoy and love taking videos of themselves then editing on their own, they like the slow motion video moves.This week I visited Mombasa schools. In&nbsp;Victoria Baptist school, there was this student by the name Hamisi, she was the director of the day she was responsible of taking good photos and videos.Hamisi was taking photos with the front-facing camera then take selfies with whom she was capturing. She said "Nachukua selfie ndio mwenye ataona hizi picha ajue ni Mimi ndio nilipiga " I take selfies so that when one sees their photos, they will know that I was the photographer.She was the happy photographer.

After travelling to Mombasa this week, Allan introduced students to photography and videography with an iPhone. A student named Hamisi had a unique way to show off her skills.

A Photo and A Selfie | TechLit Africa

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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.

CEO | CNN Hero | Forbes Under 30

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.

Classroom Stories | TechLit Africa

Stories From The Classroom

Video Production

A Photo and A Selfie

Denis is our school lead educator in Mogotio Primary School.

School Lead Educator

This week in Mogotio Primary was a very busy week. We have so many students in our school, that I cannot cover our whole curriculum in a regular class schedule. So, between scheduled classes (during lunch, recess and after school) I pull groups into the computer room who may have missed our latest specialty.This week, I was finally able to associate and socialize with grade 6, 7 and 8. I learned that they were not aware of all our curriculum changes, since they hadn't been to computer lessons in so long. The last TechLit classes they took were from our old curriculum, which was mostly about touch-typing and playing games. Now they are learning many other exciting programs, like Inkscape, LMMS and OpenShot.A 6th grade student named Kevin gave me confidence that his class finally appreciates how much they can learn with computers. Kevin wrote a story about TechLit during his introduction to word processing. He explained in a short sentence "TechLit is a good company, because they help us learn how to use computers." (He underlined the word TechLit). Kevin thanked Nelly for bringing computers to their school and for having the heart of sharing.

Upper Grades Restart in Mogotio Primary - Primary School Lead Educator Denis Marega Teaches Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8 New Digital Skills

I was finally able to teach the upper classes in Mogotio Primary this week. They were very appreciative after learning about all our curriculum changes, and learning about all the new programs they can use in classes.

Upper Grades Restart in Mogotio Primary

Mogotio Primary

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Document Editing

Irene Pepit is our school lead educator for Zawadi Yetu in Mogotio, Kenya.

Today, my story comes from a grade 5 boy called Bowen. Since word processing was introduced, he has been really into it. Bowen likes documents more than other specialties.He has been practicing bolding and editing words since the first day. At first,it was a bit challenging for him. He was really figuring out how at the end he can have his own written document.So now, during breaks and lunch hours, he comes to the lab to work on a new project: a notice to other students about the environment. Bowen asks for my help every time. His aim was to make sure that he wrote the notice on the computer.His classmates weren’t sure what to use word documents for. Some were just writing their names and others were typing the names of their friends and school. Bowen was the first student to think of how to use word documents.During his 35 minute class on Wednesday he finished his notice. The rest of the class were asking him where he got the idea. He told them that some might write compositions and others might write recipes. They were happy because now they had ideas about how to use word documents.I am confident that we have a typist, script writer, speech writer in the making.

Zawadi Students Learn Documents - Primary School Lead Educator Irene Pepit Inspires Students to Create Their Own Documents

This week, a student of mine wrote a notice for his school about Environment Celebration Day. He was so inspired that he came to the computer lab between classes to practice.

Zawadi Students Learn Documents

Zawadi Yetu

Nelly Cheboi is a celebrated social entrepreneur. She grew up in rural Kenya, worked in tech startups and returned to help her community.

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Nelly's Story

We work in a unique way. In this series, we explain how we work.

TechLit works in a unique way. In this series, TechLit explains how they work.

How We Work ~ TechLit Africa

How We Work

Kenya began reforming it's national education system in 2017, away from structured exams and toward individual development. The new system, called Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) is meant to prepare students to thrive in a changing world.

What Is CBC? | Competence - Character - Creativity | The Four C's: Communication, Critical Thinking, Citizenship, Creativity | The Three Mindsets: Self-Learning, Self-Efficacy, Digital Literacy | CBC With TechLit Africa

CBC | Kenya's Competency Based Curriculum

The Basics of CBC in Kenya

So you want to become a coder. People ask us all the time: "How do I learn to code?" "How can I improve?"Here's Tyler's definitive answer (the updated 2022 version).

Professionals, Hobbyists And Hackers | Learning To Code The Easy Way | Software Engineering And Computer Science Without A Degree