<p>Stanley is a community developer by profession, and a freelance writer on the side. At Techlit Africa, Stanley has been a school lead educator for many schools, including Logiri Primary and Barrina Primary in and around Mogotio, Kenya.</p>

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<p>Inkscape is one of the specialties in Techlit Africa. This is where artists practice their talents using various shapes, spirals and different colors to draw and sketch all kinds of shapes.</p><p>Victor Lokaman, a grade 6B kid since vectors class was introduced to them, he was so cooperative and ready to learn new ideas. Artist being his dream career, he was lucky enough to practice using inkscape techniques.</p><p>During holiday break he used an A6 exercise book to draw very attractive pictures, having a plan to transfer it to practical during his inkscape lesson.</p><p>I was so impressed to see his progress and passion. I believe next time he will do marvelous and colorful&nbsp;designs.</p>

Students Inspired to Practice At Home - Barina Primary School Lead Educator Stanley Kipkurui Inspires Students to Practice At Home During Holiday Break

<p>Grade 6 Students in Barina primary school learned to create vector graphics this week. One student was so inspired that he practiced over holiday break!</p>

Students Inspired to Practice At Home

Barina Primary

<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

Inkscape

Graphic Design

<p>Inkscape is one of the specialties in Techlit Africa.This is where artists practice their talent's using various shapes,spirals and different colours to draw and sketch all kinds of shapes.</p><p>Victor Lokaman, a grade 6B kid since vectors class was introduced to them, he was so cooperative and ready to learn new ideas. Artist being his dream career,he was lucky enough to practice using inkscape techniques.</p><p>During holiday break he used A6 exercise book to drew a very attractive pictures having a plan to transfer it to practical during his inkscape lesson.Here some of his pictures.</p><p>I was so impressed to see his progress and passion.I believe next time he will do marvelous and colourful designs.</p>

Aspiring Artist at Barina Primary | Classroom Stories

<p>Victor Lokaman is a 6th grader at Barina primary school. He dreams of one day becoming a professional artist.</p>

Aspiring Artist at Barina Primary

<h2>Becoming A Producer</h2><p>Video production is one of our&nbsp;specialties in Techlit Africa. You may think that you have to be 18 years or older to become a video producer. That's not true for Barrina school.</p><h2>Inspiring Self-Discovery</h2><p>Meshack, a fourth grader at Barina quickly changed his career to a producer when Allan introduced video production to his class. He was particularly motivated when Allan explained that they too can make cool music videos like the one they see of Dogo and even Diamond, a very famous talent artist from Tanzania. </p><h2>Self-Efficacy Mastery Experiences</h2><p>This nine year old Meshack impressed all his classmates after he cut all the videos and stitched them together to make one amazing video. </p>

Video Production Specialist Allan Kiprono Inspires Young Students To Follow Role Models And Work Hard In Computer Class

<p>A 9-year-old in Barrina school decided that he could become a video producer like his favorite artists. He was so motivated that he learned and taught his whole class how to edit videos.</p>

9-Year-Old Discovers His Potential | TechLit Africa

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Video Production

9-Year-Old Discovers His Potential

<h2>Unleashing Creativity</h2><p>There's better time of experiment within art than primary school kids! Kids at this age are buzzing with creativity and willing to learn new things.</p><p>Inkscape is one of specialty at Techlit Africa, lead by Irene Sheey. To teach inkscape <em>(vectors)</em> we use 3D shapes, 2D shapes, spirals and other tools to create colourful designs.</p><h2>Determined To Improve</h2><p>Brian Mulalem, a grade 5 blue kid at Barrina school, emerged as the most interested kid in Inkscape lessons. Though it was his first time to be vectors class, he really worked hard because he had passion towards the lesson.</p><h2>Planning And Practice</h2><p>During his second lesson he drew a very colorful bus and he was like "<strong style="font-size: 1rem;">teacher, next lesson I want to draw family members, but with a beautiful background.</strong>"</p><p>Brian motivated me as a school lead because of how he plans his next task. Even now, I'm still waiting to see his progress next lesson.</p>

Primary School Kids Are Best Age For Creative Expression | Grade 5 Student Discovers Talent And Works Hard To Plan And Practice

<p>Primary school really is the best age for students to be creative! A grade 5 student at Barrina has been working very hard because he is motivated to create his next design with Inkscape.</p>

Determined To Create | TechLit Africa

Determined To Create

<p>James, a Grade 6, Group B kid at Barrina primary school, during his vectors lesson, was so interested by the designs. Seems he had a vision to be graphic designer maybe in future. He was the best artist after he drew a colourful bike.</p><p>The rest of his classmates were so curious and motivated by such amazing work. After he finished his lesson, I asked him about his career and he was like "<strong>Mimi I nishaanza career yangu ya artist.</strong>" <em>(I should just start my art career already.)</em></p>

Barrina Primary Computer Classes with TechLit School Lead Stanley Kipkurui Inspires Grade 6 Student to Pursue Career As Artist

<p>A Grade 6 student in Barrina primary school discovered a passion for design during computer classes this week. He says that it's time he starts his career as an artist.</p>

Grade 6 Student Discovers Passion for Art

<h2>Specialty Classes</h2><p>In TechLit computer classes we have many different specialties designed to help students discover their unique interests and use them to develop digital skills through project-based learning. Two of the specialties that we have are Graphic Design and Coding.</p><h2>Finding Unique Interests</h2><p>Peter is a Grade 6, Group B student at Barrina primary school. Since we introduced him to Inkscape, our vector graphics editor, in Graphic Design class, he emerged as a talented artist. During one of his Graphic Design lessons, he drew a very colorful lorry. And then all of the next school term, he insisted that I show him block coding so that he could animate his colorful lorry.</p><h2>Project-Based Learning</h2><p>I decided to call him during break time to teach him the basics of block coding. I am so impressed and motivated as a tutor to get such a young person's needs and to be able to teach them new things every day.</p>

Grade 6 Student in Barrina Primary School Learns To Code With Project-Based Curriculum After Specialty Graphic Design Class Uncovered Unique Talent

<p>A Grade 6 student in Barrina Primary discovered a talent of his through Graphic Design lessons, then used that talent to teach himself block coding.</p>

Using Talents To Learn New Skills 

From Talent To Learning

<h2>Kid Teaches Adult Touch-Typing</h2><p>Allan, a Grade 4 kid at Logiri primary, taught his class teacher on how to arrange her fingers on the keyboard in order to type correctly and faster. I learned kids and adult and in terms of computer literacy.</p><h2>Kids vs. Adults</h2><p>Well, kids clearly have better imagination than adults while adults are more disciplined and have more technique.</p><h2>Supporting Creativity</h2><p>This mean that kids would be more creative and work well with colourful designs. It's good to encourage kids to express themselves and develop their ideas.</p>

Children Are More Creative Than Adults, but Lack Discipline and Technique | Educators Should Promote Creativity, Play and Experimentation

<p>This week, a Grade 4 kid at Logiri primary school taught his class teacher how to touch-type. We can learn a lot about how kids should learn and how we can teach them better.</p>

Kid Teaches Adult Touch-Typing

Logiri Primary

QWERTY

Touch-Typing

<h2>Learning Touch-Typing</h2><p>Before we started specialty lessons at Logiri Primary school, students practiced computer basics with GCompris and Touch-Typing with QWERTY. There is another program called Z-Type that is fun for kids to practice typing.</p><h2>Struggling To Play</h2><p>There was a class 8 student at Logiri Primary. He was saying that z-type is a hard game to play while arranging the fingers since he was having problems with using the ring finger and the small finger.</p><h2>Learning From A Friend</h2><p>Allan, a friend of his, offered to assist him. Allan sat with him and showed him.</p><p>He was then able to play on his own and showed interest in the game.</p>

Grade 8 Student in Logiri Primary School Learns To Play Touch-Typing Game From A Friend | Learning To Learn and Self-Efficacy Examples from TechLit Computer Classes

<p>Some of my students at Logiri Primary were practicing Touch-Typing with Z-Type this week. One student was struggling to place his fingers in the right place, so his friend helped him. After that, he was very interested in the game.</p>

Learning Touch-Typing in Logiri Primary | TechLit Africa

Learning Touch-Typing in Logiri Primary

Stanley Kipkurui

<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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<h2>A Community Builder</h2><p>Stanley is a community developer by profession, and has been serving his community since 2018 when he was only 20 years old. Currently, he's connecting a passion for technology with his community building skills by teaching young Africans about the digital world.</p><h2>Empowering Kids In Schools</h2><p>At Techlit Africa, Stanley has been a school lead educator for many schools, including Logiri Primary and Barrina Primary in and around Mogotio, Kenya.</p><h2>Writing On Society</h2><p>Stanley is a freelance writer, covering current events, society and life in general. Stanely writes what others think, and takes inspiration from books, family and friends.</p>

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