<p>Magda is one of TechLit's most skilled educators, and has taken on capacity development and new school onboarding.</p>

Kenya Capacity Lead

<blockquote>All hail Mnazi Moja kids!</blockquote><h2>Teaching In Mombasa</h2><blockquote>The last time I was in Mombasa, I only taught for a short time.</blockquote><p>I was here last on the second month of the year and then disappeared for close to 5 months only to show up towards the end of July.&nbsp;The last time I was in Mombasa, I only taught for a short time. I was just doing introduction to computer classes. We were just starting the Mombasa hub and I got the opportunity to be one of the pioneers.&nbsp;</p><blockquote>I then "disappeared" without a goodbye.</blockquote><p>I did make friends with the kids . They were so adorable and the way they addressed me as&nbsp;"madam" with their coastal accent was everything to me.&nbsp;I then 'disappeared' without goodbye only to show up five months later with new skills to teach.&nbsp;</p><h2>Returning To Mombasa</h2><blockquote>It's amazing the kind of impact teachers leave...</blockquote><p>When I came back to Mombasa, I was surprised that they still remembered me and one boy was trying to speak English and said "<strong>I am miss you today madam</strong>" and I was like "<strong>I missed you too!</strong>"&nbsp;</p><p>It's amazing the kind of impact teachers leave even after interacting with kids for just a short time.&nbsp; That aside, this time I was here to teach social and vectors.</p><h2>Creativity And Internet Skills</h2><blockquote>Students can create and share their Vector projects work on Social.</blockquote><p>Social is a specialty in TechLit where we teach kids basic internet skills and social media at large. We also teach them how to secure their accounts.&nbsp;After this, we create accounts for them where they can reach out to their fellow students and also upload their projects and progress. They can also view their fellow students' uploads. Vectors is a specialty where we teach kids how to draw different things and become creative in many ways.</p><h2>Sharing with Internet Skills</h2><blockquote>Before I could turn around, Eugene was done and ready to share.</blockquote><p>My story today comes from my vectors class in grade 6. I had just finished the introduction class and I asked them to go sit down and try to draw the different things in their minds. Before I could turn around, Eugene had already drawn a boat and he was calling me to go and help him upload it to social so that his classmates could see it.</p><h2>Healthy Competition</h2><blockquote><strong>"Today you have won, but tomorrow I will beat you!"</strong></blockquote><p>I was really impressed so I asked his classmates to clap for him. Brighton, a student in the same class, really felt challenged. He drew his picture, uploaded it to social and then proceeded to the chats section and left a message for Eugene: "<strong>Today you have won, but tomorrow I am going to beat you.</strong>"</p><p>I was impressed that the success of one of them makes the rest of the class want to do better. I&nbsp;am a proud teacher.</p>

Primary School Students in Mnazi Mmoja Missed Teacher Magda Until She Returned To Teach Internet Skills and Creative Vector Software Which Inspired Healthy Competition

<p>I returned to Mombasa as a specialist educator after many months away. The students missed me, and I was lucky enough to inspire competition during our time together. All hail Mnazi Moja! </p>

Healthy Competition in Mnazi Mmoja Primary School

Mnazi Mmoja

<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

Internet Security

Healthy Competition in Mnazi Mmoja

School Lead Educator

<h2>A Surprise Request</h2><blockquote>As a teacher, I listened carefully.</blockquote><p>At then end of one lesson this week, an eleven year old girl by the name Immaculate, a grade 3 student,&nbsp;decided to see me one on one. She wanted to talk with me in person. As a teacher, I listened to her carefully. She&nbsp;said "<strong>Mr Sule why if we enter in the computer lab we see already the computers are powered on? So my request as student of Mnazi Mmoja, I need to know how to connect the CPU and the Monitor.</strong>"</p><h2>Learning How Things Work</h2><blockquote>I think we have a hacker in the making.</blockquote><p>I was really really excited. I am happy that the kids are now moving from wanting to just know how to use the machines to wanting to understand the connection and what makes them powered on. I think it's time we move from letting them come to class and find the devices already powered on to showing them what really keeps the computer on. I think we have a hacker in the making.</p>

Surprise Request from Grade 3 Student to Learn How Computers Work | Connecting Components and Powering On | Student Curiosity from Digital Literacy Classes

<p>This week, a grade 3 student had a surprise request for me. I listened carefully and was surprised by her curiosity. I think we have a hacker in the making.</p>

A Hacker In The Making at Mnazi Mmoja Primary

A Hacker In The Making

<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>

Founder & COO

<p>Mnazi Mmoja is a primary school in Mombasa, Kenya</p>

Mnazi Mmoja

Recent Posts from Mnazi Mmoja

Healthy Competition in Mnazi Mmoja

A Hacker In The Making