Irene Jebungei is our school lead educator in Chepyuan Primary School.

School Lead Educator

Despite our school, Chepyuan, being the most rural TechLit school, we have specialists from Mogotio visiting to teach video production.&nbsp;Not many people come from Mogotio to Chepyuan because it’s really difficult to reach. Motorbikes coming to Chepyuan get stuck in the mud and have punctured tires.Last week on Thursday, our video specialist, Allan, drove all the way to Chepyuan. That afternoon, he taught the 5th graders how to cut videos and add transitions.After class, the pupils were so excited and had many questions. One pupil, named Bowen, told me about his dream to become a gospel musician. Bowen says that the moment he graduates from form 4, the last grade of secondary school, he will use his new video production skills to earn a living as a gospel musician.As a teacher, I feel so blessed to directly impact Bowen. Now he believe his dream is possible, and we’re helping him bring it to life.

Dreams Come to Life in Chepyuan - Primary School Lead Educator Irene Jebungei - Students Inspired To Pursue Their Dreams Through Role Model Educators

Students in Chepyuan are very far from many role models they need. Last week, one of my students was shown how he could make money with his dream career.

Dreams Come to Life in Chepyuan

Chepyuan Primary

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.

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Stories From The Classroom

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Video Production

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.

Specialist Educator

Video production is one of the specialties in TechLit Africa. Most of the students love video production. In video production, we use an application called OpenShot, which is easy for students to understand.During my visit to Dreams Hills school this week, I came across Faith. She was my co-teacher last term at video production class. She was excited to see me. Their class was to follow next.In the OpenShot class, Faith knew how to cut the video using Control-X and knew how to use transitions without me showing her.Faith told me that during her break from school, with the help of her parents, she installed the OpenShot app on their desktop. She told me that she spent her break learning from YouTube tutorials.

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I discovered a student in Dreams Hills school who brought her specialty subject home with her. Her whole family is involved in furthering her studies at home.

Dreams Hills

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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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Open Shot is a video editor used in TechLit classes.

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