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It took a lot of debugging but Sammy and Irene finally got their robot to stack three cubes
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Sammy and Irene just successfully coded the robot to stack these three cubes
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This is Irene Nafula. She was the first one to complete our day’s robotic challenge.
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Sammy and Irene spent hours to figure out stacking four cubes. Had to go home and come back the following day to continue with their quest
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Learn Python with Bowen.
Today we are learning about functions, for-loops and interpolation 😻
#techlitafrica
#techlitcurriculum
#techlitkids
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1
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It is the way he celebrates for us.
Sammy doesn’t give up easily. He tries and tries and dances once he figures it out.
He makes his classmates believe everything is possible.
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She wants you to see the folders she created from the terminal 🤩
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Hi Mom 🤩, look at the website I have just made ~ Randy, Grade 6
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We have a plan. Teach kids in rural areas in-demand technical skills. Teach them how to build a brand and get a job remotely.
We still have 11 more days of voting for CNN hero of the year.
Vote here 👉
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Future designer right here.
In our CSS class today, Irene was very intentional on the colors she chose. Her work inspired the rest that they would come to her for advice. Her feedback : “that is too hard to read”, “those colors are too similar”.
#techlitafrica
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We installed six computer labs this week 🎉🎉
That is six new schools.
✅Two in Nakuru County,
✅Three Laikipia county and
✅One in Busia County 🎉🎉🎉
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Irene coded a dancing robot, Nelly volunteered to help test it 🤩
#techlitrobotics
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We are back in Mogotio 🇰🇪🇰🇪and ready for the 2023 academic year
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And the crew is ready to deploy and teach HTML & CSS in all the schools.
All our students will be learning the fundamentals of building a website and extension the internet.
We are currently hiring in Kitui County, wanna join us? 👉
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In our CSS class today, Irene was very intentional on the colors she chose. Her work inspired the rest that they would come to her for advice. Some of the feedback she had for them were: “that is too hard to read”, “those colors are too similar”.
#techlitafrica
#techlitkids
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This kid right here has been at it for weeks. His focus is unmatched.
Touch Typing takes a lot of practice and Allan has been taking any free time to practice. He on the homestretch now.
What an honor to play a part in his tech journey ❤️
#techlitkids
#techlitcurriculum
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Unajua five years si mingi. Wacha nianze bussiness card yangu mapema 🤩
#techlitafrica
#taptengeleihq
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Welcome to
#techlitafrica
robots class.
Allan was determined to have his robot stack for cubes.
#techlitrobotics
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(recap 14/14) Nelly wins CNN Hero of the Year!
#techlit206
#techlitrecap
#recap2022
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Minetest has been his creative outlet lately.
His recent project: his school. In the basement, he has bed rooms for all his friends and a soccer ⚽️ stadium.
These kids continue to amaze and inspire us. What an honor to play a part in their tech journey ❤️
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Maureen is so engaging.
Look at her HTML intro.
#techlitafrica
#techlitclass
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After weeks of practice, Allan finished touch-typing.
This kid can now touch-type, use the command line, code in python and make basic websites.
Imagine six years from now. Who gets to hire this kid?
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Michelle has an HTML tutorial for you in Kalenjin. Buckle up she is quit a teacher
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1 🔗👉
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At TechLit, we believe you don’t have to leave to make it. With the push to remote and the right skills our kids could be working for any company in the world from their communities!
We have been working super hard on our curriculum to deliver that promise.
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These headphones came just in time for our music production classes 🤩
Thanks
@Logitech
❤️
#techlitafrica
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Day 1/14
We started TechLit because rural Africans lack opportunities to make a living, but digital skills unlock global opportunities.
In 2019, after starting a failed resource center, we left our tech jobs to connect used computers to rural Africans in a way that works. 1/5
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When we say growing up with Tech. We mean literally 🤩.
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They worked really hard on inline styles only to learn they were bad programmers 😂
They are READY for CSS
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Learn Python with Bowen
Today we are learning about building websites with python. Using Common Gateway interface (CGI)
#techlitafrica
#techlitcurriculum
#techlitkids
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1
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This is Bowen. He wants to be a software engineer at
@google
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#techlitkids
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Join Bowen for a journey through our latest collection of amazing gadgets, courtesy of
@IEX
These devices are so slick. Thank you Obi and
@IEX
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If your company is looking an alternative way to repurpose old tech, we can’t think of a better investment 🤩
#techlitunboxing
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In Kasane, Botswana 🇧🇼. They welcomed us with such a wonderful traditional dance. Naturally, I had to show them our Kenyan dances 🇰🇪
We may not speak the same language but we dance to the tune of Mama Africa.
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(recap 9/14) The purpose of TechLit Africa is to empower rural Africa with excellent opportunities to earn a living through digital skills.
#techlit206
#techlitrecap
#recap2022
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(2/14) We made so many tech improvements in our classrooms this year!
TechLit classrooms are stitched together from all kinds of used hardware and free software. Most of our tech choices were made after trying many other options and choosing the best fit for our classes.
🧵 👇
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Shipping used to be our biggest challenge, but not anymore! Thanks to the power of our logistics partners, we are now able to receive computers right at our doorstep and ship them to any school.
Our process is now super distributed, allowing us to unlock nine counties in Kenya
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Betty has a multiline edit tutorial for you in her native language: kikamba
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(Recap 4/14) When we started TechLit, we wanted local operations to be funded locally. This would enable us to scale quickly. It also meant once we get computers into the community, they create jobs, educate kids and run sustainably forever.
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How music production classes are about to be so lit 🔥
Thanks
@Logitech
#techlitafrica
#techlitcurriculum
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Taptengelei HQ hapa ❤️
We are making Taptengelei real for 10,000 kids across nine counties.
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#taptengeliehq
#remotework
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Tanzanians are so sweet ❤️🇹🇿
Sisi ni NGO, tulianzia Kenya 🇰🇪 (Founder wetu
@nelly_cheboi
ni Mkenya). Tutakuja Tanzania hivi karibuni.
Labda mwaka ujao? elezea mashule zenu kutuhusu
Hii ni Kenya
Ni lini elimu ya kibongo itafikia level hizi
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Bowen got his first business card ❤️.
Every time someone visit them, they are excited to host them and show them around their programs. They also teach them a few things. At the end they exchange emails to keep in touch.
Bowen was Amy’s teacher today. So when he went 🧵👇
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Rolling into Uasin Gishu county like 🤩
✅Baringo County
✅Nakuru County
✅Mombasa County
✅Laikipia County
✅Kitui County
✅Kwale County
✅Busia County
✅Uasin Gishu County
◻️Nandi County
#techlitafrica
#techlitschools
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How do we teach complex stuff to kids? Through a lot of play.
This is our rich text class. They are learning about user interfaces, inline and block formatting, basic design and communicating effectively ❤️
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Learn Python with Bowen.
Today we are learning about strings, variables and concatenation 😻
#techlitafrica
#techlitcurriculum
#techlitkids
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1
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Learn vim with Allan
#techlitafrica
#techlitkids
#techlitcurriculum
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1 upto 25,000 🤯👉
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Learn Python with Bowen
Today we are learning about if/else statements
#techlitafrica
#techlitcurriculum
#techlitkids
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Story time. This is how the vim class started. It inspiring how much these kids can learn
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You know Bowen 💻⚽️. Well he has a python demo for you.
#techlitafrica
#techlitkids
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@gravityforms
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(recap 11/14) Bowen is a fifth grader in Mogotio developing his own websites with version control. His plan is to deploy often to Github and include tutorials about what he learns.
#techlit206
#techlitrecap
#recap2022
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Do you see what we see? Programmers in the making.
Optimize screen use✅
Debug problems ✅
Intense Focus ✅
Using Terminal ✅
#techlitclass
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We had some friends visit from Madagascar 🇲🇬.
So we learnt some french in between HTML tables.
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New county unlocked 🎉🇰🇪. Driving in to install computer labs at a school Laikipia county 🎉🎉
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Show and tell 🤩
For this activity:
🗂️They created a txt file for each of their classmates using shell
🎁✍️Added a present with vim
💻Demoed the presents with ranger
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Show and tell 🤩
For this activity:
🗂️They created a txt file for each of their classmates using shell
🎁✍️Added a present with vim
💻Demoed the presents with ranger
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It is amazing how scary smart these kids have gotten.
FYI: we are actively looking for computer donations. What does your company do with its old computers? Might they donate to us?
#techlitafrica
#watotonoma
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Such an honor
After growing up in poverty in Kenya, Nelly Cheboi found her passion in computers. Now, she's teaching tech — and bringing hope — to a new generation.
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When one terminal is just not enough. Allan’s got you covered with a tmux tutorial
#techlitafrica
#techlitkids
#techlitcurriculum
Also Gravity Forms is matching all donations $1 for $1 upto 25,000
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Our newest computer lab runs completely on solar.
This is Mdengerekeni Primary in Kashani, Mombasa County.
Would you like to teach them? Apply here👉
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Shell scripting can be fun. Here is their chicken dance in between practices
#techlitkids
#techlitcurriculum
Also:
@gravityforms
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