Teaching Students

Shortly after completing the electricity wiring at Kampala Primary School, we took a trip down to Fort Portal to visit Ian Wrangham's deployment site. There are 3 teams in Uganda and Ian's site is one of them.

Their primary school was in a beautiful country-side location and with the influx of volunteers and funds from their NGO, the school is rapidly growing in size and infrastructure. Below are two pictures of KasisIi:

Kasisii Primary School (near Kibale National Park and Fort Portal).

Ian's organized setup for charging their XO's.

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So after visiting Ian's deployment in Fort Portal, we had a better idea of how to proceed with ours. When we got back, we were ready to deploy the laptops to grades P5 and P6.

P5 students with their XO's

Kristen teaching P5 how to use "Write", the word-processor.

Working with individual students.

Sarah, a volunteer from our NGO, helps to clarify the lesson.

The first stanza of Uganda's National Anthem.

By the end of next week, we hope to have taught the students how to use Paint, Record, Calculator, Wikipedia and TurtleArt.

In the meantime, we are expanding teacher training to the other grades and exploring advanced programs with the P5 and P6 teachers. We are also working with Simba Telecom to see if it is possible to obtain internet access for the school.

-Jeff