<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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<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

<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>

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<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

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

<p>QWERTY is the third version of our custom Touch-Typing application.</p>

QWERTY

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