Free programming workshop for women in Nyamira Town

 Build your first website at Django Girls Nyamira 2019 !

 Am excited as I post this blog of the upcoming workshop organized exclusively for girls particularly in Nyamira.
According to the website, there are limited spaces so girls need to quickly apply for this rare opportunity to start you of in programming and developing websites.
 

Django Girls

If you are a woman and want to learn how to make websites, we have good news for you: we are holding a one-day workshop for beginners!
It will take place on 19th April, 2019 at Mashinani hub in Nyamira behind Huduma center.
We believe the IT industry will greatly benefit from bringing more women into technology. We want to give you an opportunity to learn how to program and become one of us – women programmers!
Workshops are free of charge and if you cannot afford coming to Nyamira but are very motivated to learn and then share your knowledge with others, we may have some funds to help you out with your travel costs and accommodation. Don't wait too long: you can apply for the workshop only until 19th April 2019!

 Build your first website at Django Girls Nyamira 2019 !

Apply for the workshop!

If you are a woman, know English and have a laptop, you can apply for our event! You don't need to know any technical stuff – our workshop is for people who are new to programming.
As a workshop attendee you will:

• attend a one-day Django workshop during which you will create your first website
• get a chance to meet and network with amazing women doing great things in tech
• have meals and refreshments provided, thanks to our wonderful sponsors

We have space only for 30 people, so make sure to fill out the form very carefully! In the meantime, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: https://djangogirls.org/nyamira/

 According to Wikipedia ...

Django Girls is an international non-profit organization started by two Polish women, Ola Sitarska and Ola Sendecka,to inspire women from all backgrounds to get interested in technology and to become programmers, offering a safe and friendly environment. It is known for the free workshops it hosts to help women to learn to program and for its Django tutorial.It is often supported by the Python Software Foundation.

Applications are now open and you can apply here https://djangogirls.org/nyamira/apply

For  more information and how to apply you can contact the even organizers at nyamira@djangogirls.org

How to start integration of your lessons with ICT

If you are a teacher in primary,secondary or any other institution of learning you must have used ICT to teach. Are you sure you were doing it effectively? Let's find out.

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There are many ways and devices an instructor can use with the current technology while teaching and therefore it's not a straight jacket kind of thing, technology is evolving
daily. The instructor must ensure that the technology will not be the focus but an enabler or simplified to the learning process.
The most common way is to use presentation software like MS. PowerPoint, Libre Impress in a device connected to a projector and run the slides.
The use of presentation software with a projector is not ideal but it has very many advantages and features that you can not ignore it. We shall discuss some of the features and how best to make use of slides to maximize pedagogy and hence a hmm interact lesson.

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Features .

1. Laying out content in Presentations helps facilitate a structure to guide teaching and learning.
2. Laying out content using a template or slide place holders helps to avoid excessive use of text (a common problem when using transparencies).
3. Inserting a careful mix of multimedia (images, animations, video, sound, etc.) can support different learning preferences.
4. The electronic file format allows easy distribution to, and manipulation by, students.
   If converting old class notes to Presentations, many teachers create too many text-heavy slides.
   Revisions can easily be performed and are cost effective to distribute (unlike paper handouts).
5. Additional information can be hidden in the presentation, useful in providing colleagues with background information or explaining more fully cryptic notes to students for revision.  Source: Commonwealth of Learning and Guyana In-Service (2012) ICT in Education for Teachers at: http://colccti.colfinder.org/sites/default/files/guyana/index.html
   
    
   

   How to get your lesson resource 

   The advantages mentioned above will work if some technical skills and prior testing has been done.
   Some of  the  easy ways to get teaching resources is to use those that have been prepared by others and shared through many channels like WhatApp groups, educational sites like https://ictlessons.org, directly through storage media such as flashdisks. Another source is to search and download the topic you want since, others were there before you and made them and uploaded as PowerPoint files. To get such files you need to do the following.
   
   1. Type the key word on your search engine like google https://www.google.com/homepage/search
   2. In addition type + ppt.  For example Mitosis + ppt
   3. Press  enter and get several options. Select the one you think best fits what you want, save it and use it in your class.
   This approach however may not always work because the content may not be appropriate for your students although its a quick and easy way to have a lesson presentation up and running
   In my next post I will describe how and what to do if you want to make your own original lesson presentation