Redefining Digital Literacy: Teaching Computer Skills With Just A Chalkboard

By Joanne Ainabyona

In 2023, the LeNoir Foundation, a UK-based 'for impact' organization, concluded the construction of a library at Saving Arms Primary School in Kampala, Uganda. While outfitting the facility with tables, chairs, and books, one essential element remained absent: computers. The only technology at hand was one computer owned by the school and another donated laptop.

Imagine teaching a computer class without any computers! That's what Esther Nakigudde, a 25 year-old community and social development graduate at Kyambogo University, and a supply teacher at Saving Arms Primary School, must deal with. So, she gets right down to it and uses some colorful chalk to draw and just one monitor to illustrate.

Read the full article on Forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2024/04/01/redefining-digital-literacy-teaching-computer-skills-with-just-a-chalkboard/?sh=2142537224db