Teachers are the biggest influence on our young population in Africa. If we do not train them effectively, it would be difficult to have a national impact and train the next generation contributory workforce that will strengthen the continent’s economy through technology innovation.
Past STEM Teachers Training Programs
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Teachers in Delta, Anambra, Edo, and Ebonyi State should register for Asaba Teacher Training.
Training STEM Teachers is a critical component in ensuring that African youth and especially girls are trained in STEM. We focus on GENDER-SENSITIVE curriculum so teachers can help guide and recruit more girls in STEM and prevent gender bias and stereotypes in their classes. We train STEM Secondary Teachers across Africa. For STEM secondary educators in Africa, we offer our engaging, rigorous teacher professional development model that empowers teachers and their students and transforms the classroom into a collaboration space where STEM content comes to life. We emphasize hands-on learning away from the blackboard, and an Africa-focused integrated curriculum that helps teachers break down the rote memorization methodologies which are prevalent in the African educational system and which stifles creativity. The STEM teacher training workshop is designed to create an opportunity for secondary STEM teachers to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) as well as Computer Science training through technology-rich demonstrations, classroom presentations, hands-on activities and online connections.
Digital Literacy Teachers Training
The aim of this program is to equip educators with Digital literacy skills that can enable learning both remotely and within the classroom. Introducing them with tech skills that make learning and teaching fun and interactive with digital skills such as Adobe Spark, Google forms, Nearpod, Google classroom, Microsoft word, excel, Paddlet, Quizizz Powerpoint, etc.
Glocal Classroom/ Level Up Village
Our teacher training program ties in with our Glocal Classroom/ Level Up Village program. Participation in the teacher training workshop, however, does NOT GUARANTEE LUV participation. Participation in this exclusive Glocal Classroom program requires selection as a master teacher and 1 – 2 days of additional training on the LUV curriculum. Our selection criteria ensure that LUV teachers MUST have internet access and show a strong commitment to hosting ongoing stem clubs, and dedication to completing their paired classes as they cannot leave their US/UK partner teachers hanging. Trained teachers who are selected for this program will be guaranteed LUV classes year-round. If selected teachers are unstable, disappoint their partner teachers, or do not complete their classes, they are immediately removed from the LUV program.
Additional Free Online Resources
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- Khan Academy: Geared for self-guided online learning with lots of great videos and tools to supplement lessons, and a great resource to expose students who want to learn more on their own.
- Science NetLinks: Awesome lesson plans covering many topics: From engineering and astronomy to biology and animal science! The site has a great search engine, so it is super easy to find what you need.
- Discovery Education: Cover all sorts of subject matter, everything from understanding space travel, to underwater forensics. Most lessons are brief and specific.
- Wabisabi Learning
- Videos for STEM activities.
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- Free interactive resources to teach kids of any age to code.
- Learn Scratch programming language.
- Learn to code interactively for free. You do not have to install any compilers.
- This is one of the best ways to learn how to program.
- A visual programming editor online for introducing students to coding.
- MIT App inventor is a free platform and lessons to teach App development for Andriod
- Phonegap – Build amazing mobile apps powered by open web tech.
- Khan Academy free coding platform and sample codes
- Teaching Computer Science concepts to Secondary School children without the need for a computer.
- Object-oriented 3D programming environment, lets students learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video
- Open-source 3D graphics and animation software.
- Build free websites – Free hosting and free web address.
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