After today's 45 minute journey down a very rough dirt road, I know why we have the gnarliest looking 4x4 safari type trucks trekking us around!

We were up at 6:30am for a prompt departure by 7:30 to the village school in Motinko where we met 17 teachers who would be our students for the week. Each immaculately dressed teacher came into the class eager to learn about basic computer skills and how technology can be used to make their teaching more effective.

Candidly we have been surprised by the limited English most speak and how many need very fundamental computer training. As expected, we quickly re-grouped and improvised our lesson plans from intermediate to basic and Kristen, Terry, Marta, and Gita did a phenomenal job sharing an introduction to 21st Century skills and the Microsoft suite. Simplifying what we all do every day was tough, but the team pulled through with flying colors and by the end we had teachers creating attendance sheets in excel vs using their notebooks to track attendance.

Tonight we worked on trying to figure out what we can truly teach them that they will be able to take on long term and use. Many have limited to no electricity at their schools, students who don't even speak the native Swahili (they speak their mother tongue derivative), teachers who don't have access to computers because they share 20 across 500 students....so figuring out how to create competency with longevity is our challenge.

It is so gratifying when you see the light click with teachers on some of the applications and I believe those moments will carry us through the week.

Now that we know our audience, we have adjusted our curriculum and are prepared for Day 2.:)