WOW!! AN AWESOME WEEKEND!!

On Friday I did visit another high school in Dodoma town, Dodoma Secondary. It is one of the most famous secondary school in Dodoma region. It has students from form 1 to 4, and high school students of form 5 and 6.

It had an awesome experience there, from the first day that I met the Second Master to submit my application to conduct the seminar in Internet and Social Media use to high school students. He was real happy with my project and he directed me to the Academic Master, who gave me a real good support until the Friday when I went to meet the students.

It was a real lovely session, everyone was real excited and very open. The more I do this project the more I realize how important it is. Seeing them understanding better the basic of how internet works and Social media in general has been a real interesting subject to them. Encouraging them on how to set up their first email address, a first privacy setting, awareness of other social media sites and their uses-from Wikis, Blogs, File Sharing {Youtube,Flickr} and even how to sign up and use twitter!

It has been a great moment, and I look forward to visit another school within two weeks. Ooohhhh This is real interesting!!

A Successful Start!

I had a good start today for my project promoting internet and social media use and awareness for High School students in Tanzania. I worked hard to create a very easy to understand presentation about internet and social media. I worked on it for more than a total of 10 hours, thanks for the help I got from my brother who is in Dodoma for few days visit.


After all that hard work on presentation, today I woke up in morning ready to go for the first day of my project, visiting Central High School, located within Dodoma Town. With a projector that I got in the last minutes, I was with all that I did need for today´s presentation to go smoothly. Yesterday I visited the school to keep posters for today´s program, with the support of the school government I was sure it will all go perfect! BUT!!!!!!! I feared one thing, POWER! But I got there and everything was well, I had the students and electricity was OK.

After presenting on what Internet and Social Media is, I have come to realise there is more to be done than what our government and society think. In my log book out of all more than 40 students who did write down there contacts only few filled the email address space, and of those non got it right! And these were not O Level students, remember am dealing with A Level students, who have about a year to join university.

As I discuss and answer their questions I just realise how much we have to do to educate more youth on all things relate to internet. From setting up an email address to privacy settings of their social networks profiles.

Wait to read my next report when I will be visiting another local school here in Dodoma.

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Please I welcome your comments and views on how I can improve what I am doing in this project, anyone is welcome to help me with a projector! I will appreciate!

Internet and Social Media Use in Tanzania!

I am real excited,
I have drafted letters ready to send to various schools starting in Dodoma region and later on in Dar es Salaam for a chance to meet fellow youth and discuss on internet use and social networking as tools for social, personal and academic development.

I will keep you posted as I begin this project!! I got a laptop, I got a modem for internet connection...only one challenge, and that is Projector. But here I begin!!