MyElimu - Making what seems boring (education) fun!
Hello Teens,
Most of us may have
heard about this initiative. However, I am doing a post on it to inform the
unaware. MyElimu is a project started up by a Tanzanian, Given Edward who was 19 at the time to solve the problem of a “harsh”
education system in his country, Tanzania. Given started up this project to
bring students from all over the world (although he started off having just his
home country in mind) together to learn collaboratively. MyElimu was built on
the concept of sharing of ideas; this further helps to prove what most
educators say nowadays that “If you can’t teach it, you haven’t understood it.”
I have gone through the website and I have noticed that apart from the myriad
of topics from various subjects taught in high school which students have a
read on, study with, use as homework/project resource tools, there is also a
forum where students can discuss on the topics that they have learnt. This
makes room for them to table their problems and areas where they did not quite
understand, someone else on the forum who has a grasp of the topic would share
his knowledge with the rest of the students helping them understand the topic
and even making that information which he is sharing more permanent in his
memory.
The MyElimu concept is
something that is changing the education system in Tanzania and hopefully the
rest of the world. It is affecting lives constantly and is taking a bold step
into creating a generation of well-educated young Africans.
How it works?
myElimu.com is a forum
website. Students come together to discuss subjects that are taught in their
classes. Any students can start a discussion, as long as they are members of
the forum. One can become a member by
visiting www.myElimu.com and click ‘register’. One can also easily register by
clicking ‘register with Facebook’ which will register you to MyElimu quickly by
using your Facebook details. Given Edward, 19, who founded the website says
that they added this feature after most students’ requests.
After you have
successfully register and become a member, you can then go to the homepage
where you will see different discussion rooms categorized according to subjects
e.g History, Math, Economics, etc. Click on the subject you wish to discuss and
there you will see different discussions that are already started and you can
also start your own by clicking “New Topic”. Other students will see the
discussion topic you started and they will start discussing with you.
MyElimu as an
organization aims at transforming the reception of education to be more
enjoyable among students by presenting it in a form they love and understand. MyElimu.com
is one of the projects that will help in achieving that.
[Source: The Citizen]
You too can be a part
of this life-changing initiative. You can register with MyElimu today and enjoy
a fun-packed style of learning with other secondary students from all over the
world.
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