{"id":468039,"date":"2018-02-27T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/ict-teacher-hailed-for-drawing-computer-on-board-gets-microsoft-support\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:18:34","slug":"ict-teacher-hailed-for-drawing-computer-on-board-gets-microsoft-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/ict-teacher-hailed-for-drawing-computer-on-board-gets-microsoft-support\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT teacher hailed for drawing computer on board gets Microsoft support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/49942738.295.jpg\" alt=\"Owura Kwadjo Ictboard\" title=\"Owura Kwadjo Ictboard\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Owura Kojo posted the pictures of his class during an ICT lesson on his Facebook page<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519733914_944_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A basic school teacher whose heroics went viral after images of him teaching ICT on a board went viral has received the attention of Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Owura Kwadwo shared images of himself on his Facebook page weeks ago teaching students how to identify basic elements on a computer monitor without actual resources.<\/p>\n<p>He resorted to the drawing board to teach pupils in his class how to use a computer.<\/p>\n<p>The ICT teacher sketched an average Microsoft Word document on the chalkboard with the parts of the window labelled, enabling the students to get a fair idea of the various parts of a typical Word document.<\/p>\n<p>His commitment to teach and determination to make his pupils comprehend the subject gained attention of some people on social media who made pleas for him to get support.<\/p>\n<p>An entrepreneur on Twitter Rebecca Enonchong @africatechie appealed to Microsoft Africa to assist the teacher with resources and build his capacity to motivate him keep on with his task.<\/p>\n<p>This appeal was warmly welcomed by the Microsoft Africa team who responded to her tweet by emphasising that &#8220;Supporting teachers to enable digital transformation in education is at the core of what we do. We will equip Owura Kwadwo with a device from one of our partners, and access to our MCE program &amp; free professional development resources on&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This gesture has been lauded by many on social media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhottish.owura%2Fposts%2F1948212815208114&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"702\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Supporting teachers to enable digital transformation in education is at the core of what we do. We will equip Owura Kwadwo with a device from one of our partners, and access to our MCE program &amp; free professional development resources on https:\/\/t.co\/dJ6loRUOdg<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Microsoft Africa (@MicrosoftAfrica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicrosoftAfrica\/status\/968372028003770372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicrosoftAfrica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MicrosoftAfrica<\/a>, he\u2019s teaching MS Word on a blackboard. Surely you can get him some proper resources. https:\/\/t.co\/u8N3eXguXS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebecca Enonchong (@africatechie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/africatechie\/status\/967818279078252546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Thanks all. The hero has been confirmed and he will be supported by Microsoft. But that&#8217;s not all. He will be celebrated, and his above-and-beyond-call-of-duty act will become a rallying point for other teachers disrupting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TechinEd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TechinEd<\/a> in difficult places! https:\/\/t.co\/LNXjAcJGNw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 &#8216;Gb\u00e9nga S\u00e8san (@gbengasesan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gbengasesan\/status\/968389515093127174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<!-- uploaded by: 38 updated by: 63 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-27 Owura Kojo posted the pictures of his class during an ICT lesson on his Facebook page A basic school teacher whose heroics went viral after images of him teaching ICT on a board went viral has received the attention of Microsoft. 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