New Dawn Students Celebrating the e-Reader Following Training
After months of planning and training it was time to launch the Worldreader, e-Reader project. The e-Reader came to New Dawn loaded with 100 library books and textbooks from both International and African authors. Sixty e-Readers were provided to the school through the generous gifts of African Leadership donors for which the students and teachers at New Dawn Educational Center are deeply grateful.
Margaret Chao (left) is the school Librarian and also the e-reader Program Director. After a short training session, Margaret, trained the teachers.
One of the teachers held the e-Reader in his hands and exclaimed, "I have heard that such books existed, but I have never held one in my hand or had the opportunity to read one. This is a great treasure that you have given us." The books that he was most excited about were in English Literature, and included the likes of Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes.
Chris and Vincent were very excited with this “great treasure” and were marveling at the wonderful teaching tool it will be for them in the subject areas they teach.
Once the teachers had been trained they were given a small group of students and asked to teach them the fundamentals of the e-reader. It was fun for me to go from group to group and hear the excitement in the teacher's voices as they shared their new found skills with the students.
On the official launch date there was a public unveiling of the e-Reader project. Dignitaries from the local Huruma community, the Ministry of Education, the new incoming president of African Leadership, John Walter, an African Leadership board member, Jim O'Donnell and a team from a Middle Tennessee Church all joined with students in celebration of the "coming of the e-Reader."
Education at New Dawn will be forever changed. One student remarked as he held up an e-Reader, "you mean I'm holding 100 books in my hand. That's incredible, that's a small library."
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