Microsoft honors teacher who drew Word interface on the board
An African teacher who taught his students to compose documents by drawing Word documents on the board because they didn't have computers has suddenly become famous.
In mid-February, teacher Richard Appiah Akoto (whose Facebook account is Owura Kwadwo) in Kumasi (Ghana) shared a photo of himself drawing a detailed interface of Microsoft's word processing software on the board to help students have a visual view of the program.
"Teaching IT in Ghana is fun. ICT is on the blackboard. I love my students so I have to do everything to help them understand what I want to convey," Akoto said.
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The photo quickly went viral online with thousands of shares. Some people suggested that Akoto should send the photo to Microsoft so that the software company could better understand the shortage of equipment in Ghana.
However, without Akoto sending it, Microsoft knew about this dedicated teacher and confirmed that it would donate computers as well as educational software to the school.Mr. Akoto has also received many requests for donations to buy laptops and projectors for the school from various organizations and is planning to help other schools in the area.
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Mr. Akoto (left) and Vice President of Microsoft. |
On March 14, Mr. Akoto was invited to the Microsoft Education Exchange 2018 event in Singapore. Mr. Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Global Education at Microsoft, said that even though he does not use a computer, Akoto still deserves to become a Microsoft Education Expert (MIE Expert) because of his creativity and passion in teaching IT.
Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert is a unique program created specifically for innovative educators around the world who use technology effectively to improve the quality of teaching in schools.
