On the 15th of September 2025, I was honoured to speak at the headteachers and ICT teachers stakeholders engagement workshop in Lira organised by Uganda Communications Commission. It was exctiting to meet and interact with fellow ICT teachers and their headteachers from Lango and Acholi sub region, many of whom I had never met.
In my capacity as National Coordinator of the ICT Teachers’ Association of Uganda, I accompanied the association President Mr. Lukyamuzi Ronald to share our thoughts and experience as teachers of ICT, hear from the participants about their wins and challenges as they do their noble duty of educating the nation and ultimately mix with other sector players.
The panel discussion in which I took part was moderated by Mr. Kalema Ayub Golooba a seasoned educator with exceptional passion for ICT integration. On the panel, I was also joined by representatives from UCC, Cyber School, RENU and Kakebe Technologies.
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Speaker after speaker emphasised the advancement of technology in the field of education. I demonstrated to the audience how anyone could, in under a minute, make a lesson plan using AI. In the same session, I used Grok AI to generate 20 multiple choice questions with the answers, something that got the audience thrilled and at the same time worried about their relevance in the field. I wrapped up the demonstrations with the voice to text functionality on phone which surprisingly not many were even aware of. I explained that this and many others were some of the ways that AI was complementing our work, making us more productive and allowing us to give more time to have a human touch with our students.
I reminded teachers that in the 21st century, we were no longer mere dispensers of facts where we were the authority in our respective subjects but rather to cultivate in our students the skills that would help them thrive in a world where technology was taking over every aspect of their lives.
I explained the 4Cs of 21st century learning, to show them that the class was fast transitioning and that our work was to make our students competent in Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking. I emphasised that every time we entered class, we had to make sure that our students were becoming better in each of the 4 areas since these were key to their survival in a world where tech was taking over every aspect of our lives.
I also explained the TPACK model, an educational framework that describes the knowledge educators needed to effectively integrate technology into their teaching. I suggested that understanding TPACK, an acronym for Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge was key for us as teachers if we were to survive in a field where technology is threatening to replace us.
At the end, it was evident that those teachers who didn’t adjust their methods and those who did not embrace tech would certainly find their way out of the field. We also agreed as teachers to not only apply this in our specific classes but also to guide teachers in other subjects so that they are also not kicked out.