AOK Basic Skills Project
Portland, Maine
E: kirkjohnb5@gmail.com
W: www.aokbasicskills.gratis
2022-11-20
Re: “How to use the Internet to improve the education of your elementary school child at no cost “
Dear Director of the Institution:
I am a semi-retired ESOL and native/first language teacher over the age of 65. I lived in Ecuador for over 10 years before moving to Portland, Maine in the USA last year. I am the director of AOK, which is a charitable educational endeavor and my retirement project. AOK is not an organization. It was connected to my English school in Quito.
Workshop summary
“How to use the Internet to improve the education of your elementary school child at no cost ” is one of six AOK workshops that are for native language pre-K – grade 12 and adult education students. It gives an overview of some websites that contain Spanish materials that can improve an elementary student’s educational skills at the primary level. These materials provide support for most of the basic elementary school subject areas, as well as an introduction of study skills and computer use.
Workshop materials
The workshop includes a written PowerPoint presentation (visuals can be added for the local area), director and student evaluation forms, key handouts, and a list of free, annotated websites from which to study. The workshop is given in support of UN Global Goal/SDG 4: Quality Education and UNICEF objectives. It includes information on how nonprofit organizations can use SDG student badges and videos to motivate the students’ learning and promote inclusion. It can last for one or more 50-minute sessions and can serve for follow-up, as well. The materials can be downloaded in Spanish on this website.
Workshop Objectives
The participants will learn about how:
- There are many websites that can help a child to catch up with his class or expand his learning in the basic subject areas.
- Reading and answering questions about stories and nonfiction material is a good way to practice reading at home. They will receive a list of general reading questions applicable for all materials.
- To improve their child’s mathematics abilities using some good websites.
- To carry out interesting writing activities for their child using several Internet sites.
- To use the AOK file of more than 80 primary school websites. They will also become familiar with several sites that teach how to navigate with Google to find more interesting sites.
A long-term goal of the workshop
A long-term goal of the workshop is to encourage UNICEF to provide multi-lingual materials that provide instruction on the Internet in literacy, basic digital education and study skills. It would be motivational for participants to learn some basic skills from UNICEF, and they would be written in a professional manner. A formed letter to this effect is included with the workshop materials on this website. It can be rewritten if desired.
I was registered with the National Human Talent Directorate in Ecuador and presented the workshops listed on my website to about 1,000 participants before the Pandemic. AOK workshops are designed to act as a base for local organizations to individualize and update according to their needs...
Sincerely,
John B. Kirk, Director
E: kirkjohnb5@gmail.com