2018-11-20
Re: “How adults in an Adult Basic Education program for levels 1-2 can use the Internet at no cost to improve their studies”
Dear Director of the Institution:
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Workshop summary
“How adults in an Adult Basic Education program for levels 1-2 can use the Internet at no cost to improve their studies” is written for adults to help them improve their level of literacy. This workshop gives an overview of some websites that contain Spanish materials that can help improve adult education student’s educational skills at levels 1-2 at no cost. These materials can provide support for most adult literacy programs. This is one of six workshops that are for native language pre-K – grade 12 and adult education students.
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 following are the workshop objectives. The participants will:
- Learn about websites with initial level stories that sometimes have literacy skill exercises included and that are of interest to adults.
- Learn about websites that teach the use of the computer. This should help students learn to read, since they can type and copy their own stories.
- Learn about websites which give good practice in mathematics that the students can use with the help of their tutor and on their own.
- The students will learn how to use and access the complementary AOK file of websites for Adult Basic Education (ABE) levels 1-2. It has more than 40 websites.
It is sometimes difficult to use the Internet for adult basic education due to the fact that some good learning sites are difficult to find. For example, some sites for teaching basic computer skills in English can also be used to a certain extent in Spanish such as learning to keyboard.
There are also some adult education literacy materials and ESL reading materials available for free on the Internet at very low reading levels which only need to be translated. Some departments of education in different countries freely make low level adult education texts available on their websites. These could serve for free parallel reading materials.
The long-term objectives 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. I hope the workshop materials prove useful to your program. AOK workshops are designed to act as a base for local organizations to individualize and update according to their needs…
Sincerely,
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In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (UNSD): Quality Education
Optional and Anonymous Workshop Evaluation by Volunteer Tutors
This is a free and voluntary adult education workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize tutors and adults at levels 1-2, who are studying at levels 1-2 in Basic Adult Education (BAE), with special free educational websites. The workshop gives them some ideas on how they can use the Internet independently and at no cost to improve their studies. Their work on the Internet can support and complement their studies with the Department of Education.
However, it is sometimes difficult to use the Internet for this purpose due to the large number of educational learning sites available. Which sites are best for adult students at this level? There is no updated index or table of contents for this topic. If the optional and anonymous workshop evaluations agree, I will use them to try to encourage the United Nations to provide a dedicated website for this level of adult education. This would help promote UNSD goal 4 Quality Education.
Please return this form to the presenter at the end of the workshop.
Title: How adults in the BAE program levels 1-2 can use the Internet at no cost to improve their studies
Date: _______________________ Instructor: __________________________________
Participant Organization: _______________________________________________
Location: ________________________________________________________________
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1. I learned about sites with stories at an initial level
and level
of interest appropriate for adults. 1 2 3 4 5
2. Websites that teach computer use
should help students learn to read,
as they can copy and
print their own stories. 1 2 3 4 5
3. I believe that a website for extraordinary students
with an updated index
and a table of contents would be
worthwhile. 1 2 3 4 5
4. The AOK file of websites for Extraordinary Education
levels 1-2 with more than 40 websites seems
very practical
to use. 1 2 3 4 5
5. What did you appreciate / enjoy / think was best about the instruction?
Any suggestions
for improvement?
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In support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSD): Quality Education
Informal Workshop Summary for the Coordinator
This is an educational workshop and it is free and voluntary. It is for Basic Education students (levels 1-2) and their teachers. The workshop gives them some ideas on how they can use the Internet independently and at no cost to improve their education. Their work on the Internet can support and complement their studies with a Department of Education.
However, it is sometimes difficult to use the Internet for this purpose due to the large number of educational learning sites. Which sites are best for these adult students? There is no updated index or table of contents available for this topic. If the optional and anonymous workshop evaluations agree, I will use them to try to encourage the United Nations to provide a dedicated website for this level of adult education. This would help promote the UNSD goal of Quality Education.
Mr./Ms. Coordinator, your opinion is essential for AOK to ensure that we cover the educational needs of your employees. We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to share your opinion with us.
Title: How adults in the Extraordinary Program level 1-2 can use the Internet at no cost to improve their studies
Date: _______________________ Instructor: __________________________________
Coordinator: ________________________ Signature: _______________________ (optional)
Organization: ___________________________________________
Location: ________________________________________________________________
Phone Number ____________________ Number of Participants in the Workshop: _______
What did you most appreciate / think was best about the workshop? Any suggestions for improvement?
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Thank you!