Project Report
| Jul 13, 2020
Update on Language in the cloud
By Michael Clemons | Founder
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We are having great improvements in one of our computer labs located in Ghana, 5 of our students have achieved 10,000 words on NightZookeeper!
Victor is having online calls on weekly basis with the computer lab in Ghana, all the students are writing on NightZookeeper every day and they are also practing reading and pronunciation on the Zoom calls with Victor.
We recently bought backpacks and dictionaries as rewards for the students, and we plan to continue these reading calls and in the future start doing the commonsense training with the students.
We are looking to do MangoJam coding in the fall in the Philippines teaching the current NightZooKeeper kids to do coding with $15.00 motherboards. We will be doing this at the Boracay Global Academy and the public schools.
We plan to increase the number of computers and buy a new modem for the computer lab as there was some reshuffling after the typhoon at Christmas and the power cables were separated from the laptops.
We currently have children using both the NightZooKeeper mission accounts and NightZooKeeper writing program.
In many cases the children have never been on a computer before so they are getting familiar with not only using the keyboard and the position of the letters on the keyboard but also the functionality.
Some kids have excelled passed the 30 lessons and others are pacing themselves along with Digital Citizenship lessons. "
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Jul 14, 2020
JOEE's First Online Fundraiser Leaps Into Action
By Ruth Ingulsrud | Founding Director of JOEE
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With the global pandemic shutting down JOEE's planned fundraisers, we have turned to an online option. No more meeting with potential donors at luncheons or evening events. No more lively family concerts in close quarters with puppets, guitars and harmonicas adding to the celebration... at least for now. We are making our appeal through the digital and social media lines of communication.
Here's what JOEE has been doing: Continuing to bring English lessons to kids at St. Francisco Children's Home in Ota-ku. Lessons must be given via Skype, but the enthusiasm of the little ones has not dropped off. When the lessons start they run into the room and head straight for the video screen, shouting "Hello!" and "How are you?" They love to have the puppets talk directly to them through the camera, and are eager to step up close to the screen to practice their English.
One of their favorite games lately, has been a rapid, number-flash-card exercise. They are learning their numbers in English and try to be the first one to call out the correct name in English. They also enjoy the slly hat game as they name colors of hats pulled out of a bag and worn by puppets and instructor. Learning English is fun! This is one of our main goals: to show that learning is a fun and exciting adventure. Thank you for helping to make this ministry of JOEE possible!
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Mar 16, 2020
Update on Language in the cloud
By Michael Clemons | Founder
We are looking to do MangoJam coding in the fall in the Philippines teaching the kids to do coding with $15.00 motherboards. We will be doing this at the Boracay Global Academy and the public schools.
We plan to increase the number of computers and buy a new modem for the computer lab as there was some reshuffling after the typhoon at Christmas and the power cables were separated from the laptops.
We currently have children using both the NightZooKeeper mission accounts and NightZooKeeper writing program.
In many cases the children have never been on a computer before so they are getting familiar with not only using the keyboard and the position of the letters on the keyboard but also the functionality.
Some kids have excelled passed the 30 lessons and others are pacing themselves along with Digital Citizenship lessons.
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