1. EL Civics: Online Communication & Internet Safety
OTAN is of the three state leadership projects. 25 Year anniversary in 2014.
EL Civics Coordinator for Torrance Adult School – 12 years
Hired to help integrate technology into the ESL classes
, Adult ESL Program Coordinator for Saddleback College (AEBG)
Currently: Assistant Professor/Faculty Coordinator, ESL, Santiago Canyon College
Presented by Karla Frizler, EL Civics COAAP Author (47 & 48)
Faculty Coordinator, ESL - Santiago Canyon College Technology & Distance Learning Symposium, Anaheim
March 11, 2017

2. Today’s Agenda Introduce tech-focused EL Civics objectives & COAAPs
Discuss first-hand agency experience with topics
Share resources available
Answer your questions – Today’s Meet
Define COAAP (Civics Objective Additional Assessment Plan)
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3. The Need & Process
Identified our agency needs - online communication strategies & online safety (students AND teachers)
Informal research - established need at other CA agencies
CASAS proposal: create 3 COAAPs each for 47 & 48
CASAS approved and made available to all agencies:
Objective 47 (Internet Safety) in
Objective 48 (Online Communication) in
TAS offered 47 in S11 (integrated). Topic has not been top choice in SNA since.
Offered as standalone; promoted to ELL parents in K-12 schools; never filled.
Potential for tailoring to seniors, parents, teens, etc.

4. New EL Civics Objectives
48—Effectively use online tools to communicate and collaborate with others. [Padlet]
Identify online communication tools & conventions
Interpret an online message
Reply to an
Online Q&A with a teacher-arranged guest speaker
47—Identify strategies and resources to effectively use the Internet safely.
List online safety tips
Describe online safety precautions [video]
Read & interpret privacy settings
Report or write about a cyber crime
Offer 48 before 47
48: What tools do YOU use to communicate with family, friends, students, colleagues?
Conventions = emoticons, acronyms
Interpret message: appropriate style, tone, register for recipient? Does subject line summarize body of message?
3 scenarios to choose from (IH/ADV), provided for IL
47: “Have YOU ever had an Internet safety issue?”
Safety tips: “change password often” (BEG); Define spyware, and how to find/remove it.
Cyber crime: describe crime and how to prevent it (scenarios adapted from news/real life)

5. Internet Safety (47): Feedback
Teachers:
Overall, a very useful and timely topic
Particularly beneficial for Intermediate/Advanced
Teachers learned as much as students, but would have preferred more training before topic (overwhelmed by tech details)
Students:
Almost 50% created stronger passwords, began deleting from unknown sources
1/3 installed anti-virus software at home, and/or created an account for the first time
Took teachers’ suggestion for training and applied to 48

6. Online Communication(48): Feedback
Teachers:
Enjoyable & useful topic—students appreciative
Very important topic to keep up with the times
Sparked interest of older students
Appreciated training before semester began
Students:
1/3 began using video chat, ing in English and/or following social media discussions
Many appreciated learning how to use emoticons & acronyms to quickly clarify tone of online posts
Some participated in online courses, created blogs, and/or posted comments or reviews online

7. Things to Consider …
Professional development for teachers before instruction begins
Communicate with IT department – understand access limitations before developing curriculum
Write a variety of lessons, some of which can be whole-class/one-computer activities or conceptual (not hands-on)
Use an group or blog to share resources among EL Civics teachers
The medium is the message!
Teachers need to feel comfortable (or at least familiar) with tools and strategies before using them with students
Ask IT department which websites you can access from classrooms, labs, wifi – narrow down to most easily-accessible popular sites

8. Additional Resources Available
See handout – download for live links
CASAS
OTAN
Curriculum Materials
General Resources
OTAN Shared Course: Resources can be used in blended or online format.
Enroll yourself under “OTAN Shared Courses” to explore … or request a copy to adapt, via Blair or Penny w/OTAN.

9. Want to Connect?
Conference materials: frizteach.weebly.com Questions? Karla Frizler, Faculty Coordinator, ESL Santiago Canyon College
You can find a zip file with all presentations, handouts, etc. for this topic available from my Weebly site.
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