Larry,
 
I will have to learn more about the site, but I think many students will
view the help skeptically because of past experience.  After September
11th, NYC asked all immigrants (legal and illegal) to register to help
the city better understand its friends vs.. enemies.  Many immigrants
did so, and those illegals (Mexican, Irish, Danish, Congolese, etc.)
were shipped off over the next couple of years.
 
So, what am I getting at?  Some classes build progressively and want
individual student identification so that a student can leave mid-class
and pick-up where they left off. Could this individual ID hurt the
student's status: I am thinking that even if the DHS site does not ask
for personal information it can be gotten other ways, like using a
"jon.smith at yahoo.com " address to track to the user's more personal
information of locale.
 
Barry Burkett,
Frankfort, KY
 
"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they are not after me."  Bumper
Sticker

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From: technology-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:technology-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of LaFerlazzo at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:36 AM
To: technology at nifl.gov
Subject: [Technology 1212] Re: Homeland Security question


On Tuesday the Department of Homeland Security announced 25 new measures
to address "border security" and "immigration challenges."  I would
actually characterize many, if not most, of them as anti-immigrant.

There is one, however, that teachers of English Language Learners, and
their students, might find helpful.  It is, not surprisingly, the last
one on the list.

The announcement stated that the "Department of Education will launch a
free, web-based portal to help immigrants learn English..."

The announcement gives absolutely no other details about when it will
begin, what might be included, or who in the Department of Education is
actually doing it.

Does anyone know more?

Larry Ferlazzo
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/




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