DoDEA FAQs and Answers
FAQ #1: When I try to register online at www.isafe.org, the pull-down window listing
states does not include an entry for either DoDEA Pacific, Europe or United
States. How do I select an entry for
DoDEA Pacific, Europe or United States in the pull-down window?
Answer: We have fixed this problem by adding AA, AE, and AP to the
state drop-down window. Enter AA for
DoDEA United States, AE for DoDEA Europe and AP for DoDEA Pacific. In addition, we added APO and FPO as
selections in the city drop-down list.
FAQ #2: The quantities of i-SAFE
materials pre-ordered for us are not adequate to meet our needs; may we order
additional materials?
Answer: Yes, you
may order additional materials. However,
at the present time, your school must submit requests for additional materials
to your district or area office. In
addition, i-SAFE allows each school to reproduce (at their school) whatever
additional material they need (including paper copy materials and CDs and
DVDs). While i-SAFE gives you the right
to copy i-SAFE materials in any amount to meet your needs, you do not have the
right to alter or amend the content in any manner.
FAQ #3: Can our school order Scantron
forms? All of the literature I have
received and read on the website indicates we are able to do so; however, when
I attempt to place an order in the online store, I get message that says all
assessments are to be completed online.
Answer: No. Recent discussions between DoDEA and i-SAFE have resulted in a
significant scale back on the grades 5-12 assessment requirements of i-SAFE’s
Internet safety curriculum. Effective
immediately, schools will no longer need to use the paper Scantron assessment
procedures. Instead, they should use
only the new online assessments whenever feasible. Also, the number of assessments for grades 5-12 each grade-level
series of lessons is now reduced from 11 to 3 for the entire series of
lessons/webcasts. What this means is
that students in grades 5-12 will be asked to take only one pre-assessment
prior to the beginning of the entire i-SAFE curriculum series, one
post-assessment upon completion of the series, and one delayed assessment 3-6
weeks after all curriculum lessons/webcasts have been delivered.
This change will result in a significant reduction in the
time required to implement the i-SAFE curriculum.
Those schools that already have administered Scantron
assessments to some of their students have the option of having those students
take the new pre-assessment or just proceeding with the program and, at the
appropriate time, administering the new online post- and delayed
assessments. If performing the online
assessments is not feasible, DoDEA has directed that schools are expected to
teach the i-SAFE curriculum but are not required to administer the assessments.
There is
no change to the assessments available for the K-2 series or the grades 3-4
series except for the elimination of the Scantron paper forms.
Also, The actual
process for taking online assessments will remain the same. After students enter their school ID, they
will be taken automatically to the new assessments where they will again enter
their school ID and grade, gender and area (“AP” for Pacific, “AE” for Europe
and “AA” for United States).
FAQ #4: The pre- and post-assessment paperwork (i.e., Scantron
forms) is voluminous. Is there anyway
to reduce the amount of assessment paperwork?
Answer: Yes! (SEE
THE ANSWER TO FAQ #2 ABOVE.)
FAQ #5: We need additional Scantron
forms. Can we simply copy more forms of
the assessments and surveys or do we need to order more copies directly from
i-SAFE?
Answer: No. DO NOT COPY Scantron forms. Effective immediately schools no longer need to use the paper Scantron
assessment procedures. Instead, they
should use only the new online assessments whenever feasible (SEE THE ANSWER TO
FAQ #2 ABOVE). Assessment question/answer forms are located on i-SAFE America’s
website (www.isafe.org),
which students access using their school’s ID access code.
FAQ
#6: Is a pre-assessment for the Professional Development
Program available online? Where can I find it?
Answer: We have discontinued the use of
the PDP pre-assessment. Please
disregard this item. In addition, in the near future this assessment will also
be available online.
FAQ
#7: I haven't been able to find the Success Plan mentioned in
the Mandatory Forms Section. Can you
tell me where to find it?
Answer: The "Success Plan" mentioned in the Mandatory
Forms Section of the Webcast is an Outreach document. It is located in the Student Toolkit.
FAQ #8: Why doesn’t Webcast 5 (for grades 9 – 12) have pre- or post-assessments
available online?
Answer: Webcast 5 was created after i-SAFE adopted a new (more
streamlined) assessment system, which eliminates assessments for each
individual lesson (SEE THE ANSWER TO FAQ #2 ABOVE). Therefore, there are no
assessments specifically for Webcast 5.
FAQ #9: Cyber Bullying assessments are
mentioned but there are no supplemental lessons on Cyber Bullying for grades
9-12 curriculum. Why?
Answer: Cyber Bullying assessments, found online, correspond to
lessons for grades 4-8 ONLY. At this
time, we do not have Cyber Bullying lessons for grades 9-12. Cyber Bullying
will be the topic of Webcast 8 (for grades 9-12), which will be produced in
Spring 2005.
FAQ
#10: What is the Delayed Follow-up test? Where does it fit into the curriculum? I did not see it in the curriculum, yet it is posted with the
online assessments.
Answer: The Delayed Follow-up assessment is used to gauge whether a
student is continuing to embrace safe Internet practices learned from the
i-SAFE curriculum lessons. It is administered 3-6 weeks after completion of the
curriculum series and asks some specific questions about behavior changes.
FAQ #11: Can the Professional Development Program (PDP) video on the
i-SAFE website be downloaded as well as viewed online (i.e., streamed)?
Answer: Yes. The PDP found on i-SAFE’s website
is for viewing purposes only (i.e., streamed).
To download the PDP (a HUGE file approximately 2 gigabytes in size)
follow these instructions:
I.
Open Internet Explorer and go
to the web address – ftp://ftp.isafe.org/DoDEA
II.
When the page loads you will
be prompted for User Name and Password.
The User Name is: dodeaftp and the Password is: !am3key04
III.
Click the Login button
IV.
Download the files:
FAQ
#12: As
classes are completing i-SAFE lessons, is it necessary to send in the Classroom
Record immediately or may I collect them and send a bundle of them at a later
time?
Answer: i-SAFE has
discontinued the Classroom Record form. It was used last year to obtain
feedback on the individual lessons including teacher comments,
etc. We found the information we needed was gathered more effectively by
other means. i-SAFE encourages submission of constructive feedback
on our program as this information is a main driver of process
improvement. Submit all comments to education@isafe.org