 OTAN, Outreach and Technical Assistance Network. So hi again, I'm Jennifer, live from San Jose, and I'm welcome to TDLS, my very favorite workshop or conference, and today we're going to talk about using technology in the Citizenship Preparation Course. Instead of giving you a full like 72 slide presentation of all the different resources, I basically focus this more on using technology within the classroom. And our circumstances have changed in Milpitas. I used to teach a live citizenship class, but because of staffing changes, I don't know about your part of town, but it's very difficult for us to get teachers. So now I'm teaching citizenship remotely and teaching literacy in the morning and in the evening. So that's really changed us. So I had to incorporate some of our best practices from the classroom, don't necessarily work in distance learning. So we're having, we're going to talk a little bit about that. And also I want to hear from everybody else about how their citizenship program has changed themselves. I would like to just take a nanosecond to say have everybody introduced themselves. Gretchen, I'm very pleased that you, you've joined us. I really had you, you, my students that I have really benefited from your scholarship. So thank you so much Gretchen. So anybody else would like to take an opportunity to say hello. Okay, let's get started. So today we're going to identify the latest citizenship resources in the form of mobile apps, videos, websites, online courses, textbooks and more. By adapting and incorporating these digital resources, participants will be able to implement learning strategies appropriate for citizenship online courses, blended learning, distance learning environments or directed self-study. So the first thing I would like to see, are you able to see the title of the slide? Or is there a black bar there? You are. We see the USCIS.gov virtual tour. Okay. Good. One of the very first things that every people need to do when they start a citizenship class is to introduce students and staff to the self-service tools and resources on USCIS.gov. Otherwise they might be tempted to go off into commercial websites and get their information from the commercial websites as opposed to getting it from the direct source USCIS.gov. There's three key components that you want to take a look at. You want to take a look at the forms. You want to take a look at the tools and you want to access that Citizenship Resource Center. So let's talk about the forms. Now the N400, you can file it online and we've been able to do this for a couple of years, but they finally put out a new video specifically about how to create a USCIS account and to be able to apply the N400, use the N400 to apply online, which is really important because I know people still submit paper N400s online. This was really critical, especially in March 2020, where a lot of people were sending in their N400s too because there was going to be a fee increase. However, a lot of those paper applications have been taken and stored in a very, very secure place in the depths of Kansas and who knows when they will come out. So some people have been waiting for two years and meanwhile, people who have recently applied are already basically being interviewed. So again, if you do apply online, they're going to be able to track your application that much easier and you're going to be able to monitor your case progress. That much easier. So please take a look at the forms and consider filing the N400 online. Also people who go to lawyers or legal services, they're not going to fill out those paper applications. They also will be using the N400 tool, excuse me, the USCIS online account to submit your application online. So there is a real strong, strong reason to do this. And finally, this also supports workplace skills and the fact that you're using technology to basically trying to get this application in. So you need to basically use your email. You have to remember your password, you have to use a two-step verification process. So again, this is really important for you and for your workplace skills. The second thing that I want to talk about is the tools page and then on the tools page, there are seven very important tools that basically can help a student monitor their own case. Now, I've only identified seven and I put them in alphabetical order. Number one is Ask Emma and this is their digital assistant. So if you go to the website on the upper right-hand corner, usually a digital assistant will pop up and ask you, can I help you? Can I direct you to the correct page? It's available in English and also in Spanish. So it's a very helpful tool. The more people use it, the better it can basically service people and their questions. So and Emma, why is it named after Emma? It's named after Emma Lazarus who wrote the Liberty Enlightening the World, this poem that's on the base of the Statue of Liberty. So she's trying to enlighten people, trying to bring them into the United States immigration process. There's the case processing times and what do we mean by the case processing times? You put in the form that you're going to be using. If you're applying for citizenship, it will be the N400 and you will be also listing the field office that is the closest one to you where you will be probably going for your interview. So they can give you an approximate time. So for us in San Jose, it's 12.5 months to 18 months. So of course the USCIS is working as hard as they can to resolve those case backlogs. But again, this is going to give you an approximate time. So you can start planning your classes, start planning for your application, start saving money for that application process. The third one I would like to talk about is case status online. So if you submit your case online or if you submit it by paper and you get your receipt number, you can follow the progress of your case online. Is it at the lock box? Is it in a field office? Is there a background check happening? So again, take a look at that one. There are many, excuse me, there's a warning on this. There are many apps out there that claim that they will help you monitor your USCIS case online. Those people are taking your personal information and selling your information. You do not need to hand over your personal information to somebody who can profit from it. They get your information directly from USCIS. E-request. Sometimes this is the next one, the fourth tool. E-request is about cases that have exceeded the proper amount of processing time. So for instance, and if I take a look at our field office, they're saying right now we're reviewing applications that were submitted before June 2021. If it is outside of that range, if you still have a case say for instance February 2021, that has exceeded the proper amount of time, you can submit a case and see, hey, what is happening? Might be an address, might be a name correction error, but the thing is that you do have a way to take a look and flag your case and say, hey, this is taking a little bit longer. The next one is fee calculator. So this will, they're going to ask you what your form is. So in our case it's N-400. They're going to ask you for your age because people who are older than I believe 75 do not have to submit a biometrics fee, which is $85. So they're going to tell you the correct fee to send in, because if you send them too much to be safe, they're not going to give you your money back, okay? So make sure you send in the proper amount and you can use a credit card to pay this. You can use a check, you cannot send in cash. The next one is the N-400 early filing calculator. So people can, most people submit the N-400 application based on five years of permanent residency, four years, nine months, and one day you can submit your N-400 application for naturalization. If you're married to a U.S. citizen, it's two years and nine months and one day. However, so they're going to, they're going to ask you those, those dates. However, one of the things that happened recently to one of my students, yes, she was a married to an American citizen. She had a green card for three years. She lived in the United States for three years. Her husband was a citizen for three years, but they denied her application because her, she was here on a conditional residency. She does not have permanent residency yet. They had not cleared her petition for permanent residency based on her marriage. So she has to come back in five years. Very, very disappointing for her, for the student. And she does not get the refund back for $725. Okay. And the next one is naturalization eligibility tool. And you're going to see this eligibility tool also when you apply online, they're going to ask you questions like how long have you had your green card or your parents, citizens, et cetera, et cetera. They want to make sure that you're meeting all the requirements to become a U.S. citizen. Very important. The third thing that you, the third page or the third tab that you really want to take a look at is the Citizenship Resource Center. And in the Citizenship Resource Center, there's two or three elements I really want you to take a look at. So find studying materials and resources. So those are usually focused in on the civics, spelling, excuse me, civics, vocabulary, reading and writing materials. Also, they have multilingual materials there too. So if you're setting up for the civics, the 100 questions, that's where you're going to go to. On the other hand, resources for educational programs, that's where you're going to find the U.S. CIS lesson plans. And I'll show you two examples of that in just a minute. So here, programs that are just starting out, they want to see if they can actually go and launch a citizenship program. They can go here to print out lesson plans, handouts for their students, and also further teaching material to plan the curriculum and also for teacher education. So take a look at these resource educational programs. Very, very rich material. I want to show you two examples of this material. Excuse me. Here we have a lesson plan. So these are lessons. This is an example of the handouts for the lesson plans for the Declaration of Independence. This is the beginning level. So on one side, immediately you see, hey, we have the same picture, but there's a lot more space on here. The vocabulary is simpler, the sentences are simpler, and they're focusing on the concept of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the dates, July 4th, 1776, and again on Independence Day. So that's the beginning level compared to the intermediate level where you have, excuse me, you have the text and then you have the civics questions. So most beginning level PDFs do not have the civics questions in there. They're trying to basically get the students to be able to learn the vocabulary. And when you get to the intermediate level, that's when they actually start asking the questions related to the civics questions. In some situations, particularly when I teach on libraries and I have a class where I'm not sure what level of the students I'm going to have. On one side, I'm going to have the beginning level and the other side, I'm going to have an intermediate level. So they can mix and match so people can be basically on the same page like a lot of Gretchen's books. Doesn't matter which book you have, you're all on the same page. Now I want to go to the Oath of Allegiance and on the Oath of Allegiance, they have new lesson plans related to the N-400 application, the naturalization. So they have things related to family members, addresses, dates, etc., etc. This one is new from the Oath of Allegiance. And again, they have something that the vocabulary for the Oath of Allegiance is very, very difficult. This one you can see is a little bit more graphic oriented and they're talking about the whole concept of military service and the you're promising to bear arms. So again, they're trying to get you to have a create thought to create almost like a matrix of ideas around the whole concept of military service and relating it back to the Oath of Allegiance. Of course, there's reference that there's very subtle references in here. If you look very deeply to some of the civics questions and also references to other parts of the N-400. So here's two examples of that. One minute, please. So anyway, so let me continue on this one. I'm going on. I'm going to continue the virtual tour. This is preparing the oath for a virtual tour. So this is from the American, sorry, the National American History Museum in Washington, D.C. And they have created a project with USCIS where they use the resources from the American History Museum to create one video for every single one of the USCIS questions, which are really, really great. And they're really, really beautiful. They're slow. They're very clean and really deliver some great content. They also follow up immediately by a quiz related to the civics question, and they always have sorting and sequencing practices. And as this website has grown, they've added more and more of these activities. There's also transcripts of all the videos and word lists. You can use this material to modify and create these activities such as closed listening or paired dictation, or you can use it for students to study this deeper. This is a really great replacement for the M638, which was the quick civics lessons, and students still bring those to school after they get their fingerprint appointment. They come back with this little red book and a CD in there where they're reading about it, but the material is so dense. This is an ESL version of the M638 with much cleaner language and much really great graphics. Also, this is a great way to supplement some of the material that we have in our own citizenship books. And this is also, you can use this as a replacement for maybe you don't have textbooks in your programs, okay? So maybe or maybe you might have old textbooks. You can use this material at the American from preparing the oath to supplement and deliver really quality content for your US citizen program. Also, because the graphics are so rich and because the activities are so good, it really gets away from the whole thing about flashcards. So a lot of my students have already memorized the questions before they even come to class. They don't know what they say, but they know what the right answer is. But so what we're trying to do is basically try to get them and actually invest themselves and see themselves in the content that's being presented and the history that's being presented. So now they instead of, so when I showed the videos in class, I stopped the video and sometimes I asked the students, hey, we see a picture of the Pacific Ocean here. We see a question of the, we see a picture of the Atlantic Ocean here. What do you see the differences are? It's like, oh, the Pacific Ocean is much bluer. Atlantic Ocean is much, much colder. Okay. It really looks cold. That attaches to Europe. This attaches to Asia. So getting the people to see themselves and being able to describe it actually envision creating that content is really going to help them basically basically use the content that they learn and the language skills that they learned in during the citizenship process and have that basically permeate the rest of their life. I want to talk about how I'm delivering content in my class. So I used to have a class, we would meet six hours a week, so three hours on Tuesday night, three hours, Tuesday and Thursday nights. We would have approximately 25 students mixed levels of my class and you would have to be approximately ESL three to get into the class. However, right now here I say I want to learn about citizenship, but I can't come to class. A lot of people do want to come to class, but we are having staffing problems and there are scheduling problems where our students themselves because a lot of people are still struggling to to put together a series of jobs to support themselves, support their families. So we're still at a very unsure times and flexibility is key. So I am delivering my class over the internet right now. How am I doing this? So I'm using my blog US CitizenPod.com, which has been up since about 2007. So every week I put together a series of 15 weeks of lessons, five lessons per week, and then they're based on US citizenship in US CitizenPod interviews. So I start off with very low level. interviews and I go up to things that are almost close to very close to the end 400 or questions that will be asked during the citizenship interview. So I really keep the end 400 the core of the lessons that I deliver. There's always a video that basically is illustrating what's happening in the video. So either I have students, we're doing the practice lesson or something very close to what's happening in that citizenship interview. You have the script of the interview and we also have a supplemental interviews. What do I mean by supplemental interviews? I took the US CIS end 400 and I broke it down into 30 separate pieces. So I always have a little snippet of one of those interviews that students can practice in a depth, in a depth way. I have context from civics and what am I doing with them? I'm linking to preparing the ELF, which I just talked about, and I'm using US CIS PDFs. So the students themselves can basically click that link, they're merely taken to preparing the ELF, they watch the videos, they come back, they can read the US CIS PDFs. And I leave that link up for the preparing the ELF and for the US CIS PDFs, approximately a week, some of them I make slight changes every day, but still they don't have to do everything in one day, they can basically be on that website for about 20 minutes to basically get in enough information, come back the next day and get further information. So I want small opportunities to practice every day, not a huge, I don't want people to binge citizenship content, I want them to access it every day. And if you keep it fresh, and you put in slight variations, there is a pattern that emerges, and there's opportunities to continue the practice. The next thing is that I always pair things up with US Learned Citizenship Lessons. So when I have to basically show that we're in a distance learning environment, and I have to show the amount of time my students are engaging with content, I use the minutes that they are basically engaged through USA Learned. I can't show the minutes that I can say that they're on the blog, that simply won't, there's no way to capture that information. I can calculate how long that it would take to go through that information, but USA Learned is delivering content in a very systematic, very English, English friendly way. So, and in fact, if you have one complaint about USA Learned, it's too complete. This is very, very in depth. So that information from USA Learned is linked with the information that I'm presenting this week. Also, I always have a Learn More section where I where I link up to VOA News, VOA Learning English. They have a great history section that I love to do. And I always have more quizzes that I've written, or I have a collection of material. Say for instance, this month is Women's History Month. So I have a lot of information about Women's History Month that students can go through. And again, it's constantly linking back to USCIS civics questions and the N-400 information. And finally, the students that are enrolled in my class at Milpitas Adult School, I meet with them about a half an hour every week on Zoom, where I do practice interviews based on what is presented that week. And the students, so I'm not lecturing. I'm basically doing the interviewing based on the material that they learned that week. And they're really, really happy about that. So they feel like I don't have to be sitting in this classroom. I can attend to my adult duties. I'm learning about citizenship and I'm getting really great feedback from my teacher. And I want to talk a little bit more about that. So I want to talk about mock interview videos. So I always record our video, our Zoom sessions. Some people are also meeting on Google Meet. Some people use Flipgrid. I know some people use Jamboard. I'm not exactly sure how they're doing that. And in Canvas themselves. So they're recording, they're recording sessions and they're basically maintaining it in there. And oh, I meant to say that I have set up a Canvas course, but right now we're still working on our blog, off our blog. I'm using the Progressive Series of Mock Citizenship Interviews again from the Mix and Match Citizenship Interviews, which are four different levels. It starts with level A, which is only 10 questions, level B is 15 questions, level C is 20 and then 25. I'm trying to get them to figure out what the scope of the N400 citizenship interview is. And then on the other side of the paper, there would have been a civics quiz. And the reason why I did that is because I would have students of all sorts of levels. There was a way to level the practice field, whereas the lower level students would be doing the practicing with the lower material. But they would still be able to engage with the upper level student and they're still getting a citizenship interview experience in approximately five to 10 minutes. So there's enough give and take that's going on. They're not getting students interacting with each other. They're interacting with the teacher, but they're also interacting with their family because sometimes they actually do record themselves with their family and they share it with me. I upload this to a Google Drive or to a YouTube channel. I set everything. Oh, excuse me. I organize the videos into folders. Or for me, I prefer YouTube. I do it in playlists. So each student has a playlist so they can go back and review the material. But everything is set to private or unlisted to preserve their privacy. And they lead the program. We go through it. We delete the ones that they want to be deleted. They may want to download one or two for them themselves. And this is a way that they can basically see their progress. Sometimes they share with their relatives because they want that they want to be practicing. It's been a very, very helpful experience. In certain situations we make a point to record things specifically for my other, my other YouTube channel, which has approximately 600 videos. People can see that, but this is, it's very well groomed that they do not put private information there. But again, it's very, very important to record these interviews, because it basically shows progress and it gives them the feedback and continuous. Yes, I'm on the way we're doing this. This is very important. I want to talk a little bit more about some other video resources that are really important besides USCIS.gov. There we have the essay. Oh, excuse me one second. You, there's a couple of videos that you really need to check out now on USCIS.gov. They have these quick tips about filing. So basically one minute talking about signing things talk about sending it to the right lockbox. These are very important to share with your students, either through in your Canvas course or in your classroom so showing your students and having the talk about it described as very, very important. The next group is was started by a volunteer in, I think outside of Washington DC, and she has put out some really fine practice interviews and, and also Pittsburgh literacy has done an outstanding job posting some other classroom lectures and about civics, and also the N 400 so I really impressed by Pittsburgh literacy. And I, great, I misspelled my own website US. That's why that's my YouTube channel and believe me, I do know how to spell US citizen pot so I'm sorry about that. VOA news, VOA learning English and listen and read along what's the difference VOA news is basically. What is that called. It is a project coming out of the State Department to disseminate information all over the world about not only what's happening in the United States but what's happening in the rest of the world. So if you go to VOA news. You download the light or you basically take a look at the language language button on the very top. You can see a couple things. Number one, you can see that it is. It has VOA learning English where people can start not only learning English but the best way to learn English is through stories, particularly news stories. So you can go to that practice some of the, the lessons that they have on there they have great US histories, information, great things about Congress, great things about the laws that affect everyday lives. So taking a look at that there as well. VOA news, the parent, the parent company, or the parent news site also is really tracking what's happening in the United States they have a special page for immigration. They have a great new podcast about the Ukrainian crisis. They're taking a look at that they had great coverage of the election. So taking a look at this and they have things that are very easily accessible and digestible for ESL students. Also, they have when I talked about the language button they have news sources for air for many, many different languages in Africa, and Asia and in Europe and South America. So they can get news from their home countries. And these are filed, not by state media, but by by journalists who have associated with VOA news throughout the world and they're basically posting information about what's happening in their own countries. So it's really interesting for our, my own students to see what, what kind of news they're getting out of the state media from their home country versus what kind of information are they're getting from their own language media in this country. And what VOA is actually saying so it's very interesting getting news from a couple different sources has been really interesting. So looking at VOA is really good. A lot of times I start my class by doing their VOA learning English they have one minute videos of what happens in a single day. So they'll put posts for very, very short stories about things from different parts of the world and my students are able to identify the country, basically describe what they see in the pictures and it's a really good way to get them to start talking in the very beginning in the class. Another resource that's a long time resources listen and read along, and they take content from VOA. And they basically put up the text only, but when the word is spoken, it's highlighted so it's a transcript, and you can basically read along and it really has helped student fluency, and they have great stuff in there about citizenship prep material. There are two websites from the White House, the State Department Department of Interior has a great video that they post every week what it's like the week and review from the Department of Interior and the State Department does this too. And a new website or actually it's been a long for a while but this is shareamerica.gov, and they boast very short videos and multiple languages, talking about issues directly that happens in representing what's happening in America, and the issues, particularly in our foreign relationships. So for instance they had their posting videos now about people from the Ukraine talking about some of their experiences. So again, taking a look at not only the video channel, but also taking a look at the website, because they're talking about immigrant experiences, and also the experiences of America and what we want to share. So it's just really, really interesting and it's the same global initiative that comes that is the parent to Voice of America, and also American English at State. So this is a really good contents they're all supporting each other. And again, really needs to be brought into our classrooms. Ted and in Crash Course, a little bit too fast for my students. But it's interesting when the parents share it with their kids because they're basically want to share their experiences like they're taking, they're studying American history, or civics in citizenship class, but their kids are taking an American history class. And sometimes there's back and forth here based on these videos. And the last thing that I want to talk about video resources which is not really on YouTube is We Speak New York, which was a series of videos about the immigrant community in New York. The first series came out in 2008. Another series came out in 2018 or 19. And they're talking about different things like going to the dentist, health concerns, depression, domestic violence, etc, etc. Lots of rich PDF content. It's very entertaining and my students, even from ESL 1 all the way up to my ESL 6 students really get a lot out of there. Are there things directly about citizenship? No, but there are things for instance when people get in trouble with law, and it's very difficult to talk about these experiences in the classroom. I've shown these videos and then people privately have discussions about them. Very, very helpful. Here we have Joe Biden. He's pushing the civics playlist from USCIS. And what that is, is you have a USCIS officer looking dead into the camera and asking those USCIS questions. So, good job, Joe. Social media. If your students are on social media, let's give them citizenship tasks so they can basically practice some of their skills. So I've asked my students to basically follow USCIS, either in English or in Spanish, and I've also asked them to follow some of their elected officials. So that's how I found out that Roe Connit, actually our representative in Silicon Valley, has published a new book about digital justice. So we're following a specific topic. So a lot of them follow news about what was happening in Hong Kong, which people are very concerned about. So we're doing this to basically compare and contrast about social media. So, for instance, our representative will look one way on Instagram versus a much more informal Instagram is much more formal on Twitter. So doing the compare and contrast and seeing what does he say, does it actually match up to the headlines that we see in our local papers. There's two series that I really want to talk about and I think it's really important to talk about one of the responsibilities about citizenship is being an informed citizen. So going and taking a look at the VOA learning, learning English news series, which is a series of six videos that talk about news literacy is very important. And also the I civics news literacy unit, and the news feed defenders game. Citizenship students, a lot of them, most of our students are a little bit too low to play these games, but our upper level students can do it. And it's been very, very educational when they go and play these games or interact with this information. And when they get back to the class and they say, Hey, this is what I learned, or sometimes they play the games with their kids, it's very, very helpful. There's also a really great game from I civics, which is talking about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to. So check it out. I think about I civics, they have really good lesson plans that can be adapted for adult education, and also their blog always features a special topic. For instance, I believe I think this month is about women's history, but they've had months about news literacy or voting rights. So again, take a look at I civics. The next thing I want to talk about having a scavenger hunt and I used to do this all the time in my classroom. Unfortunately, I'm not able to do this and my digital or my distance learning experience right now, however, maybe it'll come up. It'll come up a little bit later. So for instance, I've had so many students like say, teacher, who's my US senator my representative or I need to submit my arrest record with the end 400. These are two very important things once related to the test, the other ones related to the interview, and you got to deliver that content. So for instance, we basically identify the appropriate portals. USA.gov has links to all sorts of states and counties and the US representatives and the senators. So I basically say, okay, you're going to you want to find your senator start there. See if you can find senator. See now it's easy enough for us we say go to state senate.gov. But you know if you tell somebody something, they're not going to remember it if you actually actually show them the tech tools and enable the students to use the tech tools in a classroom. They're going to be able to do it and they're going to be able to remember it and pass it on to other students. Also, they're a they're probably able to basically converse about this in their own languages and again to reinforce the information. California.gov they do not have a specific app but they have a really great portal that looks great on the mobile app. Again, this is going to link to our states and local agencies. We have the causes app which originally was called countable and it, it tracked a national news and legislation, particularly if you're interested in immigration. Seeing what's happening with that and it also tracks with every time one of your legislature votes, or you can basically say hey, Rokana, I support X, Y and Z. So this is a way to do that. My city, so it would be my city San Jose or my city or excuse me my San Jose or my Milpitas or San Jose 311 or Milpitas 311. These are information, these are local government or apps that talk about local government agencies so they can connect up. And that's how they would find out hey where people would go to get their to get their police records because sometimes people when they're traveling particularly my students who are truck drivers, they don't get, they don't get their tickets in, in their cities, they get them out in other cities. Okay, well how do I find out where I get my arrest record for that. So that's been very, very useful to find to, to use these, these apps. And also locally next door are always monitoring when our political or sorry local issues, or when our politicians come in and have town meetings. So the next door app has been very, very helpful to gain to gain access to different agencies to gain access to our political leaders very, very important stuff. Okay, so believe it or not, I especially really noticed this during COVID. Every form is an opportunity and you're like, Oh my God, do I have to type my name again, you know. So, but if you think about every form or your every encounter. You can basically think about this in terms like okay this is getting me one step closer to citizenship it's an opportunity for me to practice my and the, the end 400 part of my citizenship interview. So there's the wallet interview and what do I mean by the wallet if you open your wall the first, first thing that you'll probably see is your driver's license well what's information is on their name address data birth. Okay, those are three things there on the US CIS. That you will be asked during your citizenship interview, you will see your green card, you're going to see things in there that are related to your marriage, you're going to have pictures of your kid. You're going to have money in there so if you have a dollar, who's the first president, who's the father of our country, etc, etc. So you can basically start using your wall as ways to practice using those documents to basically remind yourself a material that's on the end 400 medical forms are also really good because a lot of times they're going to be asking about, do you need an accommodation because you have problems with hearing or seeing, or you might be you have things related to mobility, and also they ask about a lot about family relationships to your mother have any history of X, Y and C. So again, this is a way that you can start connection is connecting up to the accommodations and the family portion of the end 400. And I do a lot online and I do a lot, a lot. You always basically there's so many things in there about addresses so again this is a way to practice the addresses that we need to know for the end 400 interview. Job applications this is a way for us to talk about employment gaps in our employment and how we basically financially support ourselves so this is very very important. So, and they think about job applications very job application also when you go to a medical exam if these are kind of gatekeeping interviews where you're basically they're asking sensitive information, you have to negotiate, giving you the correct answer so you you your proper needs will be met. And finally I was thinking about this the other day airline tickets. Hey, nobody's been traveling recently okay so the whole concept of people traveling outside the United States. That question on that series of questions on the end 400 is very not not so exciting right this very second. However, every time you do buy an airline ticket or do any traveling it's a way for you to remember this information. So remember they're able to ask you the travel about travel in the last five years. So, yes, sorry just want to give you one heads up we've got about five minutes left. Okay, and I'm here at the five minute mark. Okay, so I am looking forward to hearing about people reflecting on or how people are re envisioning their own citizenship program. So this is our this is the final question for today. And also I do have, I have given the link for this presentation, and also a resource resource list with all sorts of goodies on that resource list that PDF. So that could be dropped in the chat. Any question. Oh, I have some news, personal news. I've been posting a lot of new material, but I just was in August I was contacted for by the people who write the for dummy series though those big yellow books. So I just finished writing us citizenship for dummies. It's up on. Yeah, so it's now available for pre order on Amazon so I'm very, very excited about that. So, yeah. So that's the one textbook. It's not a really a textbook is but it's really good. It's going to be helpful for people who are looking for immigration and basically preparing for that that for citizenship. Gretchen, have you written anything lately. Let me. I have a couple things that I've come across that might be useful to people. I've been tutoring some Syrian families on citizenship, and they maybe everybody already knows about this site but it's at am er USA.com, and it's a very clear, you know, review of the 100 questions that has the translations and then clear their practice in English for them that helps them there for understand what they're, you know, more than just memorizing. But anyway, it's a very something to check out as a resource if for Arab speakers. And that's really, really helpful because I think the best resource that I found for Arab speakers is CAIR.org. And they're sponsoring a series of they spent. So it's CAIR. Council, Council of American are Arab. CAIR.org. Yeah. Okay, okay. So that, so that's a new resource for me and that's up on a lot of those resources that I would normally be talking about is in that that PDF that's just been dropped in to the chat, and also causes I just posted, or a video to the new cost of the channel. And that one has much more of those kind of resources on there so I'm showing a lot of different things like that. Anything else besides that one that you want to share Christian. Oh, no, I think people may already know but if, if your school is using ventures, people may not know that in the arcade which is a free online practice site they have a citizenship section. It gives practice with the end 400 questions and the 100 questions. Okay, so the end 400 questions. I actually got more. I really like the ventures. I love ventures. Okay, but they have more the stuff that I think is part pertinent more on the lower level, like the, the level one and the level two sections. Okay, I see a lot more stuff and then level three actually has a section in there about the citizenship and us the citizenship for the end 400 I think it I see it more based on the pre and 400 to pre 2014 and 400. So, some of the really really gory type of vocabulary is not on there, but what's there is really really helpful and it's really good for warm ups and getting people to start talking. Manipulating getting a little bit more grammar, some people come to English to grammar and it's just really helpful. So again, crane bridge ventures arcade. Yeah, Cambridge.org right slash ventures arcade, and it's free and then you have practices, you know very simple practices for all the levels but then there's a box labeled citizenship. Citizenship questions it's not very, very extensive but it definitely gives some practice and it's free. You know what's really good is the reading section and the one that you do the dictation. There's some words that people can't catch and they really appreciate that. Yeah, they really appreciate that.