JTC Week 2 Day 1
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Boy oh boy, what a week-end! But now we are back to school and back to work! (Miss Kat woke up this morning, turned over, smiled and signed "Disneyland?")Our first class this week was about FM systems. The first thing we learned is they key to everything. Signal to Noise Ratio. When we are in a very quiet environment the speech of an individual (the signal) is much lo...
Language Education Tech Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 1 hour ago

Deaf Teachers Losing Jobs Because of English
Jamie Berke (About.com) Nobody likes to see deaf people lose jobs, particularly teachers. However, in Massachusetts, deaf teachers who can not pass the state's English competency test for teachers are at risk of...
Education Legal Fri, Jul 03 2009 · 8 hours ago

After Nearly Dying, Autoimmune Hearing Loss
Jamie Berke (About.com) Rebecca on the forum describes how she nearly died, and was diagnosed with an autoimmune hearing loss. Her story, which she posted in hopes of helping someone else, is...
Art and Storytelling Education Thu, Jul 02 2009 · 21 hours ago

MDS/MNSA Board merger information
SignCasts - Information on what will happen to the Boards of Metro Deaf School and Minnesota North Star Academy due to their merger. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

MDS/MNSA PTG merger information
SignCasts - Information on what will happen to the Parent-Teacher Groups of Metro Deaf School and Minnesota North Star Academy due to the merger of the schools. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv)
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

Deaf Occupations
The DEAFinite Resource Online I was recently introduced to the No Worker Left Behind program in Michigan, where they will pay up to $5,000 a year for 2 years to help you go back to school. I thought, "This is great!" But then I started thinking of the jobs that interest me. One of them is a dog groomer. I mean, just write down what you want and I'll do it. Problem? I need school. I'm afraid the Pa...
Language Education Tech Legal Culture Thu, Jul 02 2009

Schools for the Deaf do not have to educate deaf students
Deaf Special Needs This is a true schools for the deaf have never had to teach any deaf student. They have had to demonstrate that they have a curriculum but the success of failure of any deaf student did not prevent them from receiving accredidation from CEASD. CEASD only wants to see that the schools are fiscally sound not educationally sound.In fact, to date, there is not a liter...
Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

What Does Forest Grove Really Mean?
National Association of the Deaf blogs In Forest Grove, the child had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and substance abuse problems. The parents wanted special education services for the child, but the school refused to provide the services. The parents placed the child in a private school. The parents sued the school district for reimbursement of the private school tuition. The...
Education Legal Thu, Jul 02 2009

JTC Week 1 Day 5
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Fridays are short days, we get done with class at noon, so we only had one class and our support group meeting (have I talked about support group yet? Almost everyday we have a group meeting with psychologists and we air our issues and talk about our feelings and struggles as parents of children with a hearing loss. It is a really great element of the program and very...
Language Education Tech Thu, Jul 02 2009

Galloway: Improving Deaf Education 'Is Up to Us"
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Education Thu, Jul 02 2009

Mischief Story at High School
submit by: LChaim2007 Just telling you a true story how I did mischief at high school for fun! Come and watch my vlog.
Art and Storytelling Education Wed, Jul 01 2009

NAD President's Letter to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
News President Scoggins, on behalf of the NAD, expresses opposition to proposed cuts to and closing of the Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD).
Education Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

2010 Academic Bowl Regional Sites/National Dates Announced
CPSO at Gallaudet University Academic Bowl 2010 Regional Host Sites Announced Midwest: Location/Host: Oklahoma School for the Deaf Sulphur, Oklahoma Dates: February 4 – 8 , 2010 West: Location/Host: Utah ( site will be announced ) Dates: February 18-21, 2010 MidAtlantic/At Large: Location/Host: New Jersey School for the Deaf Trenton, New Jersey Dates: March 18-20, 2010 Northeast: Location: ...
Higher Education Education Wed, Jul 01 2009

JTC Week 1 Day 4
Miss Kat's Deaf journey Today was an interesting day. I have been a little concerned because Miss Kat is in a class with all (but one) VERY beginning learners. Two have been adopted in the last year and the last has no language at all. None of them respond to their names or have any receptive or expressive language. They are not even able to understand environmental noises yet. The kids are ...
Language Education Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

New strategy paper on education: what does it mean for deaf...
Campaigning for deaf children The Department for Children, Schools and Families love to strategise. If I had a Krispy Kreme doughnut for every strategy paper that's been published since I started this job, I would probably now be auditioning for the role of Jabba the Hutt in the next Star Wars film. Their latest strategy paper is called: Your [...]
Education Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Ebonics and ASL Are Here to Stay
Kalalau's Korner A discussion vlog: Carl Schroeer explains how African-American people denied the Oakland School Board's decision to recognize Ebonics as a valid linguistic system in 1996. Ebonics was not in a dictionary, they said. There exists striking similarities between rejecting Ebonics and denying American Sign Language: hostile criticism, misinformation, and avoidance.
Language Education Wed, Jul 01 2009

NAD Announcement on Budget Threats to Schools for the Deaf
National Association of the Deaf blogs Video: In these troubling economic times, many states are struggling to contain costs and are looking at cutting the funding to schools for the deaf. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) values schools for the deaf and cherishes their contributions to the education and development of deaf and hard of...
Language Education Legal Wed, Jul 01 2009

Reaching Deaf Students
National Association of the Deaf blogs Video: Spring is here! Flowers are everywhere. Summer is just around the corner. read more
Education Legal Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Question to NTID forum - Show me literacy curriculum??
Deaf Special Needs Given all the Federal money provided to both Gallaudet and NTID from the Dept of Education, National Health Insitute there is not available to schools for the deaf ( including the Laurent Clerc Center) families, mainstream educational settings, a deaf education curriuculum, reading instruction, instructional media such as dvd's, that are written for deaf students.Read...
Education Wed, Jul 01 2009

A Big Question for Children with Cochlear Implants
Kalalau's Korner A discussion/question vlog: Carl Schroeder wonders if the intriguing connections between music and cognitive development in children with CI. Research shows that music can help children (hearing) with other disabilities (dyslexia, learning difficulties, etc.) listen and learn. Can children with CI benefit from the connections between music and education?
Education Tech Wed, Jul 01 2009

OMG! Text Talk and Metalinguistic Awareness
Reading Right Side Up According to my literacy dictionary, the definition of metalinguistic awareness is “a conscious awareness on the part of a language user of language as an object in itself.”  Metalinguistic awareness is somewhat related to metacognition, which is thinking about thinking.  Therefore, it is knowing when and how to use thinking strategies in order to learn [...]
Language Education Tue, Jun 30 2009

A Short Postscript to “A Deaf T.G.I.F.”
Reading Right Side Up We are now nearing the end of the school year, which means I’ve been very busy wrapping up projects, progress reports, and tons of paperwork.  Last week, the school had their final lock-down drill, of which I missed the announcement for.  I sent along three young boys, a second grader and two fourth graders, back [...]
Education Tech Tue, Jun 30 2009

AGBell: The MOB?
Bilingual for all Deaf Children AGBell: The MOB? I read the book: The M.O.B. This is a book that everyone should read. It is for you decide who is part of the “MOB” and why they do what they do. The “MOB” has been around for over 100 years! And they have been gaining recruits and growing in numbers, and it is still growing [...]
Language Audism Education Culture Mon, Jun 29 2009

John Tracy Clinic Summer Session Part Three
Miss Kat's Deaf journey 6/10/09Today was another great day of learning.Our days start in the classroom with our little ones. We spend 45 minutes practicing the things we have been learning and just playing in the classroom. Yesterday we had talked about the power of pausing. By allowing a few seconds, we give the give the kids an opportunity to process what we are saying and give an appropri...
Language Education Tech Mon, Jun 29 2009
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Becoming an Advocate
The CI Circle News Quite possibly one of the hardest things for me to swallow through our first year of becoming parents to deaf children was the average civilian’s lack of knowledge. Though I’d worn those very same shoes for 26 years prior to having my first child, I quickly forgot my own condition, which was weighted with the same ignorance. I immediately began my habilitation as soon...
Media Language Audism Education Tech Culture Sun, Jun 28 2009
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