Final

How did everyone think the final was?

Sad class is over!

I can't believe that this summer has already came to an end!  I am an American Sign Language minor and I am offically finished with my minor after today!  I am super sad that I will no longer take any undergrad ASL classes but I look forward to what I will take in the future! I enjoyed this class very much and sad to see it over!

READY FOR SUMMER!!

I want to wish everyone good luck on their finals and have safe trips home!! Also be careful over the summer! I had a lot of fun in this class with you all and I cannot wait to have more classes with y'all :)

Final

The final says that we have multiple attempts. Is this mistake?

Final Exam - Favor

I've posted the Final.  This is the first time I've used this many multiple choice questions - especially on a FINAL.  But, I've done this by request to prepare students for the Praxis.  These relate to what you did for the BONUS questions - so many of you are in GREAT SHAPE!!!! 

If for some reason the format doesn't work right or something isn't showing the way it should, please let me know so that we can fix this.

Thank you!
CATHY :)

Happy Sunday!

I wish all of you the best of luck on finals! And also I hope that everyone has an amazing and safe summer! :D

Good luck to everyone on their final exams! I'm just about to start my SED 337 exam, and I will be so relieved once I'm finished. Have a great summer!

Study Guide

Did anyone acually use the study guide? I thought it was a little hard to study from.

Hey everyone!  Good luck on finals!  Hope to see you next semester!

week almost over!

I can't believe the week is already almost over!! Feels like it should be Monday...I'm all done with classes! Is anyone done already? All that is left is finals and i'm already not ready to start studying it at least until saturday..anybody feeling the same?

Final Exam

Hey guys,

You know how some of us printed the prior assessments off, filled them in on paper, and then typed our answers into the actual assessment on BB? Well, since this one is not just short answer/essay questions, are we going to be able to still do that?

Or are we only going to be able to open the assessment once.

Thanks!

Almost Done

The end is near. Good luck to everyone on their finals :) If anyone wants some good free candy KDT will be handing out candy on Powell corner all week all day. Come get some candy!!

today's Class

this class today has been one of my favorites this semester. I am going to miss this class.

GALLAUDET UNDERGRAD LINK

http://admissions.gallaudet.edu/Admissions/HUG/

Last week and Lou Ferringo

It's our last week! I'm pretty excited about that...Then Finals...then summer!

on another note- My mom met Lou Ferringo again yesterday and she decided to play a joke on me and said that he remembered me from when I was a kid...I was tricked lol But she met him again, kevin sorbo from hercules, few Star-Trek people, I wished I had been there!

Last class?

Is our last class meeting time tomorrow or next Monday?

I am an Aunt!

I just wanted to share with everyone that I became an aunt this past week. I have to say he is pretty cute.  His name is Mason William.

Weekend

Hey everyone, I hope that everyone has a great weekend!

today's powerpoints

When I go on BB and go to April 9, I see the two powerpoints, but the one that is labeled "from previous semester" is not the one that we looked at today in class. I cannot seem to find the stuff on social/emotional development. Anyone know what my problem is?

5 points extra credit if. . .

you attend ONE of the two time listed below and email me 2-4 sentences of your impression of the SOCIAL interactions of the group or any one student that stood out to you.

11:45- Lunch (All are invited to eat lunch with us however, we know you all are busy.)  This would give our students an opportunity to socialize and build language skills. Our school will provide lunch for the students. *this will be at the picnic tables between Powell and the Wallace Building, if it’s wet or raining we will eat on the stage of the Ravine* 

12:15- Story and language time in the Ravine *if it rains, we can do this in the Library*

Please post a comment here if you intend on doing this!

:D :D

I got engaged this weekend!!! On Friday the 13th. (: Hahahaha.

Praxis Seminar

Is the praxis seminar mandatory because I work 9 - 9 on saturdays

Almost done!

I am so ready for this semester to be over, any one feel the same?

Almost There!

I am finally caught up and have turned in everything for this class. Just one more test and this semester is over!

Case Study

Is anyone else having a hard time coming up with 250 words on the Educational Placement part???????

Extra Credit Questions

When are the extra credit questions due? I know she mentioned it last class but I forgot to write it down and it wasn't included in the email she sent out with all the dues dates. Thanks!

You Available & Interested in Meeting some Elementary Students?

Debbie Haydon has asked if I would have a few students who would be willing to meet with some Deaf and Hard of Hearing students from a mainstream elementary school in Lexington who will be on campus next Tuesday.  Read the teacher's message below:

We are bringing our elementary D/HH students to EKU next Tuesday for a field trip to tour the campus and the ASL lab.  We will have some down time during the day and we were interested in having the students meet some college students and ask them questions.  We are not sure about the exact time yet (probably around mid-day/lunch time).  If you know of any students who would like to come and answer questions about being a college student (especially if they know some sign) we would love to have them.  If you wouldn’t mind passing the opportunity along to any students who would be interested and we can give you more details as we finalize the trip plans.  Thanks! 

If you are interested, please email Debbie Haydon to let her know and make arrangements.  Please cc me on the email to let me know who is responding. 

Mrs. White

Deaf Meme-Thought it was funny

Hope you guys enjoy this-

CLASS!!!!

Just a few more weeks of class left. Does any one have any exciting plans for the summer.

Easter Vacation Blues

Back home (in The Bahamas) we get Good Friday as a holiday as well as today (Easter Monday). All I got over here were classes and work :(

Class Cancelled - April 9

Class is cancelled today due to me being sick.  We will meet next Monday.  If you have questions post here or email.  I doubt I'll be texting today.

Fun Easter in the ER(note the sarcasm)

Just getting home from the ER with my 4 year old. She scared us as she has been fine all weekend then all of a sudden she had a fever of 102.8, heart rate of 160, complaining of her back and stomach hurting, with the little grimace face and moaning. So I took her to the ER and they first thought it was a kidney infection, did a urine specimen and it came back fine. So they ordered a ct scan because they were afraid it was her appendix. Turns out her white blood count was 1600 and she has pneumonia in her lower left lung. I had went to the doctor with her a week ago over the cough that wouldn't go away. I was afraid she had mono like me, but they say at 4 she couldn't so they won't test her. It's sad that anymore you have to go to the ER to get treated, but while I was there they seemed to be ct scan happy as there was at least 4 ct scans. They must have just gotten a new machine so they can overcharge all the insurance companys. Ok rant over. I hope you all had a great Easter!

ASL Bowling this Thursday night from 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M.
It's a very friendly environment and a great opportunity to get out and improve on your signing skills, while having a good time.  Check us out on facebook too :)

http://www.facebook.com/events/414636508553440/

Hey everyone, Wendy Zimmerman is looking for interpreters to sign the National Anthem at some Legends baseball games this summer.

Once again I will be coordinating the interpreters for the National Anthem at the Lexington Legends games.  Attached is the schedule of home games.  Please let me know if you are interested in interpreting at any of these games.  You will receive 4 passes to the game (one that you have to use for yourself) in exchange for interpreting the National Anthem.  Lots of fun!!!

Wendy Zimmerman   (Wendy.Zimmerman@eku.edu)
Administrative Assistant
Eastern Kentucky University
Department of ASL & Interpreter Education
Wallace 216
859-622-4966

Soapbox

Just as a comment on our class, I really liked the use of Soapbox during class.  I think it made class a lot better instead of trying to just sit and figure it all out. I like the hands on approach to the material. What did you guys think?

Reminder

Don't forget! Last I heard, University Housing is still going to administer a Deaf LLC for Deaf Ed, Deaf Studies, ITP, etc. during the school year of 2013-2014. I know it's still a ways away still, but it is exciting and incredibly unique! Please keep this in mind so when the time comes, we will be a success! Thanks!

Interesting Article

http://www.dailybulletin.com/inlandliving/ci_20348130/deaf-minister-from-san-bernardino-finds-his-calling

This is pretty interesting!

FYI

Hey guys! We only have 4 weeks left!!! I know those of you who live on campus have probably already re-contracted for housing if you are living on campus again, but I really wanted to just remind everyone of the Education LLC. I know not everyone in the class is an education major, but those who are listen up: We would LOVE to have you! I am one of the RA's for the girl's education floor in McGregor. We usually fill up the girls floors, but the guy's floor seems to be disappearing. We would love to see the guys step up and represent the major on this floor. Just consider it, please. Of course, girls, you are also welcome to look into it for next year or even the year after that, everyone is! Just don't forget it's there!

Extra Credit !

I just finished the praxis extra credit questions and I don't know about you guys, but it was exciting looking at the questions and actually already knowing some! Sadly, Ive got two more semesters before I take the Praxis for real... I am beyond ready to finish up and graduate!!

Easter + being sick = :(

I hate being sick on holidays. Mainly Christmas and Easter because they are my favorite holidays (besides my birthday). So, I just wanted to tell people. 1. to get a post on the blog. 2. becuase I am sad. I hate missing church and I missed Good Friday service and unless I get an Easter miricle will probably miss tomorrow service too... lame.

missing grades?

Is anyone else missing grades? I feel annoying when I keep bugging her about them but I think she forgets. And i'm one of those ocd people that stress about my grades.

Having a Tough Time

Well I just needed a place to vent and talk about some troubles that I am having. I am really having trouble with the thought of coming back to school or not after the summer. I am really considering beauty school, so I would be learning something else totally but still in school. I just don't know what to do. I love kids and I want to work with them somehow, but I don't know if teaching is for me, the issue is that I am a jr and I haven't been admitted into the program yet. I am currently waiting to hear back from the school. I was just needing to vent about this all. If you have any thoughts I would love to hear them. I think that my biggest problem is that I am burnt out on school. Ugh, I just wish I had it all figured out like I thought I did... :(

Get Excited :)

Exactly one month from today we will all be done for the semester!

Thought this was interesting

Children acquire language without instruction as long as they are regularly and meaningfully engaged with an accessible human language. Today, 80% of children born deaf in the developed world are implanted with cochlear devices that allow some of them access to sound in their early years, which helps them to develop speech. However, through early childhood, brain plasticity changes and children who have not acquired a first language in the early years might never be completely fluent in any language. If they miss this critical period for exposure to a natural language, their subsequent development of the cognitive activities that rely on a solid first language might be underdeveloped, such as literacy, memory organization, and number manipulation. An alternative to speech-exclusive approaches to language acquisition exists in the use of sign languages such as American Sign Language (ASL), where acquiring a sign language is subject to the same time constraints of spoken language development. Unfortunately, so far, these alternatives are caught up in an "either - or" dilemma, leading to a highly polarized conflict about which system families should choose for their children, with little tolerance for alternatives by either side of the debate and widespread misinformation about the evidence and implications for or against either approach. The success rate with cochlear implants is highly variable. This issue is still debated, and as far as we know, there are no reliable predictors for success with implants. Yet families are often advised not to expose their child to sign language. Here absolute positions based on ideology create pressures for parents that might jeopardize the real developmental needs of deaf children. What we do know is that cochlear implants do not offer accessible language to many deaf children. By the time it is clear that the deaf child is not acquiring spoken language with cochlear devices, it might already be past the critical period, and the child runs the risk of becoming linguistically deprived. Linguistic deprivation constitutes multiple personal harms as well as harms to society (in terms of costs to our medical systems and in loss of potential productive societal participation).


From http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/9/1/16/abstract

#BBN

How about them Wildcats! Way to bring home #8!!! All I can hear outside my apartment in Lexington is people honking their car horns, fireworks, and people screaming.

Soapbox

So I am IN LOVE with the soapbox. I can pose my questions without looking like a complete dummy. :P

Love

love love love the soap box app that we used. it was so great! I really hope that we can continue to use it in this class. and I think that it should be used in more classes!

Go Cats!

Championship game tonight, baby! BBN for life.
Go cats!

It's almost April 1! Any pranksters in class? =)

Last set of DHH Room pics

More DHH Room pics

Pics of DHH room from site visit

I did my site visit at a mainstream elementary school where I used to work, and I thought you guys might enjoy seeing some pictures of the DHH room to include the Deaf art done by one of the students. There are visual phonics symbols where the alphabet usually is in a teacher's room, and everything in the room is labeled (door, cabinet, light switch, etc.). Practically everywhere you look in that room there's an opportunity to visually learn something or be visually reminded of something you've already learned. Check out all the different ways the DHH teacher uses visible thinking, and the ways she shows appreciation of Deaf culture and Deaf role models including the display of this particular student's artwork (none of these pics are in this post, but will be in the next one). I can only attach about 5 pics at a time, so I'll do the rest on separate posts. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts if you're interested in sharing : )

Test Question

I'm having trouble with test question #10. First of all, is this question asking for the difference between intervention services and preschool programs OR is it asking what the difference is between intervention services/preschool programs for children who are hearing vs. children who are Deaf? Second, does anyone have suggestions about where to find information regarding this question? I've looked through our blackboard links but can't seem to find anything that discusses this.

Only 4 more weeks till finals!!!!!

Test 3?

So, I am one of those people who like to get things done and over with. Well, Today, I have been trying to take this test. I was wondering if anyone who has tried yet has had any problems putting in your answers. I was able to write my answer for question 1, but then when i went to answer question 2 it wont let me do anything. I tried to answer the rest of the questions and nothing. I was just wondering if anyone else had that problem. .... getting very frustrated...

Class yesterday and site visit

I wasn't able to make it to class yesterday so I just had some questions about the site visit. How long/how many hours do we need to visit? Can anybody give me some school options where I can visit?

Keith Wann

http://www.keithwann.com/KW/Videos.html

This guy came to Eastern a few years ago, and was a HUGE hit, apparently. I've watched a few videos, and he really is very funny!

He's kind of crass, so if you're not into that kind of humor, beware.

His website had a bio if you're interested in knowing more about him.

Off the top of my head, I think I remember that he's a hearing kid born to Deaf parents. Most of his comedy is in ASL and is all ASL related. He even does a few songs, I believe. My favorite was "Honkytonk Badonkadonk". He was HILARIOUS!

Site Visit.

I just recently did my site visit at my old High School. I had a very negative experience and was wondering who had positive or negative experiences.

Shout-Out!

Just wanted to post a shout-out to Sarah Gaudinier! Not only do we have SED 337 together, but also ASL 202 and SED 260. It's definitely convenient sharing multiple classes with one person because you can rely on that person for clarification or assistance. I look forward to ASL next semester! Woo (:

Deaf Panel

I am upset that I was not able to go to the deaf panel due to work but I hope that it was beneficial to everyone else. I can't wait to hear about it in class!

Ideas for Research Paper

I am doing a research paper in my EMG 445W class and it's over literacy.  I want my paper to be over deaf students and literacy but I'm not sure exactly how to word my thesis.  I can't get the words on paper that I want.  I want my paper to argue how some schools are allowing deaf students enough education to be on the same literacy level as hearing students.  Does anyone have any ideas or articles I could use?

Panel

I wasn't able to go to the deaf panel because of work which I am really sad about!  I was looking forward to it!  Was anyone able to video it or will we just get a summary in class?

Site Visit Problems

I am having a lot of trouble trying to set up a site visit around here, does anyone know of where I could observe that's not a school? I am in class from 9 to 3 almost everyday and that makes it very hard to go to a school to watch. Plus the schools are giving me the runaround. So if anyone can help please let me know!

Deaf Panel

I really enjoyed the panel and meeting new people. One thing that I loved that was discussed was that as educators we need to foster the deaf kids identity and accept them and their families choices. They are people, who are deaf, and don't want to be seen as the "poor deaf kid." I love what Jeremy said "they can do anything anyone else can do, except hear." It's so true!

PANICKING!!!

I don't see my test as having been submitted! Did anyone else have an issue?

Panel

Hey guys,

I'm looking forward to the comments you guys leave about the panel! I had to work tonight, so I couldn't be there. I hope everyone learned a lot, and posts a lot so that I can see what happened!

Thanks guys!

Excited :)

I'm so excited about tonight's panel. I think this is an awesome idea. See you all there.

Panel Tonight

Hey guys!

Since I have class tonight, I will not be able to come to O'Charley's tonight :( I am really dissappointed about it.

But! I was wondering if anyone could give me some of the things that they thought were the most interesting or thought-provoking statements that they had to say, you could write them on here so that the people that cannot come can still experience it a little bit!

Thanks so much!
And have fun!

The O'Charleys

Hey Guys! Just wanted to remind you about class tomorrow! They know your coming and they SHOULD have everything set up so everyone can see the panel. Have fun! Oh! and try to atleast order something, even if its little. My boss will kill me if we take up a whole room and dont spend money lol

Hard test?

Anyone find the test to be a little hard concerning the handouts? For one of the questions it was hard to figure out which handout to use...

looking for a job?!

Not sure if anyone is currently seeking employment, but I work with (and have for the past 3 years) Lexington Fayette County Parks and Rec with the Extend School Program, ESP, and we are in need of some new counselors! I work at Wellington, the new elementary school in Lexington, and it is wonderful! We only work Monday-Friday and the normal hours of operation are from 2-6. We do also have camps for spring break and summer as well as winter and fall. We obviously work with kids aged Kindergarten to Fifth Grade and it's really great and fun! You would be placed with a certain group - we have 8- and you would work along side another counselor where you would take your group to the gym, computer lab, library, playground, cafeteria to play games, and eat snack. The website is below if you want to check it out!

http://www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=215

If anyone is interested I can happily bring you an application :)

Question 4

I am struggling with question 4 can cannot find any strategies in the book for teaching reading and writing jointly. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I could look?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

I hope everyone has a great day!! Be safe!!! =)

Opportunity

I'd mentioned in class that we have a young lady who is attending the church where I attend for whom I am signing now.  If any of you are interested in attending the Richmond Campus of Crossroads Christian Church where I'll be signing the services we meet at 10 a.m. each Sunday morning.  We meet at the B. Michael Caudill Middle School that meets out off the Bypass.  The exact address is 1428 Robert R. Martin Bypass. 


I'd love to see you there!


Mrs. White

site visit

Has anyone completed their site visit yet? How did you go about finding a school with a D/HH child in it? I feel kinda dumb calling up a random school and being like "HEY!" lol... Advice?

Hearing Parents of a Deaf Child

These parents did everything they could do to help their Deaf child be as successful as their hearing peers. Very touching and I love how they didn't just accept when they were told their daughter would graduate with a reading level of a 3rd grader.

http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2010/06/17/im-sorry-your-child-is-stupid/

Could use some ideas!

Good Morning Guys! :)
I have something I want to bounce off you all:
For my young adult lit class (which is yes, all about young adult authors and reading things that young adults read, and how to bring new yal books into the classroom and connect them to things the students would want to read).
For this class we have a big final project to do, and the first part of it we have to do research on an issue, question, concept, topic, or whatever that we want to know more about that we could relate to young adult lit books. An example of this would be look at the question: how does violence affect young adults? then you do research on violence and then you narrow your search to eating disorders, or cyber bulling, or something. When we finish this research we are then going to use the "topic" to write a big final paper, that concerns what we did research over. So if you did eating disorders you would write a story about a girl with an eating disorder and whatever.
I have been thinking about having my topic be deafness, however, I don't know if I can narrow my search in that enough to be able to write a piece on it.
If anyone has any idea as to how I could narrow my search for deafness and make a story that would have to do with young adults.
I have two weeks to figure this out, so if you think that its kind of pointless or too broad I still have time to change, but just wanted to get some ideas!
Thanks!

Assessment

I feel kind of stupid for not knowing the answer to this but is the handout we use for questions 2 and 3 of the assessment the same? The one with the 15 strategies?

:DD

I'm so excited for the panel! (:

Assessment 2 Question

On question 4 (List three specific ways... one of your ideas), are we supposed to use ideas that have been used previously by other teachers of the deaf, or come up with our own plans?

Panel Presentation

Can someone give me a ride to O'Charlies on Tuesday? I don't have a car right now so I have no way to get there. Thanks!

Just thought everyone might like to know that the National Association for the Deaf is hosting the NAD Conference on the BELLE OF LOUISVILLE!!! (HEY HOMETOWN!!! for me anyway...) It's close to home for most of you, so I recommend trying to go! Tickets are $40.00 though...) Also, don't forget that this on JULY 4TH, 2012 and will happen in the middle of WORLDFEST 2012 WHICH INCLUDES DEAFESTIVAL 2012 IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE! : ) SO EXCITED!!!!!

http://www.kydeaf.org/ (REGISTER HERE!)

NAD and KAD needs your help to make this year's NAD Conference a successful one. Please consider volunteering some of your time so that things will go smoothly at the conference.

NAD CONFERENCE REMINDER*

The deadline for the special Early Bird I pricing for the "Combo Package" is February 29, 2012 March 15, 2012. HURRY and send in your registration now!

Kentucky School for the Deaf honors black students once denied diplomas

REALLY interesting and really sad that they even had to go there...

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/04/1834061/kentucky-school-for-the-deaf-honors.html

Kentucky School for the Deaf honors black students once denied diplomas

By Greg Kocher — gkocher1@herald-leader.com

Posted: 12:00am on Aug 4, 2011; Modified: 2:02pm on Aug 4, 2011

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/04/1834061/kentucky-school-for-the-deaf-honors.html#storylink=cpy

PERFECT SITE to use to help with Deaf Classrooms!

This has activities, assignments, practice materials, teaching materials, tips, exercises, downloads and more! I especially love the downloadable ASL font and downloadable ASL Alphabet screensaver! :)

http://www.lifeprint.com/

ASL Living Learning Community Coming to EKU!

My fellow RA, Trevor Jenkins, in McGregor Hall has been busting his behind all year to get the university to approve the ASL LLC floor for EKU. He was successful in his efforts and now EKU will be the first school to have any LLC or residence hall living arrangement of the sort in KY that isn't an actual school for the Deaf (like KSD) (or so I've been told--sorry if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am). This floor will become available in the 2013-2014 school year. It will likely be in McGregor or Clay hall, but that is still undecided upon by the university. Also, this floor will work like the rest of the LLC's (where people who live on that floor have declared that major or one that involves many of the same things, and then signs a contract to complete all the duties of being a resident on said LLC) only I believe this LLC will be available to Deaf Ed, ITP, Lang/Com Disorders, ASL Minors, and Deaf studies. (DON'T hold me to this 100% because EKU is still working out some kinks. All I wanted to let you know is that it got approved and is the first of it's kind in KY Academia!) Congrats to Trevor and all his hard work!

Spring Break

I hope that everyone had a great spring break! what did you all do?

Observing

I am really excited because I am observing tomorrow at the Heuser Hearing and Language Academy! I am a little bit confused tho and hoped you guys could help me out... Is the case study part of the site visit? or are they two separate things? Thanks guys :)

TEST 2

Has the test posted yet, if so where can I find it?

Spring break!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the first few days of spring break! (:

-Fran

Storms

The storms were crazy yesterday. I hope all is safe and their families are safe too.

Site Visit

So for this assignment does it need to be a whole classroom for Deaf children? Or can it be a mainstreamed setting with one Deaf or hard of hearing child?

Big bang theory

Hey class! I know most of you guys are already enjoying spring break, but I just wanted to let you know that daphne from switched at birth is on big bang theory tonight signing. It is called the wiggly finger catalyst, and they talk about signing with certain tones! It's cool how much deafness and signing has become a norm in today's entertainment

Email notification for additions to the Blog

Many of you have blogged about wanting email notification when something is added to the blog.  I THINK I found a way to add a web part or a gadget to the site that will allow you to "subscribe" to receive email notifications.  See the top right hand column.  Try it out and let me know!

Midterm?

Hey guys! I know that its sooo close to being Spring break and we are almost finished with Midterms, but when does ours open? I know its not closed until the 16th, but I have no idea when i can get it out of the way! :)
But anyways I hope that everyone has a happy and stress free spring break!
That way we can come back refreshed and ready to kick some butt!

Happy March!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Spring Break!

Songs and videos

I saw where there's a couple post with YouTube Videos of signing different songs! There was a girl that was in the ITP Program here at EKU that used I post multiple videos of her signing songs. I can't seem to find it anymore but as soon as I do I will post a link! Why I was trying to find get I came across all of the EKU ASL students who post Re-tell stories an it's cool to go back and watch the different stories we have to do and how other students sign them differently!

KSD

I am doing a paper for my ASL 225 class over KSD and can't find a lot of information on its current services/plans/ect. Does anybody have any ideas on where I could get info? Their website doesn't seem to be working either.

Storms!!!!!

So glad these storms have passed!!!

Someone Like You Adele ASL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-4l8IClIRg&feature=related

Again, good pace, and popular song, so you might find it helps to already know the words to the song. Then, you can concentrate on the body movement and facial expression. HINT HINT lol :)

Set Fire to the Rain ASL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ1aSQwBZ24&feature=related

This one has a good pace. Might be easier!

court again

Court is in the morning everyone so wish me luck. My lawyer says I have a good shot at getting my little girl back.
Yay

Grenade by Bruno Mars Signed- HARDER, BUT SHE'S EXCELLENT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ1aSQwBZ24&feature=related

This signer is amazing! But, it might be difficult to do this one. But you can try it!

Signed Party in the USA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKnQjBf8wM

Plus, this guy is so entertaining to watch! His expression is excellent!

Signing Practice Tip: Sign with Music

I know that many people perhaps may disagree with me on this, since Deaf people may not be able to do the same, but I find that trying to sign to my music helps me improve. As a hearing person, I find that music helps me improve my speed, because you have to keep up with the song, it helps improve with body movement because you into the music so you dance and pretend to perform (don't lie--we all do! lol). Also, it helps me improve my vocabulary because of all the different lyrics in the song. So, I figured I'd use my posts to show some signed songs to help you guys since they already have the signs in them, also, some that I have found particularly easy to sign, like starters. Give it a try!

Mentoring a deaf class

I am currently mentoring a deaf class, and it is the most amazing thing I've witnessed in a long time. The teacher I am mentoring is phenomenal and she cares so much about her students and how they are progressing. Shes given me a great insight to what the classroom setting in public schools is like. The students are amazing, and are so thrilled I am there working with them and know sign. It truly showed me I made the right choice in choosing deaf education. Just mentoring this classroom has been a rewarding experience! 

Hilarious.

Seriously. Watch this. It makes you really respect interpreters (more). And it's hilarious!

-Fran

P.S. I swear I have a life. I just love watching ASL YouTube videos when I have time. (:

Douglas Tilden Presentation:

We didn't get to view my video during class, so I'm posting it here in case you're interested!

Visual Phonemics

I don't know about anyone else, but I REALLY liked the video. I would love to know more about how it works, how the technique shows children who are Deaf or HH HOW to form the word without them actually being able to experience that sound aurally. It reminded me of Alexander Graham Bell's work on speech and sound.

Site Visit

Do we need to do it in a deaf classroom or children with disabilities?

-Fran

Hi Everyone!  Mark this on your calendar. 
On Saturday, March 17th from 10-2 the ITP 215W classes are hosting a Deaf Panel discussion about interpreting services. There will be a social, with food after the discussion. It will be on campus, but we don't know the exact location just yet.
I think it is for other students as well, and not limited to 215W.  I will double check with the teacher to clarify.

Weekend

Hope everyone had a good weekend! I am looking forward to seeing everyone in class tomorrow!

Intro to 15 Principles to Reading to Deaf Children

Check out this Intro!  We'll do the 15 Principles in class.

LAPTOPS TO CLASS

If you have a laptop please bring it to class on Monday, February 27th.  I have found video clips to go along with my ASL Reading sheet!

Click, Clack, Moo - in ASL

Keith Wann and the Very Hungry Caterpillar in ASL

Deafness, language, and literacy

Grading

I have been grading this week and will be all weekend.  Please check Blackboard off and on if you're interested in your grades.  If you have ANY questions please do not hesitate to email/text/call and let me know.  You know I'm open to discussing and changing grades based on conversations and your explanations on something I may have missed or misunderstood.

I want to encourage you as we go forward to use the material on Blackboard in the Assignments area to guide your development of work.  I post material there for your assistance and to help you understand the purpose of the assignment as well as to how to create it.  It is also there to show you how I will evaluate your work.

Mrs. White

Deaf Panel

The class overwhelmingly voted - with 24 people voting for Option 2 - to cancel one of our day classes and having the panel come in the evening.  So, class will be canceled on Monday, March 12th.  We ARE having class on the 12th!  It's cancelled on the 19th! Instead we will meet on Tuesday night, March 20th at O'Charley's.  I am going to work with them to have a separate room.  

I currently have parents (one Deaf, one hearing who have a Deaf son) coming in addition to a hearing mother of a Deaf child.  I have a 2 other confirmed Deaf panelist and there may be more now that it is in the evening.  

I know you are in for a TREAT!!

We will meet at 6:30 and have informal conversation.  If you do not sign there are others who will interpret for you.  We will order our food and have the formal panel begin at 7:00 p.m.  

I know you will learn more in this ONE EVENING than in many of our other classes combined.  I may even provide an extra credit opportunity in a reflection on what you gained from the panel.

More details in class.

201 and "One Fine Day"

ASL 201 students,
There are a few examples of "One Fine Day" on YouTube. They aren't exactly like the one we've practiced, but it will help if you need any of the signs refreshed. (:

-Fran

Switched at Birth question?

I know that some of you watch the show Switched at Birth on ABC Family, and it is on right now :) but anyways, as I was watching, I started to think about Monday's class and the language choices and communication modes that we talked about. I have not taken ASL yet, and I was wondering if they use strictly ASL on the show or if some MCE is used?

my daughter.

Alyssa I couldn't agree more with you! I felt like I was in third grade again! My memory didn't remember anything! Thank goodness she reviewed :)

Mrs White!

Jeremy said he would be able to do an evening panel, but he couldn't make it during the day bc of work! ! :)

Grammar

Wow, I definitely did not remember many of the grammatical terms we went over toaday! I need to go back and look those over!

inquiring mind(s) wants to know

do we get grades back today :) ?

Needing some prayer.

I know that this has completely nothing to do with class or anything related to it but I am in need of some prayer. I have been going through a custody battle for almost 11 months. on the 1st will be 11 months. The 1st is also my final hearing date. I am hoping to get my daughter back permanently and just need some prayers that I do get her back. Visitation has been killing me because I only get her roughly 26 hours a week if they cooperate.

AFTEC

This does not directly relate to Deaf Education but I volunteer with AFTEC which is an Equine Therapeutic Riding program for children with disabilities. The instructor works with kids of all kinds of backgrounds and disabilities while riding horses. For anyone that is interested in learning more their website is www.aftec.us. This program was great and is a great opportunity for people to work with kids and horses.

Beethoven

I thought it would be a cool idea to do a little research on Beethoven because I thought that even though he didn't lose his hearing until he was an adult, that he definitely sets an example to anyone that boundaries only exist if you make them! He composed some of his best symphonies while being completely Deaf! In school I was told that he sawed the legs off a piano so that he could lay on the floor and absorb the vibrations of the music! I find that to be incredibly amazing! He's one of the best composers of all time and he lost his hearing by the time he was 27! I think it's a good thing to keep in mind when educating any child...that those boundaries only exist because we've created them. Three cheers for Symphony No. 5!

Helen Keller :)

"No deaf child who has earnestly tried to speak the words which he has never heard-to come out of the prison of silence, where no tone of love, no song of bird, no strain of music ever pierces the stillness-can forget the thrill of surprise, the joy of discovery which came over him when he uttered his first word." - Helen Keller

I know speaking vs. signing is a huge debate and that is not why I put this up here. Currently, I am reading Helen Keller's autobiography. She is my hero and she is actually the reason why I wanted to become a teacher for the Deaf. I thought this was a beautiful quote and it is about her first lesson on speaking. She was very excited to learn how to speak and I love that.
Anyway, I just thought it was beautiful and if any of you ever have the time you should definitely pick up her book. It is amazing! :)

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

This is sooooooo CUTE!

-Fran

It may be a gross and gloomy Tuesday but it's Valentines Day! Have a happy day!

What did I miss?

So, I missed class today, and I am kinda outta the loop. I don't know whats up with all the stuff about the debate in class? can anyone fill me in?

Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but I had a very hard time sitting through class today without getting upset. I am fully aware that I am not a teacher yet, but I think there is an appropriate way (as well as an inappropriate way) of speaking to a class of students. During the debate I felt as though Ms. White was accusing the class of not understanding what it's like to have a child who is deaf and attempting to "write the script of others." The word YOU was constantly used throughout her lecture, and the words YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND in a harsh voice concluded her speech. I think it is extremely important for future educators to learn that their job is to teach and not to parent. I also believe it's important for current teachers to make students aware of common mistakes that could happen rather than accusing them of already making them. Like I said- maybe I was just easily irritated today, but I felt as though I was being talked down to and scolded.

Debates on ASL

I had difficulty with arguing my side during our ASL debate. Mostly because I was supporting the side of the extreme that I don't side with. I wanted to be arguing for a personal choice approach to the argument, but of course, we were working with extremes. I liked the different choices in reasoning approaches, though.

ABC Family

Does anyone follow the ABC family show "Switched at Birth" regularly? I don't watch it regularly, but I was wondering if it's educationally significant at all? From what I've watched on the channel and the previews, I'm not sure if I would want to watch it...I might get addicted! Is it worth catching up on?

KSD Video

I enjoyed watching the KSD video in class...so much so in fact, that I plugged in earphones at my computer and watched it here to see it better. (It was so small!) I love that the kids are signing...it makes the video reach you on a more personal level.

is there something going on with my computer or did you change the colors on the blog?

Happy Sunday

Hey guys! I hope that your weekend went well and that it was enjoyable! I can't wait to see the rest of the presentations tomorrow in class. I am sure that they will be wonderful :) See you all in class
-Bri

Group Presentations

I've really enjoyed all the presentations so far.  Learned some new and interesting facts about these historical Deaf figures.  Our group made one about Lou Ferrigno, a hard of hearing actor and bodybuilder.  Looking forward to watching the rest of the presentations on Monday.

My introduction

Hi, my name is Lindsay Bryant. I am finally getting the hang Of this blog thing. I am 21 and a senior here at EKU. My major is Middle School Education with a Science/Social Studies concentrations. My minor is American Sign Language. I never thought when I came to EKU that I would choose ASL as a minor. I first became interested in ASL when I was younger and my Dad bought me a folder that had te ASL alphabet on the front. I quickly learned it and showed all my friends! I never really went on from there until I came here to EKU. What made me want to take ASL was when I joined a sorority my freshman year one of my sisters was a Deaf Education major. It took my a full year To even register for ASL 101 because it was so popular but one I took it I was hooked! I am so lucky to be able to communicate with the deaf as I have loved every second of Deaf education I have learned. I can't wait to use my ASL knowledge to further others in their deaf education.

I had a blast watching the youtube videos in class on Monday! There's nothing better than embarrassing yourself in front of tons of people (: I thought everyone did a great job, and I hope people find them useful in the future.

Very cool look inside I.S.D.

Awesome video showing the inner workings for Illinois School for the Deaf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSdcZZMsFSc&feature=fvwrel

-Fran

Missing information

Does anyone remember where she said she would post the information from the note cards we did in class? I can't find them.

Trouble Commenting!

I know some other people have had trouble commenting and I was wondering if anyone found a solution. This is the first time I have had trouble on here so I have no clue what is wrong. Thanks to anyone that has an idea!!

In case you are bored!

When we were doing our project on Marlee Matlin I had a clip of her on Dancing with the Stars that we could not get into the video. :( But it is amazing to see her dance and if any of you get bored check this out! She is GREAT!

http://youtu.be/lCHr4pjd1fI

Group project.... anyone that was not in a group.

If there is anyone that was not in a group please email me @ jessi_aka_bigred@yahoo.com
I am doing a project on Abee Charles-Michel de L Epee and don't have any partners. Or if there is anyone who would be interested in helping me with technical stuff like the video camera.

Information from Envelope activity

I will type the information from the cards in today's envelope activity tomorrow evening and make that available for you to use on the assessment.

Assessment

Hey guys,

I wasn't able to make it to class today, but I know that the assessment was supposed to be made available today, but there is nothing in the assessment folder on Blackboard.

Did she say anything about it today in class?

Or am I just missing it completely?

Thanks!
Lindsay Brungs

Group Projects

I really enjoyed seeing the group projects today! Everyone really did a good job thinking of different ways to present the information. :) Specially looking at different deaf people who are famous. Marlee Matlin is a very outspoken women so I knew some information about her, but it was still interesting to see the way that her information was presented!

Reflection

For whatever reason it is not letting me upload my paper on Blackboard, so here it is:

I think that I am in some ways similar to Marlee Matlin. One way is that even though she is a famous actress she is a down to earth person. She does not let her fame give her a big head. She likes to give back to her community and works a lot with organizations. Though I am not famous I have been in positions of power in work situations and have not let them go to my head. Like Marlee I work hard for what I want and do not let anything stop me from getting what I want.

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

Ashley Mason

I actually enjoyed this project with my group. There are so many hard of hearing/deaf individuals who have made themselves famous regardless of their hearing loss. We decided to do Lou Ferrigno who stars in the move; The Incredible Hulk. This guy is amazing! He has made so much of his life. Lou has a few kids of his own and a wife. The Hulk was his big movie that brought him out in Hollywood. Lou and his wife offer personal training sessions outside of L.A and love it. The kids are hearing and so is his wife. I enjoyed my group and everyones willingness to work together to put together a great presentation. 

Class on February 6th

A few notes for class this week!  I need each group to send me their group members and the link to their video on YouTube PRIOR to class.

Once we view all of the videos we will continue class with activities on chapters 3 & 4.  Bring a laptop to class if you have one.

Heart Awareness Month

As some of you may know, February is Heart Awareness Month. What some of you may not know is February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness week. Every 15 min a baby is born with a congenital heart defect . 4,000 of them will not live to celebrate their 1st Birthday . I pray and hope just like every other parent who has a child born with a congenital heart defect that more awareness comes soon . Their is no cures only repaires or broken hearts ! 1 out of 100 babies are born with a CHD, my daughter is one.

Although a child is born every 15 minutes with a CHD, research continues to be grossly under-funded in America. Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect ...research.

We Need More Awareness for our Babies and families ....

Join me and many other by spreading awareness for these CHD warriors, angels, and all of those affected by a CHD and wear RED for CHD awareness week.

hola

super excited to see everyone's videos.. mostly because ours was quite entertaining.. well to make atleast!lol
when is our personal reflection paper thing due? monday also?

-Katie

Crazy Blog

I cant comment on anything. I can see everyone's comments but I cant comment. Does anyone how I can fix this

NIDCD Website (very helpful!!!)

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Extremely Helpful Website

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

I hope you guys are in for a kick when you see my group's video. I think it will make some people laugh. Hopefully... :D

-Fran (:

Deaf Event: Deafestival 2012 in Louisville, KY

http://kcdhh.ky.gov/deafestival/index.html

Here's the link that explains more. This happens every 2 years in downtown Louisville (my hometown!!! <3) and it is AWESOME!!! It happens along with WorldFest, where many different cultures from all over the world get together and perform shoes, have shopping booths, and offer ethnic foods of all kinds! This year is a Deafestival year and there will be shows, the majority of the Deaf community in Louisville (a VERY large group of people) will be there, and it's just a great time. It's free and it's close to home (for most of us).

Good Movie about Deafness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZdTj-9Nhh8

I was looking for another movie trailer that I wanted to put on here so that you guys could check it out because it was a really excellent documentary, but instead I found this and this is really, really neat. These children are Deaf Blind,  (or so the previews suggest) and I thought this suited our class considering this involves young children and deafness. Also, it looks excellent. Check it out!

CJ Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcF4N9dgW20

Here's a really short clip from one of my favorite Deaf comedians, CJ Jones. It's really funny! Check it out!

Project!

I'm currently working on my portion of the Historical Figure project, and I'm looking forward to see what the other groups have come up with.

Greetings from San Francisco

I arrived here in San Francisco Sunday mid day and took a stroll to eat lunch overlooking this area of the bay.  I then continued my walk and ventured out on various docks to see several different boats coming in to dock.

While I thought taking an afternoon cruise would have been a marvelous idea I decided I would continue my walk on down to Pier 39 and enjoy the view, the sunshine and the afternoon air.  I certainly wasn't disappointed as I found enough boats for ALL OF US!!

So...think we could arrange a field trip and have a class out here?????

This was pretty cool

My ASL 102 class had to do a video review on this. Enjoy :)

how do points for posting work?

it's so many per week or month, and how many?

Since nobody from my group answered my post...I'm hoping we will still get a chance to do the project. Please email me- bronwyn_fisher17@mymail.eku.edu. I feel as if this is the only place I can hopefully catch the attention of the group.

Let me know when we can meet up to do the project.

Bronwyn Fisher

My late intro :)

Hi all!
My name is Janea Johnston and this is my super late intro! I am a Deaf ed. major here at EKU and love it! I have wanted to be a teacher since I can remember and I have wanted to do Deaf Ed. since the 7th grade. A little background on me: I was born in Frankfort Ky but I have moved 12 times and lived in 9 states so I can't say I am from one specific place. I love Kentucky with all of my heart and hope to stay here for the rest of my life. I don't want to drag on about myself because I could talk for days about my life, haha. :) If you have any questions for me or need help in class you guys can depend on me!!
I hope we have a great semester together!! :)

Projects

Good luck to everyone with their class projects. I am looking forward to seeing them all next week during class. :)

-Amanda

almost

It's almost the end of the month, I hope that everyone had a good weekend and I hope the week goes weell for everyone and good luck on the projects!

Thanks and questions about test

Thanks to all of you who commented on my worries about this project. You were right, once we talked a bit more, figured out who to do our project on, booked a room, etc., it looked much less scary :) . I imagine I'll see most if not all of you in Noel Studio Monday, so see you then! Hope you had a great weekend!

Anyone know if our test is still going to go live as scheduled? Mrs. White, is there going to be an extra week in there to cover Chapters 2 & 3 or will we cover it all next Monday the 6th with the test going live that day as originally scheduled? I know we've got all week to do it and our books, notes, etc., but thought it was worth asking about :).

Introduction =)

Hi guys!
My name is Hannah Johnson. I am going into Deaf Education (Obviously, right?). I started out as a nursing major, but once I took my first ASL class I knew that I wanted to pursue a career working with the Deaf and hard of hearing. ASL was always something that fascinated me and I always wanted to learn it but never really had the opportunity until a few semesters ago. One of my favorite poems is "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. I love how it talks about way leading on to way, and I truly believe that I started school just exactly when I did for a reason. I also believe that it was no coincidence that there was an ASL class offered the semester before I was to start the nursing program.   I always said that I would never be a teacher, but here I am and loving every minute of it so far! I'm looking forward to learning how to better teach my future students!

I do not know how to use this thing but I need a group please if anyone would please let me join id greatly appreciate it and will do anything that needs to be done! Please call me 513-828-8736 Thanks!

Whose in my Group???

I've forgotten the names of those whose in my group for the historical project...Can my group members tell me???

My email is bronwyn_fisher17@mymail.eku.edu

Feel kinda stupid :)

Thanks

In Need of a group!

Is there any group that will let me join their's? My email is heather_chambers4@eku.edu so we can correspond. Let me know what the group has decided and I will do my part. Thanks

So who has everyone chosen to do their historical figure project on? I think my group is going to do it on Abbe Charles-Michel de I'Epaa but we haven't really decided what we're doing for the presentation yet.

KSD Pancake Breakfast

Next week, Friday Feb. 3 is KSD's Pancake Breakfast. $5.00 Meal Tickets from 6:30 am throughout Lunchtime. $1.00 Raffle Tickets are available now! Silent Auction throughout day's event and at 1:30pm the Live Auction Begins. Pick up orders are available, you do not have to be present to bid or to win raffles. Come Join the Fun and the Fundraising and Support our kids at KSD! This fundraiser benefits the students at KSD. Hope to see you there!

Historical Figure Project

Has anyone started the "Historical Figure" project, yet? I'm wondering how long this video needs to be. Any thoughts? Honestly, I'm a little overwhelmed by this thing and hoping it's easier than it looks. Looking at the "visual and illustrations" section of the rubric, I'm trying to think of things that we can use besides ASL and the whiteboard. Here's hoping my teammates are more creative than I am. Maybe I can do the research and do a bibliography on the whiteboard : ). I'm also more than a little concerned about the camera work. One of my team mates is our "techie", so hopefully she's got a good grasp on how to make this work because I'm technologically deficient when it comes to cameras. I'm thinking the Noel Studio is a must. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's ideas and creative execution of this project.

In my ASL 201 class last semester my Professor had us watch this video. The video is called my son is deaf finally. I kept thinking about this video during our class on Monday. Trust me you have to watch this video till the end.

Introduction

Hey, my name is Emily Colvin.  My major is Special Education DHH.  I switched to Special Education from Communication Disorders after having my first ASL class here at EKU.  I had never been exposed to the deaf culture or anyone who had signed for communication.  I fell in love with ASL my first semester here at Eastern and look forward to furthering my knowledge with the deaf community and learning new ways of communication with them.

Introduction!

Hello all!

My name is Lindsay Brungs, and I am a second semester Freshman. I am a Pre-Communication Disorders major with a minor in Special Education and hope to become a Speech-Language Pathologist in the school system. I thought that taking this course would allow me to better understand the problems that people face when they are unable to hear to their best ability, and how best to help them develop their speech skills. I am very excited to take this class and see what I can learn and use in my field of choice!

Intro.

Hi! My name is Chassity Wengert. I am an English Education major and an ASL minor here at eku. My graduation date is pending. So until then I am just enjoying my classes and putting off going out into the "REAL" real world! However, my first introduction into the deaf community was not until middle school. When I a deaf girl came to our school and was in all our classes. I was friends with her for a while until she transferred to KSD. Getting to know her prompted my interest in Sign and the language itself. So, when I came to Eastern and saw that it was an option for a foreign language I decided to go for it and absolutely fell in love with the language the culture and everything in between.

Jesse Coyer's Intro

Hello SED 337!
I'm Jesse Coyer, but everyone calls me JJ.  I am a CODA and my major is ITP.  I am here because I want to be an interpreter, and hope to be accepted into the ITP program this fall.  I grew up in Deaf culture because both my parents are Deaf.  I feel that my experience growing up in Deaf culture, and knowing the language will help me become a skilled, qualified interpreter.  Already knowing and seeing the struggles of the Deaf, I want to become a interpreter so I can empower them, therefore, making them feel equal.
I look forward to working with all of you this semester!