Sign Smith

I recently discovered a cool new program called Sign Smith, that would be a great teaching tool for deaf students. It is a computerized sign language program, that can be used to tell stories in American Sign Language, as well as give vocabulary. This type of program can be used to scaffold learning about Deaf culture and the grammatical components of ASL in the classroom, especially if the students are being taught by a hearing teacher. You can check out using the following URL:
http://www.vcom3d.com/index.php?id=ssstudio#demo
Hope this is helpful to some of you Deaf Ed majors out there!

This week in TPTE 486 we made movies. Mine tells the story of how I became an interpreter through pictures and captions. And a little Missy Higgins in the background just to make it fun! Hope it gives you a little insight into my heart as an ASL interpreter and how much I value and respect Deaf culture. Maybe it will even inspire someone to learn more and get involved with the Deaf community. ASL is such a beautiful language and I have a much better appreciation for it now. Enjoy!

So I've always associated Microsoft Excel with math spreadsheets and ledgers. Recently however, the use of formulas in Excel was explained to me, and it cleared up a lot of questions. I have since learned how to make an interactive worksheet using this application. It is actually a great resource for teachers who need a straight-forward process for testing the knowledge of their students. Here is an example of the type of worksheet you can create. Students can just plug their information right into the table and get feedback, without the teacher hand-grading every assignment, saving everyone lots of time! Enjoy!

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmJuLD_qh0tmdDRPMzVwWF9hU0FEQ3FScXQ5MGNBcmc&hl=en