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Valerie Sutton Date: Tue Aug 10, 1999 2:34 pm Subject: SW Literacy Project, Fall 99 | |
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August 10, 1999 Dear SW List Members... The school year in the USA and Canada starts in about two weeks. The SignWriting Literacy Project donates SignWriting materials to schools that have Deaf students, in return for documented feedback. Here is a general description of the project: The SignWriting Literacy Project FREE TO SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF The SignWriting Literacy Project is pioneering a new concept in Deaf Education. SignWriting books, videos and software are donated to classes of Deaf students. In return, teachers, students and parents provide documented feedback. The results are published on the SignWriting Web Site and in an annual SignWriting Literacy Project Report, distributed to educators. SignWriting is a way to read, write and type any signed language. All materials donated to the schools are written in American Sign Language (ASL), authored by Deaf native ASL signers. An English translation of the original ASL is included with most publications. The SignWriting videos are taught in ASL with English voice-over. Fluency in reading and writing American Sign Language is used as a bridge to teach written English. Although this is a new project, feedback is already coming in, and the results are positive. The project began in 1998. Participating schools are the Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico, Caldwell Elementary School in Kansas, Jordan Vocational High School in Georgia, Robarts School for the Deaf in Canada, Texas School for the Deaf, Lower School in Austin, Texas, a private tutor with a class of Deaf students in Canada, and two homeschools in the USA. A new school, the George Washington School in Troy, New York state, will be added in the Fall semester, 1999. Would you like your school to participate? Your students must be Deaf signers, with some knowledge of American Sign Language. If your school is located in a country that does not use American Sign Language, and you are willing to translate the materials into your signed language in SignWriting, we will be happy to help you as much as possible. It is a large job, but well worth it! Write for more information: The SignWriting Literacy Project The DAC, Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA Voice(858)456-0098...TTY(858)456-0010...Fax(858)456-0020 Email: Web: https://www.SignWriting.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting Web Site https://www.SignWriting.org Post messages to the SignWriting List SignWriting List Archives https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The DAC Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization PO. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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