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From:  Stefan Woehrmann
Date:  Tue Oct 3, 2000  2:14 pm
Subject:  Play with SW 4.3

Hi Nancy,

You wrote: "I learn when I play, and I don't play much with Dos:)

Thank you for this great idea ! That helped me to remember an experience
that is so important to me that I would like to share it with you.

As you already know - my son Johannes is a skilled SW 4.3 user. I wonder how
he manages to know which key and what key -combination will lead to the
specific sign he has in mind. Sometimes we exchange our "Eselsbr�cken"
"funny associations that support to keep in mind or to remember" You can ask
your students as well - it�s funny everybody has his own associations for
the places of the different signs on the keyboard.
We never typed SW with the print-out of the keyboard next to us. From the
very beginning we tried to find the signs with very few strikes (and
errors) -

Johannes developed a special method of keyboard- training which should
support the children all over the world to acquire a cognitive map of all
the possibilities that are offered.

Hi Valerie - perhaps you are interested to post some of these in a special
folder children`s art with SW 4.3.??

The idea is to create pictures - (remember our discussion about drawing and
writing SW - ha )
Johannes suggests that children should create their own pictures or should
try to copy some of his products.
Just as it is with real artists every picture has a special title.

Playing around this way you will wonder how it will support you to construct
"serious " SW-symbols in case you are looking for a tiny stroke, point,
curve etc. When I was doing my facial expressions it was Johannes who taught
me to switch to alphabet-modus - in order to find the tiniest element. (Do
you know what I�m talking about ???)

Attached are some of his wonderfull SW-M�nnikens -- as he calls his people!!






----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Cole
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: SW helps to express students thoughts


> Oh, that is a wonderful idea with the characters! Richard and I think
after
> we write down a lesson on the board then the kids could come up with the
> signs on their own. We almost do this, but we thought maybe we would
extend
> it. I think the kids would do alot more if we had the computer program.
But
> right now we have a new boss, and so I'm back to square one. This is
getting
> so fustrating! Anyways, I kind of wish we had the program in windows
> instead of dos. If there is a program in windows I hope I find out
quickly!
> I still have alot to learn working with Dos. I learn when I play, and I
> don't play much with Dos:) SOOOOOOO you had Deaf Awareness at your
school?
> That's great! We had it at our school too, and we are still making our
time
> line. We are trying to put up alot of SW pictures, but I only own half
the
> room ha! You know about the other half:) I'm trying to get my kids to go
to
> your school. Will try to arrange it for at the end of October. We would
> visit your class, and hope the kids and my kids share their SW stuff and
then
> we would go onward to Santa Fe and stay at NMSD. Hope it's okay and can
be
> arranged. Still working on getting up there for just myself, and not an
easy
> task!
>
> Smile
> Nancy
>

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  Replies Author Date
4008 Messages with attached files should be short.... Valerie Sutton Tue  10/3/2000
4009 Re: Play with SW 4.3 Valerie Sutton Tue  10/3/2000
4016 SignWriting Databases Valerie Sutton Fri  10/13/2000
4018 Re: SignWriting Databases Valerie Sutton Fri  10/13/2000

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