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This is the E-Newsletter of Gallaudet University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, which works for the education of deaf and hard of hearing students throughout the United States.

In this issue you will find what was new, updated, or highlighted on the Clerc Center Web site (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/) during October 2002.

WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE:

-- ‘Deaf People Doin’ Everything…’ Among Fall World Around You Stories --

-- KDES, MSSD’s Academics, TecEds Discussed at Board Meeting --

-- Deaf Way Art, Alumna Banks’s TV Role Described in Happenings --

-- Cochlear Implant Education Center Site Revised, Meningitis Info Added --

-- Performing Arts Program, Admissions FAQs Updated for KDES, MSSD --

-- Clerc Center Connection Newsletter Now Available Online --

-- TecEds Clearinghouse Tops 200 Technology Evaluations --

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-- ‘Deaf People Doin’ Everything…’ Among Fall World Around You Stories --

The fall 2002 issue of World Around You, a magazine for deaf and hard of hearing teenagers, includes the stories “Dream Jobs!”; “Deaf People Doin’ Everything… All the Time Everywhere”; “Not Giving Up! The Story of a Deaf Businessman”; “Living with Hearing Loss—An Exciting Life”; an interview with Dr. Glenn Anderson, who teaches at the University of Arkansas; and others. The issue can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/Fall-2002/index.html or http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/index.html.

The latest World Around You also includes details about the 2003 National Essay Contest. The theme for this year’s contest is “heroes.” Details can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/essay2003.html.

-- KDES, MSSD’s Academics, TecEds Discussed at Board Meeting --

Characteristics and academic achievement at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), an update on the Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students (TecEds) project, and MSSD student portfolios were among the presentations to the Gallaudet Board of Trustees’ Committee on National Deaf Education in October. These presentations can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Priorities/bot.html.

-- Deaf Way Art, Alumna Banks’s TV Role Described in Happenings --

A regular feature of On the Green (http://pr.gallaudet.edu/otg), a publication for Gallaudet University faculty and staff, one Clerc Center Happenings column posted in October includes an article on Michelle Banks, an alumna of Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, getting a pioneering television role. Banks plays Delores in “Soul Food,” the first black television show to accept a black deaf actress. The other column posted in October describes how art from Deaf Way II found a home at the Clerc Center.

The columns can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/banks.html and http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/deafway.html. The columns are also accessible (along with the archives) from the Clerc Center Happenings Web site: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/index.html.

-- Cochlear Implant Education Center Site Revised, Meningitis Info Added --

The Web pages of the Clerc Center’s Cochlear Implant Education Center (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/CIEC/index.html) have been revised. “Cochlear Implants and Meningitis: Issues for Consideration,” comments about the FDA’s announcement about the possible association between implants and meningitis, has been added to the site. It can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/CIEC/meningitis9-021.html.

-- Performing Arts Program, Admissions FAQs Updated for KDES, MSSD --

Among the Web pages updated for Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) are:

- MSSD Performing Arts Program (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/CurriculumEnhancement/MSSD-performing-arts.html)

- MSSD Library Recommends Career Books (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Literacy/MSSDLRC/CAREERSsept2002B.pdf)

- KDES Admissions Information (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Admissions/kdesfaq.html)

- MSSD Admissions Information (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Admissions/mssdfaq.html)

In addition, the domain http://www.mssd.info has been activated as an easy-to-remember address for MSSD info. (It forwards to http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/mssd/.)

-- Clerc Center Connection Newsletter Now Available Online --

The Office of Training and Professional Development publishes a monthly newsletter, the Clerc Center Connection. The August 2002 issue includes articles on new faces at the Clerc Center, Accreditation for Growth, the National Outreach, Research, and Evaluation Network, cool Web sites, and others. It can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/2002-08/index.html. The October 2002 issue includes articles about a ceremony of remembrance, student growth objectives, the Cochlear Implant Education Center, and others. It can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/2002-10/index.html. These issues and previous ones can also be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/index.html. 

-- TecEds Clearinghouse Tops 200 Technology Evaluations --

TecEds Reviews, a clearinghouse for sharing technology evaluation information among parents, educational programs and agencies concerned with the educational needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals, has topped 200 reviews. TecEds Reviews can be found at: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/stg/index.html and searched by title, publisher, platform, grade level, subject area, or content taught through http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/stg/stgsearch.asp.

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