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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 February 2003. WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE: -- Jobs, Deaf/Hard of Hearing People Discussed in World Around You -- -- Information on National High School Academic Bowl Posted Online -- -- Cochlear Implant Conference Proceedings Offered in Sharing Ideas -- -- TecEds Add ‘Integrating Technology Into the Classroom’ Training Page -- -- Info to Go, MSSD Students Involved in JASON Project in Happenings -- -- Schedule for Clerc Center’s Training, Technical Assistance Updated -- -- MSSD Technology Tour Given to Board of Trustee Members -- -- Web Sites of Schools for Deaf Students, Others Updated in Info to Go -- ****************************************************************
The Winter 2002-2003 issue of World Around You, a Clerc Center magazine for deaf and hard of hearing teenagers, has been posted online. It includes articles about jobs and deaf and hard of hearing people, such as “Deaf People at Work,” “Summer Jobs,” “Cool Job,” and “Internship: Exploring a Career.” A teacher’s guide is also available. World Around You can be read online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/Winter2002-2003/index.html or http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/index.html.
Information for the 7th Annual National High School Academic Bowl, Mid-Atlantic Regional Competition, for deaf and hard of hearing students is available online. The site includes the schedule, details about the participating teams and committee members and volunteers, and additional information for participants. It can be found online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/academicbowl/start.html.
The proceedings from the conference "Cochlear Implants and Sign
Language: Putting It All Together (Identifying Effective Practices for
Educational Settings)" are now available through the Sharing Ideas
series. The April conference, which was hosted by the Clerc Center’s
Cochlear Implant Education Center, included presentations, program sharing,
and discussion groups. It can be viewed online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
Information—including the course description, schedules, prerequisites,
locations, and outcomes—about “Integrating Technology Into
the Classroom” training has been posted online. The course, provided
by the Clerc Center’s Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students
(TecEds) project, will take place in the summer of 2003. More information
about the course can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TecEds/
A regular feature of On the Green (http://pr.gallaudet.edu/otg), a publication for Gallaudet University faculty and staff, the Clerc Center Happenings columns posted in February include articles on Info to Go, the Clerc Center’s informational resource for parents and professionals, and Model Secondary School for the Deaf students participating in the JASON Project XIV: From Shore to Sea study via Internet2. The columns can be viewed at:
The schedule for the Clerc Center’s training and technical assistance for schools and programs throughout the United States has been updated online. Offered by the Office of Training and Professional Development (TPD), the training includes: Families Count!, Literacy—It All Connects, Shared Reading Project: Keys to Success, Portfolios, and others. It can be viewed online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/training-schedule.html. More information about TPD can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/index.html.
At the February Board of Trustees meeting, team 10 of the Model Secondary
School for the Deaf (MSSD) provided a hands-on demonstration of how technology
is being integrated into classroom instruction at the Clerc Center. Details
of this demonstration can be found online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Priorities/
Info to Go is a centralized source of up-to-date and objective information about topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss for the age group 0-21. The following Info to Go Web pages were updated in February: -- Elementary, Middle and High Schools for Deaf Students in the United States That Have Web Sites (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/schools-usa.html) -- Upcoming Conferences and Exhibits (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/conflist.html) -- Locating Parent Groups (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/117.html) -- About Info to Go (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo/about.html) For more information about Info to Go, visit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html.
Information about this E-Newsletter: You are receiving this e-mail because we received a subscription or information request via our Web site. However, if you are not interested in receiving this free E-Newsletter or feel you have received this message in error, please e-mail enews.clerccenter@gallaudet.edu with "UNSUBSCRIBE to E-Newsletter" in the subject or body of the message. You can also contact Ken Kurlychek about the E-Newsletter via e-mail: kenneth.kurlychek@gallaudet.edu. Love this E-Newsletter? Tell your friends and coworkers! Send them to this Web site to SUBSCRIBE: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/e-news/registration.html. The E-Newsletter is intended to briefly highlight what is new or recently revised on the Clerc Center Web site. It is distributed monthly. All information contained in this E-Newsletter is Copyright © 2003 by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. **************************************************************** |
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February 2003