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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 April 2003. WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE: ****************************************************************
A new site has been developed for teachers and students interested in exploring the Deaf President Now protest and what it meant for deaf and hard of hearing people. It includes a teacher’s guide, activities, resources, and links to related information. The site, guest hosted by Dr. Katherine A. Jankowski, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/dpn/index.htm.
The Clerc Center has put together a week of workshops, called the Summer Literacy Institute, for parents, caregivers, educators, and other professionals who work with deaf and hard of hearing students. The workshops will take place July 7-11, 2003, at Gallaudet University’s Kellogg Conference Center. More information can be found online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/summer-literacy.html.
The Clerc Center’s index of news, sports, and events now includes lists of press releases and links to previous press releases. The “News, Sports, & Events” page can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/index-news.html. The press release archives can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/news-archives.html.
The February and March issues of the Clerc Center Connection, a monthly publication by the Clerc Center’s Training and Professional Development office, have been posted online. Story topics include team activities, curriculum mapping, cool Web sites, perspectives on cochlear implants, and American Sign Language information. The issues can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/2003-03/index.html and http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/2003-02/index.html. Back issues of the Clerc Center Connection can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/news/index.html.
The TecEds (Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students) project is collecting activities that integrate technology into interactions with students. With each database submission, teachers and staff who work with deaf or hard of hearing students earn an entry into a contest for a digital camera. For more information, visit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/teceds/contest/index.html. More information about the TecEds project can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/teceds/index.html.
The Clerc Center’s portion of the 2002 Gallaudet Annual Report is accessible from the “About the Clerc Center” page: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/About/index.html. The annual report describes the Clerc Center’s background, its national mission projects, the Gallaudet University Regional Centers, the characteristics of Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and other relevant data. It is available in PDF format at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/About/AR2002.pdf. (PDF files require that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html).
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 April include articles about a new KidsWorld Deaf Net online document, Cochlear Implants: Navigating a Forest of Information…One Tree at a Time, and the participation of a group of Model Secondary School for the Deaf students in a botball (“roBOT” and “BALL”) competition. The columns can be viewed at:
The Clerc Center’s Team 11 has added Web pages about its airplane simulation project and murder mystery adventure. The stories can be found at the Team 11 index page, http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/Team11/index.html. They can also be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/Team11/2002-2003/airplanes.html and http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/Team11/2002-2003/mystery.html.
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 added and updated in April: -- History-related Web Pages (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/history-info.html) -- Making New Friends (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/445.html) -- Upcoming Conferences and Exhibits (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/conflist.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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