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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 website ( http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/) during June 2004. WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE: -- Portfolios for Student Growth Materials Available Online -- -- Winners Discuss ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ in New World Around You -- -- Info to Go’s Healthcare Information, Commemorative Dates Revised -- -- Science Trainings, Literacy Institute, Others Call for Participants -- -- Student-Designed Websites Offer News, Information for Teams 10, 11 -- -- Press Releases Include MSSD Honors Program, Graduation -- -- Odyssey, E-Newsletter Archives Add Search Feature -- -- Happenings Column Features Child Development Center ’s 20 Years -- -- Clerc Center Requests Feedback on Website Design, Organization -- **************************************************************** -- Portfolios for Student Growth Materials Available Online -- Portfolios for Student Growth is a student-centered, three-part, process-led approach to portfolio development used at the Clerc Center ’s Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). An overview of the Portfolios for Student Growth is available at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Priorities/PSG-overview.html. Portfolios for Student Growth, A Teacher/Staff Guide: “Everything You Need to Know” is available at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Priorities/PSG-guide.html. For information on Portfolios for Student Growth training opportunities and/or materials, or to request additional information, contact: Portfolios.Clerccenter@gallaudet.edu. -- Winners Discuss ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ in New World Around You -- The Spring 2004 World Around You, a Clerc Center magazine for deaf and hard of hearing teenagers, has been posted online. The issue includes the winning essays of the Gallaudet National Essay Contest and the art contest winners’ work; this year’s topic for both contests was “Random Acts of Kindness.” The issue can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/Spring2004/index.html or http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/index.html. In addition, photos of the winners are downloadable for publications from: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/essay2004-pics.html and more information about the winners can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/essay2004.html. -- Info to Go’s Healthcare Information, Commemorative Dates Revised -- 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 June: -- Healthcare for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients: Clinics and Special Services (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/health.html) -- Healthcare for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients Bibliography (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/healthbib.html) -- National Commemorative Dates Related to Deafness (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/228.html) -- Upcoming Conferences and Exhibits (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/conflist.html) -- Making New Friends (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/445.html) -- Metropolitan DC Area Sign Classes (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/318.html) For more information about Info to Go, visit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html. -- Science Trainings, Literacy Institute, Others Call for Participants -- Teacher training programs for SOAR-High Earth System Science and Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) that will take place this summer on the Gallaudet University campus still have spaces available and have extended registration deadlines. The registration form and more details about the SOAR-High workshop, which will take place August 2-7, can be found at: http://sci.gallaudet.edu/MSSDScience/04ESSTDannounce.html. More details about the GLOBE teacher training, which will take place July 26-30, can be found at: http://sci.gallaudet.edu/GLOBE/04poster.html. Other Clerc Center training events include on-line courses through Gallaudet’s Graduate School and Professional Programs (GSPP) on the topics of “Cochlear Implants & Children: Considerations for Implantation and Educational Planning” taught by Debra Nussbaum and Suzanne Scott, “Literacy—It All Connects Online” taught by David Schleper, and “Reflective Teaching for a Peaceable Classroom” taught by Betsy Meynardie and Patricia Ross. Contact the instructors of the on-line courses for questions or the GSPP (http://gspp.gallaudet.edu/). In addition, literacy workshops of the Clerc Center have also been combined for one week of training called the Summer Literacy Institute, designed especially for parents and caregivers, educators, and other professionals who work with deaf and hard of hearing students. The Summer Literacy Institute will take place August 2-6 and include: Literacy—It All Connects, Reading to Deaf Children: Learning from Deaf Adults, Leading from Behind: Language Experience in Action, Read It Again and Again, and more. More information can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/summer-literacy.html. Other Clerc Center training opportunities can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/training-schedule.html. For further information, e-mail: Patricia.Dabney@gallaudet.edu. -- Student-Designed Websites Offer News, Information for Teams 10, 11 -- News, useful links, and team contacts are offered for the Class of 2006 of the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). Part of an internship project, the site was designed by student Seth Gore. It can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/Team10/internship/index.html. In addition, news, student profiles, contacts, and other information is available on a student-designed site for the Class of 2005. Designed by Shawn Smith , it can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/Team11/2003-2004/index.html. Other information about the MSSD teams can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/mssd/index.html. -- Press Releases Include MSSD Honors Program, Graduation -- Press releases about an honors program that will be launched in the fall at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) and MSSD’s commencement exercises for the Class of 2004 are among those now available online. They can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/PR/MSSD-honors.html and http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/PR/MSSDgrad.html. Other press releases, news, and event information can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/index-news.html. -- Odyssey, E-Newsletter Archives Add Search Feature -- A search feature has been added to the web pages of Odyssey, a Clerc Center magazine about deaf education, and the Clerc Center ’s E-Newsletter, a monthly highlight of what’s new or updated on the Clerc Center website. Odyssey, with archives back to Winter 2000, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Odyssey/index.html, and the E-Newsletter, with archives back to July 2001, can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/E-news/index.html. -- Happenings Column Features Child Development Center ’s 20 Years -- A regular feature of On the Green (http://pr.gallaudet.edu/otg), a publication for Gallaudet University faculty and staff, the Clerc Center Happenings column posted in June discusses the 20 years the Child Development Center has provided a welcoming, nurturing, educational environment for hundreds of children and their families. The column can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/CDC6-29.html. It is also accessible (along with the Happenings archives) from: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/index.html. -- Clerc Center Requests Feedback on Website Design, Organization -- The Clerc Center is contemplating a redesign and reorganization of the Clerc Center website and is looking for constructive feedback. If you would like to help make the Clerc Center site better, please send your responses to the questions below to Kenneth.Kurlychek@gallaudet.edu. Please limit your feedback only to pages under http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu. The Clerc Center will try to incorporate as many suggestions as time, talent, and resources allow. Thank you very much for your time and input!
**************************************************************** Information about this E-Newsletter: You are receiving this e-mail because we received a subscription or information request via our website. 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 website 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 website. It is distributed monthly. All information contained in this E-Newsletter is Copyright © 2004 by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. **************************************************************** |
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