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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 during September 2004. WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE: -- ‘Listening’ Module of Cochlear Implants E-Document Offered -- -- MSSD 2004-2005 Student-Parent Handbook Added Online -- -- New Items Added to Training and Professional Development Schedule -- -- 2005 National Essay, Art Contests for Teenagers Announced -- -- Performing Arts Program at MSSD Page Revised -- -- Keys to English Print E-Document Now Available in PDFs -- -- Info to Go’s State Resources, Conference Listings Updated -- -- Happenings Includes Magazine’s Bullying Articles, Literacy Institute -- -- Search Webpage Made More Inclusive with Addition of Google -- -- Deaf Teen America Site Shares Details about 2005 Pageant -- **************************************************************** -- ‘Listening’ Module of Cochlear Implants E-Document Offered -- A new module, “Training the Ear to Listen,” of the KidsWorld Deaf Net E-Document, Cochlear Implants: Navigating a Forest of Information…One Tree at a Time, is now online in English at: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/CI/ModuleM.html and in Spanish at: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/CI-S/ModuleM.html. The document is designed to assist parents and educators in navigating their way through the extensive “forest” of information about cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants: Navigating a Forest of Information…One Tree at a Time was written by Debra Nussbaum, the coordinator of the Clerc Center’s Cochlear Implant Education Center, and can be found at: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/CI/index.html. More information about KidsWorld Deaf Net can be found at: http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/index.html.
The 2004-2005 Student-Parent Handbook for the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) is now online. It includes information about the Clerc Center and its national mission, instructional programs, student services, athletics, family involvement, residence education, policies and procedures, and other details. The handbook can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/mssd/2004-2005-handbook/index.html. More information about MSSD can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/mssd/index.html.
The Clerc Center’s Office of Training and Professional Development (TPD) schedule has been updated online at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/training-schedule.html. TPD coordinates the training and technical assistance that the Clerc Center provides to schools and programs throughout the United States. For more information, visit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TPD/index.html.
Every year, Gallaudet University challenges deaf and hard of hearing students throughout the United States to write an essay on a specific theme and offers scholarship prizes for the winners. This year’s topic is “A Life Turning Point” and an art contest is being held in addition to the essay contest. Details about the contests can be found in a press release at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/PR/essay2004.html. The rules, entry form, and information about previous contest winners can be found on the World Around You website at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/WorldAroundYou/essay.html. Other Clerc Center news can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/index-news.html.
The MSSD Performing Arts Program web page has been revised. It includes details about upcoming events, including the Fall Showcase, the Winter Dance Concert, Spring Play 2005, and International Awareness Week. The Performing Arts Program can be found at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/AcademicTeams/CurriculumEnhancement/MSSd-performing-arts.html.
The Clerc Center’s KidsWorld Deaf Net E-Document Keys to English Print is now available in Adobe PDF. Keys to English Print (http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/KidsWorldDeafNet/e-docs/Keys/index.html) is a collection of articles about philosophies, techniques, and strategies for enabling deaf and hard of hearing children to develop literacy skills. The following articles can be read online or downloaded and printed in PDF:
Please note: To read PDF files, Acrobat Reader is needed and is available for free downloading at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.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 or updated in September: -- State Resources (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/600.html) -- Upcoming Conferences and Exhibits (http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/conflist.html) For more information about Info to Go, visit: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.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 September discussed the Odyssey (a Clerc Center magazine about deaf education) issue about bullying in schools and the Clerc Center’s Summer Literacy Institute, a week-long workshop for caregivers and educators. The columns can be viewed at: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/odyssey9-3.html and http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/Literacy9-17.html. Both columns are also accessible (along with the Happenings archives) from: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clearinghouse/Happenings/index.html.
The search web page that can be found at http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/advancedsearch.html has been improved. It now includes a Google search for the websites of both the Clerc Center and Gallaudet University. Master.com can be used for searches in specific areas of the Clerc Center website. The Gallaudet search engine is also found on this search web page.
The web page for the Mr. and Miss Deaf Teen America pageant has been
updated to include details about the seventh annual pageant that will
be hosted by the Model Secondary School for the Deaf’s Residential
Education department April 28-May 1, 2005. The web page can be found at:
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/DeafTeenAmerica/.
**************************************************************** Information about this E-Newsletter: You are receiving this 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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