 Conference
Presentations
2007
Technology in Bilingual ASL/English Classroom
Gabrielle
Jones and Rosemary Stifter
June 26, 2007 — Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf Conference,
Reno, NV
and
June 15, 2007 — English Think Tank,
Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
2006
Technology in Bilingual ASL/English Classroom
Gabrielle
Jones and Rosemary Stifter
July 6, 2006 — National Educational Computing Conference,
San Diego, CA
Dealing with Minors and
Internet Access
Cary Barbin
PowerPoint
Presentation  | PDF
format 
June 26, 2006 — Student Life Institute, Gallaudet University,
Washington, DC
2005
Technology in the ASL/English
Bilingual Classroom
Gabrielle Jones and Rosemary Stifter
PowerPoint
Presentation | PDF
format |
Resources
June 28, 2005 — An International Symposium on
Instructional Technology and Education of the Deaf, National Technical
Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, NY
2003
Instructional Technology and
Education of the Deaf – An International Symposium
June 23-27, 2003 – National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester,
NY
Seven teachers and staff from the Clerc Center presented at this technology
conference.
TecEds Project Provides Online Databases and Training Materials for
Integrating Technology (a poster session) Phil Mackall
Summary: The TecEds project has developed
three online resources that can be used by teachers, staff, parents
and others involved in the education of deaf and hard of hearing students,
birth through high school. The resources related to the integration
of technology into the educational process and include: a software
review database (TecEds
Reviews), an activities database (TecEds Activities),
and a library
of training materials. These resources are free. The two databases
encourage users to enter software evaluations and technology activities
so that the databases can grow and continue to be a valuable resource. As
TecEds trainers provide more training, the materials used are added
to the online library.
Paper Submitted to Conference: (Poster-TecEds
Project Provides Online Support.rtf)
Brochure
Mainstream Educational Software (It’s Effective With Deaf Children,
Too!)
Rosemary Stifter and Nancy Topolosky
Summary: During the summer 2002 at the Laurent Clerc National
Deaf Education Center, we conducted a software evaluation workshop
in which teachers and staff evaluated mainstream educational software
and
its application to their grade level and/or content area. What they
discovered was software that was able to meet their instructional needs
and contained many, if not all, of the following characteristics; i.e.,
it was visual, interactive, engaging, motivating, challenging, intuitive,
structured, and included an assessment feature. Although the software
was not designed to be completely accessible to deaf students, it proved
to hold the deaf students’ interest over time, to challenge their abilities,
and be fun.
Paper Submitted to Conference: (effective_software
rev3.rtf)
Technology and Literacy
Susan Schatz, Francisca Rangel,
Layce Reed
Summary: A team of teachers tackled the tough job of teaching
multiple-meaning words by using technology. The teachers used a collaborative
and integrated approach that allowed students to create interactive stories
using presentation software and digital video.
2002
The Successful (and Painless) Way to Integrate Technology Into the
Classroom (Draft)
Phil Mackall, Deaf Way II, July 8-13, 2002
http://www.deafway.org/
The TecEds project was established
to train teachers to provide visually rich learning environments for
deaf students by integrating technology in the instructional process.
This presentation highlights the project’s online resources available
to teachers around the world.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
Minnesota Statewide Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference
Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge, Deerwood,
MN.
Sponsored by:
Minnesota Department of Children,
Families & Learning
Minnesota Resource Center: Deaf/Hard
of Hearing
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division/MN
Department of Human Services
Integrating Literacy and Technology: Digital Video Dictionary Projects
Rosemary Stifter
This presentation demonstrates the use of digital video in Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations for instruction. Emphasis is on how these projects
aid in making the connection between ASL and English.
PowerPoint
Presentation
| Digital Dictionary
| Handout
Keynote Presentation: Sign! Read! Write!: Literacy IS Our Business
Janet Weinstock
This presentation covered literacy, emphasizing that by working together,
parents and educators can help young deaf children to soar—when
they are young. Theories and strategies on how to bridge ASL and English
at home and at school were also shared.
PowerPoint
Presentation
2001
June 25-29, 2001 National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester,
NY
Eight teachers and staff from the Clerc Center presented at this technology
conference.
Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students: A Teacher Training
Initiative
Phil Mackall
Summary: The TecEds project
was established to fill the gap between existing technology in the classroom
and teacher/staff knowledge of how to use that technology effectively.
Formal training was offered locally and online resources (activities
database, software database, Web resource libraries, discussion forums)
were made available locally and to the nation.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
| NTID Web
site entry
Impact of SMART Boards on Learning and Instruction
Rosemary Stifter
Summary: This presentation shared information on how the SMART
board has had an impact on the improved use and integration of technology
in the classrooms at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
by creating a vivid visual environment for teaching, presenting, training,
and interactive group learning.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
| NTID Web
site entry
Assessing Technology Intervention: Results from the TecEds Project
Kathy Pongor
Summary: This presentation depicts the results of the TecEds
Project and technology intervention for Clerc Center teachers and staff.
Formal results of pre-intervention and post-intervention self-evaluations
were examined and discussed, as well as anecdotal results from participants
was provided.
NTID Web site
entry
Integrating Technology into Literacy: Digital Video Dictionary
Rosemary Stifter in collaboration with Ruth Reed and Francisca
Rangel
Summary: The digital video dictionary is a perfect example
of how technology can create a bridge between ASL and English to improve
literacy skills. We will demonstrate the significance of the class dictionary
of signs, words, sentences, pictures created in Microsoft PowerPoint
entirely by a class of team 3-4-5 students.
PowerPoint
Presentation
| PDF format
| NTID Web
site entry
What's Worthwhile on the Web
Ken Kurlychek
Summary: This poster session highlighted the wealth of useful
information for parents and teachers of deaf and hard of hearing children
available in the gallaudet.edu World Wide Web domain. The primary focus
was on pages that offer information, guidance and resources.
http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/Ken/NTID/
| NTID Web site
entry
Strategies for Assessing the Impact of Technology in the Online
and Distance Learning Teaching/Learning Process
Mary Ellsworth in collaboration with Theresa Huckleberry, Indiana
School for the Deaf
Summary: Documentation studies were conducted for Project SOAR-High,
an online teacher and student distance learning collaboration, in which
participants share online science curriculum as well as collaboration
strategies in a one-year online science course. The first study focuses
on professional development aspects of the project, and the second on
student learning.
NTID Web site
entry
What's Worthwhile on the Web
Ken Kurlychek in collaboration with Lori Steed; Cal-Ed/IMPACT
Yearly conference, March 9-11, 2001
Riverside, CA
Summary: This presentation assessed the wealth of useful information
on the World Wide Web for parents and teachers of deaf and hard of hearing
children. The primary focus was on sites that offer information, guidance
and resources for parents. In addition, sites that have distinct educational
value, and are for use by children themselves were also be covered. The
entire presentation is also a Web site and can be found at:
http://clerccenter2.gallaudet.edu/Ken/Impact/
Technological Applications in the Education of for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Children and Youth
Rosemary Stifter; Virtual Reality Education for Assisted Learning
(VREAL) Conference, January 11 and 12, 2001
Orlando, FL
Summary: This PowerPoint presentation is an overview of the state
of art in the of
technological applications in the education of elementary aged deaf and
hard
of hearing children. The VREAL Project will investigate the potential
application of
virtual reality in teaching concepts and language to elementary aged deaf
and hard of hearing children. The Project is being conducted by Veridian
Engineering from Orlando,Fla., and the University of South Florida through
funding received from a US Dept. of Education grant.
PowerPoint
Presentation
| PDF
format
2000
Locating, Evaluating and Sharing Educational Web Sites
Phil Mackall, Technology in Deaf Education (TIDE), June 22-24,
2000
American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, CT.
Summary: There are millions of Web sites out there: some good;
some not so good; some bad. This presentation answered three questions:
- How do I find the Web site I want?
- How do I know if the ones I find are any good?
- Is there a place to share my findings and to review recommendations
from other teachers of deaf children?
It shared resources for answering these questions that are available
generally on the Web and also specific helpful pages on the Clerc
Center Web site
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
Software Evaluation for Deaf Students
Kathy Pongor, Technology in Deaf Education (TIDE), June 22-24,
2000
American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, CT.
and
Captioned Media Project Workshop, July 12-15, 2000
Montana School for the Deaf, Great Falls, MT
Summary: Most of the software sold today contains a significant
amount of audio information. This renders them almost useless to many
Deaf and hard of hearing students. This presentation explained how to
evaluate software for use with this population.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
Software to Go
Ken Kurlychek, Technology in Deaf Education (TIDE), June 22-24,
2000
American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, CT.
and
Captioned Media Project Workshop, July 12-15, 2000
Montana School for the Deaf, Great Falls, MT
Summary: Software to Go evolved from a lending library that published
a printed guide to software reviewed with Deaf children in mind to a Web-based
online database. This presentation introduced attendees to the site and
briefly explained how to use it.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
1999
PCNMP Technology Resources to Encourage Teacher Literacy
Phil Mackall, Setting Sights on the 21st Century, New England
Educators of the Deaf Conference, October 15-16, 1999
Haverhill, MA
Summary: This presentation reviews the resources on the PCNMP Web
page that would be helpful to teachers and others working with deaf and
hard of hearing students.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
The Clerc Center Technology Resources to Encourage Teacher Literacy
Phil Mackall, Achieving Global Community Through Literacy, CAID
59th Biennial Meeting, July 14-18, 1999
Los Angeles, CA
Summary: We must have literate teachers if we hope to produce literate
students. The Office of Information Systems and Computer Support in Laurent
Clerc National Deaf Education Center, with the help of other Pre-College
teachers and staff, has created a number of Internet-accessible databases,
resource libraries and discussion forums that will help teachers maintain
their level of literacy. The databases and resource libraries provide
a place to search for software and Web sites that support classroom instruction
and other areas related to deafness and education, such as multicultural
or deaf issues. Participants are encouraged to suggest additions to these
databases and libraries. The discussion forums will focus on national
mission initiatives implemented by Pre-College (literacy, family involvement,
and transition). They provide a place for asynchronous questions, answers
and sharing. This presentation will demonstrate the current capabilities
and solicit audience response for modification and future development.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
text of the PowerPoint
presentation
1998
The Internet: Its Impact on Deaf Education and Legal
and Moral Issues in Computer Usage
Phil Mackall, Arkansas School Workshops May 5-7, 1998, Little Rock
AR
Summary: The Internet is having a major impact on the education
of deaf and hard of hearing students. It is also having an impact on the
way deaf and hard of hearing adults are communicating with each other
and the world. This presentation covered:
- Sharing some of these changes using off-line technology
- Demonstrating, through a direct connection to the Web, several of
the new tools available
- Walking through a few examples of combining online technology with
off-line technology to enhance education
PowerPoint Presentation
Legal and Moral Issues in Computer Usage
Summary: Along with the increased access to technology, come some
issues related to the legal and moral use of computer technology with
students. This presentation raises some of these issues.
PowerPoint Presentation
Bookmarks for Arkansas Presentation
Summary: Handout - List of Web sites
MSWord Document
1997
The Internet: Its Impact on Deaf Education
CAID/CEASD 1997 Convention, Hosted by the American School for the Deaf; Sheraton
Hartford, Hartford, CT; June 28-July 3 1997
Summary: The Internet is having a major impact on the education
of deaf and hard of hearing students. It is also having an impact on the
way deaf and hard of hearing adults are communicating with each other
and the world. This session covered:
- share some of these changes using off-line technology;
- demonstrate, through a direct connection to the World Wide Web, several
of the new tools available; and
- walk through a few examples of combining online technology with off
line technology to enhance education
Legal and Moral Issues in Computer Usage PowerPoint presentation
|
Computers Provide Increased Equality PowerPoint Presentation
Please note: if your browser is set to start up the full PowerPoint program,
the slides in this presentation must be advanced by the down and up arrow
keys. If you do not have PowerPoint on your computer you can download
a free copy of the viewer. After installing the viewer plug-in and
opening this PowerPoint presentation in your browser, you must click your
mouse anywhere on the screen to move to the next slide.
1996
Computers and Deafness
Phil Mackall, Colorado Satellite Teleconference, January 23, 1996
Colorado Springs, CO
Summary: This presentation was broadcast to 17 sites throughout
the state of Colorado. It covered the topics of: staff training, communication,
classroom instruction, and data management.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
Handout
(This is the MS Word Script used with the PowerPoint Presentation)
The CD Hit Parade
This is a handout for the teleconference containing a list of good CD
ROMs identified by Jinny Townsend, former Librarian at KDES.
List of Interesting Web Sites
This is a handout for the teleconference containing a list of relevant
and interesting Web sites
Kid Technology: Deaf Kids Moving into the 21st Century
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday September 26, 27, 28, 1996
Kansas School for the Deaf,
450 E. Park St. Olathe, KS 66061
Phil Mackall presented "Computers
- A Powerful Tool in the Education of Deaf Students". This presentation
discussed how computer technology has changed the educational process
for hearing students and how it should also be changing the the educational
process for deaf and hard of hearing students as well. Phil presented
details on some of these changes and highlighted the breakdown of the
traditional communication barrier that has isolated our students from
the mainstream.
Symposium on the Use of Technology in Deaf Education
Louisville Kentucky March 1-2, 1996
Phil Mackall spoke on The Impact of Computer Technology on Deaf Education.
Mary Ellsworth, MSSD Science teacher, presented,
ESS: Using Satellite Data and Internet/WWW Technologies in the Science
Classroom
On January 23, 1996, Phil traveled to Colorado for a teleconference
presented by the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. The presentation,
Computers in the Classroom was broadcast to about 20
sites in Colorado. On the three days after the broadcast, Phil went to
three different sites in Colorado for follow-up mini workshops.
The presentation discusses and demonstrate ways that computers are changing
instruction for deaf children. Topics include:
- Changes in communication that facilitate deaf and hearing students
sharing information
- The World Wide Web as a source of information gathering and sharing
- Multimedia presentations
The follow-up workshops were hands-on experiences using the World Wide
Web and CD-ROMs.
1995
Legal and Moral Issues in Computer Usage
Phil Mackall American School for the Deaf LEA Conference, January
31, 1995
West Hartford, CT
Summary: Along with the increased access to technology, come some
issues related to the legal and moral use of computer technology with
students. This presentation raises some of these issues.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
Computers Provide Increased Equality - Computer Technology provides
a medium for deaf individuals to communicate on an equal basis
Phil Mackall Keynote Address at the American School for the
Deaf LEA Conference, January 31, 1995
West Hartford, CT
Summary: Computer technology is providing a text based interface
that allows deaf individuals to communicate with hearing individuals on
an equal basis. It also provides easy access to a wealth of information.
The technology, especially Web access, is changing the way teachers provide
teach.
PowerPoint Presentation
| PDF format
If you have any questions or comments for Phil you can call him at 202/651-5398
(v/t) or send an e-mail Cary.Barbin@gallaudet.edu
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