Clerc Center Tech Fair Student/Teacher Showcase

KDES Showcase

ASL Software for Families

Jennifer Furlano, ASL Specialist, will display a variety of good software programs for learning ASL.

ASL Handshape Stories

Kellie Pagano's class will share their ASL stories using the handshape "B."

ASL Workshop

Lisa Pershan's students sign about a picture from an event they experienced. Their language use is captured and then analyzed using a web cam and Movie Maker.

Solar System Game

Students in Phyllis Ballenger's class will demonstrate how to play a game with Qwizdom to test your knowledge of the solar system.

”Go, Dog. Go!” Read Aloud by the First Graders

Michelle Veit ’s first grade students have been reading the book, “Go, Dog. Go!” for several weeks.  After learning and reviewing words everyday, students were able to read the book independently.  We videotaped the students storysigning each page.  To make it even fun and to bring the book “alive” the pictures from the book were added in the videotape.

Guided Viewing

Alex Zernovoj, ASL Specialist, will show a video and support viewers while they view the tape by stopping to make teaching points, clarification, during and after the viewing. 

Listening & Literacy Centers

The goal of the Listening & Literacy Centers is to provide students with exposure to activities/programs that are designed to  facilitate listening and literacy skills.  Susanne Scott will exhibit the Centers which consist of a computer with speakers and a Card Reader. 

Boardmaker and Writing with Symbols

Boardmaker is used to create printed symbol-based communication and educational materials and Writing with Symbols is a word/picture processing program which allows you to type words with the option of having picture symbols appear with each word. Miguel will demonstrate how both software programs are used in his classroom.

We Love Idioms!

Students from Kristi Ann's class will share their favorite idioms by signing the idiom literally, then translating the idiom in ASL and use the idiom in a sentence.

Vcom3D Sign Smith Studio

Students in Nanette Virnig's class will demonstrate how to create sentences and stories in ASL with the signing avatar and Sign Smith Studio software and show their finished videos.

Silly Scanners/Mixed Up Students

This project will show a PowerPoint presentation of Kathy Pongor's students' work using scanners and inserting camera images into MSWord.

ASL Retelling: Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

This final project was to allow the students to retell a story after they’ve read a book at their instructional level. Students brainstormed their ideas then videotaped themselves retelling the story. Students had to evaluate themselves and determine if the videotaped sections in ASL were clear, accurate and coherent. Students edited and created movies from the captured pieces of work using MovieMaker Program.

Vocabulary Project:   Liang and the Magic Paintbrush, Dragon Kite

Students circled unknown words from reading the Magic Paintbrush and selected the ones they wanted to learn. Fingerspelling, Signing, Meaning and Relating the words to the story was a great way for students to practice vocabulary and make sense of the new words. Microsoft Powerpoint and Movie Maker were used to complete this project. Scanners were also used to extract pictures from the book.

Global Virtual Classroom

Students in Gabrielle Jones and Jim Barrie's second and third period English/ASL classes will demonstrate how they used a wiki to collaborate with students from two other schools as part of the Global Virtual Classroom project. Students will be collaborating LIVE with our partners in the GVC project using Skype and webcams.

Using the Internet and Smart Board to Enhance Learning

Sara Gillespie will demonstrate how to use the internet to visualize scientific concepts for learning and show her online Tour of Solar System webquest. She will also show how the Smart Board and Notebook software is used to practice identifying the planets.

Mobile Language Reference Project

Vcom3D, Inc. developed an American Sign Language (ASL) and Signed English (SE) Mobile Language Reference (or dictionary) for handheld computer and media player devices.  This dictionary includes signed animations of English terms that can be difficult for Deaf learners to master, including idioms, scientific terms, and multi-use words.  The dictionary will provide mobility and independence that leads to opportunity-based learning, in classrooms, on field trips, or while reading a book anytime, anywhere. 

ASL Resources

Carina Hed-Edington, ASL Specialist, will share some online resources for families to facilitate ASL development at home. Handouts will be provided.

EQ Movies

Come take a look at the EQ movies made by some of the students in the Social Issues classes at MSSD. Each production crew was responsible for creating a movie about the 5 areas of emotional intelligence (EQ) using the Sony Vegas software.

Fun with Math

Excellent online games and activities for reinforcing math skills.

WCN18 News

See all previous news shows created by KDES students.

WCN18 Production

Most people know that technology is important in the media today, but wonder, "How do they do it?" Here you can try your hand at using special effects (FX) that movies and news shows use. Plus, we will show the process of how WCN18 is created.

Hearing Aid Programming & CI Mapping

The field of Audiology is constantly changing in terms of technology. Educational Audiologists at the Clerc Center are taking advantage of these technological advances to assess middle ear status, hearing sensitivity as well as hearing aid, FM and cochlear implant amplification benefit.  Alice Kreisle and Venita Dzime-Assison will discuss hearing aid manufacturer’s programming software is used by the Audiologists to customize hearing aid prescriptions based on each child’s individual needs.

Kendall Living History

Kendall alumni are invited to join us this night to videotape their fondest memories of their years at Kendall School.