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From June 19-July 9, 88 parents, professionals, and educators of deaf and hard of hearing individuals studied at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center’s Summer Institute. This special summer program provided three consecutive weeks of unique week-long workshops and trainings with nationally recognized trainers, authors, and educators. The Summer Institute included five workshops and trainings, including: TecEds Digital Storytelling Camp, led by Rosemary Stifter and Julie Longson, with assistance from William Humm; See the Sound: Visual Phonics, led by Bettie Waddy-Smith and Vanessa Wilson; GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment), led by Mary Ellsworth, David Snyder, and Kamilla Jakubowyc; Spoken Language and Sign: Optimizing Learning for Children with Cochlear Implants, led by Debra Nussbaum, Susanne Scott, and Genie Chisholm; and LEGO® Robotics Teacher Training, led by Mark Tao and David Snyder.
Among the most high-tech of offerings, the LEGO® Robotics training showed participants how to build and program working LEGO® robots. Teachers learned how to introduce their students to the growing world of robotics and were also instructed on how to help their students enter their robots in the annual Botball tournament. The Spoken Language and Sign workshop immersed participants in methods for developing spoken language skills in students with cochlear implants based on a framework provided by Mary Koch, auditory education consultant and author of Bringing Sound to Life. Trainers and participants alike were pleased with the Summer Institute. Regarding her TecEds Digital Storytelling Camp, trainer and Clerc Center instructional technology specialist Stifter shared that “the participants were very motivated,” adding that “their final projects were proof of how much they learned and now much time and effort they put into them.” The participants had positive experiences. “I have learned so much for the short time we were here. It was a great experience!” said a student from the LEGO® Robotics Teacher Training workshops. Another participant, who attended three of the five workshops, commented that all three were “wonderful workshops…all very valuable.” Summer Institute 2007 will be held June 25-29 and July 9-20. For information and updates, please visit the Clerc Center website in October or contact Patricia Dabney at Patricia.Dabney@gallaudet.edu.
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