Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Blog Post #6 - Children's Story Help/Introduction
For the short blog this week, I want to make it simple so you all can focus on your stories.
All I want now is for ONE group member to comment with the following information:
1. Who is in your group
2. The name/working title of your story
3. The moral of your story
You also need to have two sentences from your story in your post with the following instructions:
1. Have the sentences in English
2. Have them translated into ASL using the correct structure and format used in your translation assignments.
Feel free to post any questions/concerns for me or your fellow classmates here as well. If you are in need of video equipment, my groups always used the Flip Cameras from the library on campus - easy to rent and use.
You will be required to turn in a rough draft on Thursday in English AND ASL.
All I want now is for ONE group member to comment with the following information:
1. Who is in your group
2. The name/working title of your story
3. The moral of your story
You also need to have two sentences from your story in your post with the following instructions:
1. Have the sentences in English
2. Have them translated into ASL using the correct structure and format used in your translation assignments.
Feel free to post any questions/concerns for me or your fellow classmates here as well. If you are in need of video equipment, my groups always used the Flip Cameras from the library on campus - easy to rent and use.
You will be required to turn in a rough draft on Thursday in English AND ASL.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Blog Post #4 - A Few Minutes in the Life of an ASL Interpreter
NOTE - Some of the videos in this series contain offensive language. We do not condone the use of this language in class, and this is an extension of the classroom. We hope you can look past this aspect because these videos are good for discussion.
The following video is made to show difficulties with interpreters in education situations through a humorous fashion. It's purpose is to entertain and inform.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqv84ywBSE&feature=player_embedded
What did you think? While the video is funny, and it's meant to be, the uploader and creator is an ASL Interpreter who based the videos off of her experiences. She just adds her commentary to the overall concept.
Post your comments below.
The following video is made to show difficulties with interpreters in education situations through a humorous fashion. It's purpose is to entertain and inform.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqv84ywBSE&feature=player_embedded
What did you think? While the video is funny, and it's meant to be, the uploader and creator is an ASL Interpreter who based the videos off of her experiences. She just adds her commentary to the overall concept.
Post your comments below.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Need Help?
Post any questions here in preparation for your exam.
Classmates, please help others by answering if you know. Refer to the text or where you can find help in the daily log.
Utilize your daily log - that's why I type it every class. I will also do best to chime in if needed.
Don't stress, ask questions, and good luck.
Classmates, please help others by answering if you know. Refer to the text or where you can find help in the daily log.
Utilize your daily log - that's why I type it every class. I will also do best to chime in if needed.
Don't stress, ask questions, and good luck.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Blog Post #3 - The Fight for Deaf Rights
Like any minority group, a constant struggle for rights and equality is a driving force in the culture and for some groups is the only thing that brings the spotlight into the public eye. Deaf Culture has essentially been through a hidden and tumultuous history - how many of you were taught the struggles of the Deaf Community in school?
Through our history classes, we are told of people who changed the world, through revolution, technology, and other methods. Many of your learned about the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (hopefully all of you are aware of that name, actually). But, as with other people in history, a sense of "heroification" has been applied to Bell and his life. What is heroification? Well, we all learned about his invention and his mark on history. But did any of your textbooks contain this information? Click this link and read.
http://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/deaflife/bell_nad.html
Throughout this course we will further discuss political issues in the Deaf community and how quiet their outbursts and protests have seemed to the rest of the world. However, there was one moment in time where the world took notice.
Click this link, and read everything you can about the Deaf President Now! movement.
http://www.gallaudet.edu/x42164.xml
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and assume none of you had heard the information presented here today - maybe a little at most. So, what's your take on all of it? Why don't we learn about is stuff in school? Give me some reasons why we should, or if you think there isn't room or it lacks overall importance, voice your opinion.
If you have a point to make (you should), back it up. Provide a link to a fact or an article or something that supports your claims. It's one thing to give an opinion, but it's another thing to back and support it.
Through our history classes, we are told of people who changed the world, through revolution, technology, and other methods. Many of your learned about the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell (hopefully all of you are aware of that name, actually). But, as with other people in history, a sense of "heroification" has been applied to Bell and his life. What is heroification? Well, we all learned about his invention and his mark on history. But did any of your textbooks contain this information? Click this link and read.
http://www.pbs.org/weta/throughdeafeyes/deaflife/bell_nad.html
Throughout this course we will further discuss political issues in the Deaf community and how quiet their outbursts and protests have seemed to the rest of the world. However, there was one moment in time where the world took notice.
Click this link, and read everything you can about the Deaf President Now! movement.
http://www.gallaudet.edu/x42164.xml
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and assume none of you had heard the information presented here today - maybe a little at most. So, what's your take on all of it? Why don't we learn about is stuff in school? Give me some reasons why we should, or if you think there isn't room or it lacks overall importance, voice your opinion.
If you have a point to make (you should), back it up. Provide a link to a fact or an article or something that supports your claims. It's one thing to give an opinion, but it's another thing to back and support it.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Blog Post #2 - Technology advances us, but can leave some behind...
Today we discussed the controversy of Cochlear Implants in the Deaf community. It is hard for hearing people (myself included) to not see the benefits of having a CI and see them as the "correct" method or as a "cure" for deafness. However, I think we can all agree everyone sees things differently, and through talking a little bit about why many Deaf people are so opposed to this procedure, I hope you can at the very least see both sides.
Now, I want you to delve a little deeper. First, go to http://www.cochlearwar.com/introduction.html and explore this website. Read everything you can on it, it should take about ten minutes or so. This is a website made by Deaf people who want to spread the truth about this debate and how Deaf people really feel. I would say they are pro-choice on the matter, but definitely against, as they would say, the "forced implantation of children".
Then, please go to http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp and explore this page. This is from the NIDCD, a government organization tied to the National Institute of Health. It presents a medical look at CI's and, without being ultimately biased, is a pro-CI site because it tells you only the benefits of the procedure.
So, what do I want you to talk about here? Tell me what you learned from in class and from these sites, and answer these questions.
1. Do you think the CI should be implanted on children as young as 12 months? Would you change the age, and if so, what to?
2. If you had a deaf child, would you want a CI? How would you approach language and communication with your child?
3. What can be done to spread awareness about this issue (not biased, simply information? Can you do so without taking a side?)
I'll go first.
1. The research does suggest implantation is more successful at a younger age. There are no guarantees, but I do believe in the right for parents to decide what is best for their child. I would not change the age, but what I would do is advocate for doctors to be required by law to inform their patients about Deaf Culture, ASL, and other related aspects so parents can make the best decision possible. So many families have kids with CIs and they have no idea about ASL or Deaf Culture - that is equally unfair.
2. I would implant my child. That may sound odd because I am an advocate for ASL and cultural awareness, but it would be best for my child with me as a hearing person. HOWEVER, I would at that point commit to teaching my child ASL and English. Being bilingual is always a good thing, and it is likely that my child would not have perfect hearing with the implant. It is more likely that ASL would be the best form of communication, the most effective for my child, and I would make sure that was the primary form he/she would use. That would involve me learning ASL - more than I know now, learning to become fluent in the language. I think this is not too much to ask of a parent in this situation, but many don't even know of that as an option.
3. Awareness and education needs to be advocated for in the medical community. I think we can bring unbiased information to this field and others, and everyone can benefit from it. However, I can see how people would try to find any bias in what info was presented, so it would be a challenge.
Now, I want you to delve a little deeper. First, go to http://www.cochlearwar.com/introduction.html and explore this website. Read everything you can on it, it should take about ten minutes or so. This is a website made by Deaf people who want to spread the truth about this debate and how Deaf people really feel. I would say they are pro-choice on the matter, but definitely against, as they would say, the "forced implantation of children".
Then, please go to http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp and explore this page. This is from the NIDCD, a government organization tied to the National Institute of Health. It presents a medical look at CI's and, without being ultimately biased, is a pro-CI site because it tells you only the benefits of the procedure.
So, what do I want you to talk about here? Tell me what you learned from in class and from these sites, and answer these questions.
1. Do you think the CI should be implanted on children as young as 12 months? Would you change the age, and if so, what to?
2. If you had a deaf child, would you want a CI? How would you approach language and communication with your child?
3. What can be done to spread awareness about this issue (not biased, simply information? Can you do so without taking a side?)
I'll go first.
1. The research does suggest implantation is more successful at a younger age. There are no guarantees, but I do believe in the right for parents to decide what is best for their child. I would not change the age, but what I would do is advocate for doctors to be required by law to inform their patients about Deaf Culture, ASL, and other related aspects so parents can make the best decision possible. So many families have kids with CIs and they have no idea about ASL or Deaf Culture - that is equally unfair.
2. I would implant my child. That may sound odd because I am an advocate for ASL and cultural awareness, but it would be best for my child with me as a hearing person. HOWEVER, I would at that point commit to teaching my child ASL and English. Being bilingual is always a good thing, and it is likely that my child would not have perfect hearing with the implant. It is more likely that ASL would be the best form of communication, the most effective for my child, and I would make sure that was the primary form he/she would use. That would involve me learning ASL - more than I know now, learning to become fluent in the language. I think this is not too much to ask of a parent in this situation, but many don't even know of that as an option.
3. Awareness and education needs to be advocated for in the medical community. I think we can bring unbiased information to this field and others, and everyone can benefit from it. However, I can see how people would try to find any bias in what info was presented, so it would be a challenge.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Blog Post #1 - Lip-Reading and all its misconceptions
HEY - Check your email. You have your first translation assignment due Monday! Any questions - email me at jmuskovi@css.edu.
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Alright ASL sisters and brothers, we are at the end of our first week (four weeks) of ASL. Overwhelmed still? Try and relax. But before you get down on Friday, and look forward to the weekend, we need to discuss a key misconception of Deafness and Deaf Culture.
Watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKaGwch0U
I'm sure most of you caught the Rebecca Black references, and yes, this video is funny and ridiculous, but it's also arguably a valid look at how inaccurate lip-reading can be, and usually is. Watch the lips, hear the words. Do you think it fits and works, or is this just a way to further the amount of hatred towards "Friday"? That's one point to discuss.
Read this article.
http://www.hearingaidknow.com/2009/01/18/are-people-comfortable-with-lip-reading/
This is an argument for the merits of lip-reading. What are your thoughts on this?
So, do you think lipreading is an effective method of communication for Deaf people? Be honest people. There is no right or wrong answer at this point. You have been barely exposed to Deaf Culture and its tumultuous history, so your knowledge is expected to be based on being a hearing person. When I was where you were, I remember how I felt about lip-reading. I certainly feel different now.
A few rules for this blog - be respectful of everyone. We are all entitled to our own opinions and we all come from different backgrounds. Throughout the course, you will learn a lot about Deafness and Deaf Culture, and a whole lot more.
Remember - one post due Saturday at midnight, the follow-up due prior to class Tuesday. Please make your posts have some length - come with something to say, not just "I liked the video" or "I agree with so and so". These discussions will be valuable if you give us something to talk about. I will also be adding things and trying to steer discussion if necessary.
ADDITION - Do you think it is fair for hearing people to expect Deaf people to be able to read lips in daily life? Understand when watching the video that the words being lip-read match up perfectly to what you see, but is nowhere close to the lyrics of the song.
"Only 30 percent of all spoken sounds are visible on the lips. (No wonder lip-reading is a challenge!)"
http://www.deafunderstanding.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11
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Alright ASL sisters and brothers, we are at the end of our first week (four weeks) of ASL. Overwhelmed still? Try and relax. But before you get down on Friday, and look forward to the weekend, we need to discuss a key misconception of Deafness and Deaf Culture.
Watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKaGwch0U
I'm sure most of you caught the Rebecca Black references, and yes, this video is funny and ridiculous, but it's also arguably a valid look at how inaccurate lip-reading can be, and usually is. Watch the lips, hear the words. Do you think it fits and works, or is this just a way to further the amount of hatred towards "Friday"? That's one point to discuss.
Read this article.
http://www.hearingaidknow.com/2009/01/18/are-people-comfortable-with-lip-reading/
This is an argument for the merits of lip-reading. What are your thoughts on this?
So, do you think lipreading is an effective method of communication for Deaf people? Be honest people. There is no right or wrong answer at this point. You have been barely exposed to Deaf Culture and its tumultuous history, so your knowledge is expected to be based on being a hearing person. When I was where you were, I remember how I felt about lip-reading. I certainly feel different now.
A few rules for this blog - be respectful of everyone. We are all entitled to our own opinions and we all come from different backgrounds. Throughout the course, you will learn a lot about Deafness and Deaf Culture, and a whole lot more.
Remember - one post due Saturday at midnight, the follow-up due prior to class Tuesday. Please make your posts have some length - come with something to say, not just "I liked the video" or "I agree with so and so". These discussions will be valuable if you give us something to talk about. I will also be adding things and trying to steer discussion if necessary.
ADDITION - Do you think it is fair for hearing people to expect Deaf people to be able to read lips in daily life? Understand when watching the video that the words being lip-read match up perfectly to what you see, but is nowhere close to the lyrics of the song.
"Only 30 percent of all spoken sounds are visible on the lips. (No wonder lip-reading is a challenge!)"
http://www.deafunderstanding.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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