[Sw-l] SignWriting Symposium 2015: 12 Presentations

Wed Jul 22 16:10:24 UTC 2015

Ooops! I made a typo in my comment! I meant to say that in this context the
use of Signed German need not undermind the acquisition of DGS (German Sign
Language)!

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com>
wrote:

> THANK YOU, Stefan! This was a wonderful presentation and I think the best
> you have ever done!! People can see how wonderful the DELEGS Editor
> software is for Deaf students!! THANK YOU!
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <erhoffma at OBERLIN.EDU>
> wrote:
>
> Again, enjoying watching from home!
> Just chiming in to say that I've had the pleasure to see in person
> Stefan's students working with this program and was very impressed with how
> effective it is.
> One nice thing is that Stefan not only asks them to use the program to
> compare DGS and German, but also to compare DGS with Signed German. In this
> way, even if students use Signed German as a bridge for understanding
> German grammar, they can also clearly see how DGS grammar differs from
> Signed German.
> Thus, the use of Signed German in this context need not undermine
> students' acquisition of Signed German. :)
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <
> erhoffma at oberlin.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Valerie! It's not so much that I want to develop an efficient or
>> QWERTY keyboard, just that I was curious whether Yair started from one of
>> those principles. :)
>> Like you, I've used differently arranged keyboards in different countries
>> and I imagine it's mostly a matter of developing habits that make typing
>> efficient.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Stefan Woehrmann <
>> stefanwoehrmann at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi - I'm enjoying the presentation from home. I'm not sure how to ask
>>> questions live..;-(((
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to get a demonstration on how long it takes to
>>> write a sentence with this keypoard without using a dictionary in the
>>> background?
>>>
>>> Can you write the sentence in ASL   "SignWriting is a wonderful
>>> invention."
>>>
>>> All best Stefan
>>>
>>> 2015-07-21 17:32 GMT+02:00 Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <erhoffma at oberlin.edu
>>> >:
>>>
>>>> Hi all! I'm enjoying the presentation from home. I'm not sure how to
>>>> ask questions live (and I remember the difficulties caused last year when
>>>> too many people tried to participate at once), so I thought I'd post
>>>> questions here, to be answered later at people's convenience.
>>>> So, Yair, this is really great. A quick question: in setting up the
>>>> keyboard, how did you decide where to place different elements on the split
>>>> board? I'm interested in the physical skill/habits involved in typing.
>>>> Given that this is a different type of writing system, I'm wondering what
>>>> research you might have done to come up with a layout that might be
>>>> physically efficient, or perhaps intuitive for those accustomed to using a
>>>> qwerty keyboard, or whether there were other kinds of considerations.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> SignWriting List
>>>>> June 30, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>> <SignWriting_Symposium_2015_Logo_2.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> *SignWriting Symposium 2015*
>>>>>
>>>>> 12 presentations from 8 countries:
>>>>> Brazil, Canada, Germany, Nicaragua, Portugual, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,
>>>>> USA
>>>>>
>>>>> Broadcasting 3 presentations a day, for 4 days.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Day 1: *July 21
>>>>> *Session 1: *CANADA: Yair Rand
>>>>> *Session 2: *SAUDI ARABIA: Mohamed AbuShaira & Abd elraroof Mahfooz
>>>>> *Session 3: *USA: Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Day 2: *July 22
>>>>> *Session 1:* GERMANY: Stefan Woehrmann
>>>>> *Session 2:* CANADA: André Lemyre
>>>>> *Session 3: *BRAZIL: Marcos Kluber Kogut
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Day 3: *July 23
>>>>> *Session 1:* PORTUGAL: Rafaela Cota de Silva
>>>>> *Session 2: *BRAZIL: Ronnie Fagundes de Brito, Messias Ramos Costa,
>>>>> Milton Shintaku, Sandra Patricia Nascimento
>>>>> *Session 3: *USA: Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Day 4: *July 24
>>>>> *Session 1:* NICARAGUA & USA: James Shepard-Kegl
>>>>> *Session 2: *GERMANY: Paul Rutrecht, Joachim Nitschke, Janina Lentfohr
>>>>> *Session 3: *TUNISIA: Mohamed Ali Khenissi & Yosra Bouzid
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ———————————————————————————
>>>>>
>>>>> *Time Zones of Sessions:*
>>>>>
>>>>> Broadcasting 3 presentations a day, for 4 days.
>>>>>
>>>>> *PDT - Pacific Daylight Time* (La Jolla is in San Diego County,
>>>>> California)
>>>>> *Session 1:  8:00 - 9:00*
>>>>>     Break: 9:00 - 9:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  9:30 -10:30*
>>>>>     Break: 10:30 - 11:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 11:00 -12:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *CST - Central Standard Time *(Nicaragua is 1 hour ahead of San Diego)
>>>>> *Session 1:  9:00 - 10:00*
>>>>>     Break: 10:00 - 10:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  10:30 -11:30*
>>>>>     Break: 11:30 - 12:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 12:00 -13:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *CDT - Central Daylight Time* (Iowa is 2 hours ahead of San Diego))
>>>>> *Session 1: 10:00 - 11:00*
>>>>>     Break: 11:00 -11:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  11:30 -12:30*
>>>>>     Break: 12:30 - 13:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 13:00 -14:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *EDT - Eastern Daylight Time* (Maine, Canada, Quebec are 3 hours
>>>>> ahead of San Diego))
>>>>> *Session 1:  11:00 - 12:00*
>>>>>     Break: 12:00 - 12:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  12:30 -13:30*
>>>>>     Break: 13:30 - 14:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 14:00 -15:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *BRT - Brazilia Time* ( Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 4
>>>>> hours ahead of San Diego)
>>>>> *Session 1:  12:00 - 13:00*
>>>>>     Break: 13:00 - 13:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  13:30 -14:30*
>>>>>     Break: 14:30 - 15:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 15:00 -16:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *WEST - Western European Summer Time* (Portugal & Tunisia are 8 hours
>>>>> ahead of San Diego)
>>>>> *Session 1:  16:00 - 17:00*
>>>>>     Break: 17:00 - 17:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  17:30 -18:30*
>>>>>     Break: 18:30 - 19:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 19:00 -20:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *CEST - Central European Summer Time* (Germany is 9 hours ahead of
>>>>> San Diego)
>>>>> *Session 1:  17:00 - 18:00*
>>>>>     Break: 18:00 - 18:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  18:30 -19:30*
>>>>>     Break: 19:30 - 20:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 20:00 -21:00*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *AST - Arabia Standard Time* (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is 10 hours ahead
>>>>> of San Diego)
>>>>> *Session 1:  18:00 - 19:00*
>>>>>     Break: 19:00 - 19:30
>>>>> *Session 2:  19:30 -20:30*
>>>>>     Break: 20:30 - 21:00
>>>>> *Session 3: 21:00 -22:00*
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION
>>>>>
>>>>> Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator sutton at signwriting.org
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
>>>> Associate Professor and Chair
>>>> Oberlin College
>>>>  ________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION
>>>>
>>>> Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator sutton at signwriting.org
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> think positive - think steps - think future
>>>  ________________________________________________
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
>> Associate Professor and Chair
>> Oberlin College
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Oberlin College
>  ________________________________________________
>
> SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION
>
> Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator sutton at signwriting.org
>
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>
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>
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>
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Associate Professor and Chair
Oberlin College

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