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<DIV><SPAN class=688051516-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I will
do my best! I'll try to do some research and find out where they
are.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=688051516-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Unfortunately all my deaf friends are transplants to wisconsin and come
from florida and iowa and other states (which always was fun when I was learning
sign...they all sign different!). So off the top of my head I don't know
any schools, but i'll see whant i can find out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688051516-12032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Daniel</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Valerie Sutton
[mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:12
AM<BR><B>To:</B> SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: SignWriting
Report March 11, 2003<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P>SignWriting List </P>
<P>March 12, 2003 </P><BR>
<P>On March 11, 2003, Dan Szwalkiewicz wrote: </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Valerie (& list):</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Are you aware of any signwriting classes or
schools using signwriting in wisconsin?? I would love to go see one
presented or in session.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks!</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P>Dear List Members, and Dan! </P>
<P>Funny you should ask about Wisconsin...The teachers and I were talking
about residential schools for the Deaf, and one of the teachers mentioned the
deaf school in Wisconsin...but we are not there yet...it would be a good
school to approach, however... If we can find one teacher in a school in
Wisconsin, who teaches deaf children, and who is interested in trying
SignWriting, we can work out a one-time donation of SignWriting materials for
their students...they can experiment, and then watch it spread....;-) </P><BR>
<P>So contact schools in Wisconsin, Dan, and suggest that teachers contact
me...Get the word out - Most teachers have no idea SignWriting exists, nor do
they understand that it can possibly lead to improved reading skills and
better self-esteem... </P><BR>
<P>Val ;-) </P><BR>
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<P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message----- </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>From: Valerie Sutton [mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG]
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 2:04 PM </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>To: SW-L@ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Subject: SignWriting Report March 11, 2003 </FONT></P><BR>
<P>SignWriting List </P><BR>
<P>March 11, 2003 </P><BR><BR>
<P>Dear SignWriting List Members! </P><BR>
<P>For the past week I have had four visitors from Albuquerque, New Mexico,
staying with me. Teachers Lorraine Crespin, Kate Lee, Dr. Cathy Witty and Dr.
Cecilia Flood presented SignWriting as a team effort on March 8th, 2003, to
around 25 teachers of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students, at the CAL-ED
Conference (California Educators Conference) here in San Diego. </P><BR><BR>
<P>The presentation went beautifully! The Albuquerque team brought a
PowerPoint demonstration that incorporated video clips showing young Deaf
students typing, writing by hand, and joyfully exclaiming "I can write!"... It
was wonderfully put together... </P><BR><BR>
<P>Thank you, Lorraine, Kate, Cathy and Cecilia...for your steadfast attention
to your Deaf student's needs...What is most impressive is that your Deaf
students have taken "ownership" or responsibility for their own literacy
development...the Deaf children are clearly taking charge...reading, writing,
typing and producing SignWriting and English booklets...illustrating them,
binding them...all themselves. According to their teachers, SignWriting is
playing an important role in the development of their self-esteem...
</P><BR><BR>
<P>The four SignWriting teachers from Albuquerque are now back home, teaching
their flock. They left their own unique legacy on the San Diego area, with a
newspaper interview in the San Diego Union Tribune, and a radio interview that
has been heard by several of our friends. I am told it was a long radio
interview, and that my friends were amazed - so I will call the radio station
and ask for a tape of the entire radio interview and will then transcribe that
interview into written form for the general public. I thought it was going to
be a television interview in ASL - we were a bit surprised when the radio
people came instead! But now the radio reporter is interested. She says she
will talk to the TV people about doing a visual TV program - I hope that
happens! </P><BR><BR>
<P>A fifth teacher from Los Angeles, Richard Bernard, at the Granada school,
presented at the end of the presentation. Richard is having success using
SignWriting on cards. He places the English word on one side, and the Deaf
student is asked to write the sign in SignWriting on the other side...Richard
told me that he believes that SignWriting contributed to improved test scores
for several of his students... </P><BR><BR>
<P>Meanwhile, in my daily life now, I am fulfilling orders, trying to complete
the Shopping Cart design on the web, printing literature, and by the end of
the week, I will be starting video editing in my Macintosh...One of our board
members, James Short, is a professional web designer and video editor. He is
also an expert on captioning, and has developed software for multi-lingual
captioning of videos that are on CDs or DVDs...so James will help me edit the
video we took of the presentation, and try to create a CD showing the progress
in Albuquerque...so this will be fun! </P><BR><BR>
<P>I am also eager to begin to add more signs to SignBank, and to answer some
of your important questions on the SignWriting List. I am happy to see that
you all are posting messages on the SignWriting List to each other...The more
you share different ways of writing, the better it is! </P><BR><BR>
<P>So that is my up-to-date report - I look forward to writing again as soon
as I can - </P><BR><BR>
<P>Have a wonderful day, everyone! </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Val ;-)</FONT> </P><BR><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Valerie Sutton</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>Sutton@SignWriting.org</FONT></U><U></U>
</P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>1. SignWritingSite</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>http://www.SignWriting.org</FONT></U><U></U>
</P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Read & Write Sign Languages</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>2. SignBankSite</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>http://www.SignBank.org</FONT></U><U></U> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Sign Language Dictionaries</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>3. DanceWritingSite</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>http://www.DanceWriting.org</FONT></U><U></U>
</P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Read & Write Dance</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>4. MovementWritingSite</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>http://www.MovementWriting.org</FONT></U><U></U>
</P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Read & Write Movement & Gesture</FONT>
</P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>5. The SoulSite</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><U><FONT color=#1a1aff>http://www.SoulSite.com</FONT></U><U></U> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Proceeds Donated to Deaf Literacy</FONT> </P><BR><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Center For Sutton Movement Writing</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>an educational nonprofit organization</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT color=#540000>tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020</FONT>
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