<div>Yes, in Brazil here in Porto Alegre, there is Concordia Lutheran School for the Deaf. In Florianopolis, there is a new graduate school level program in linguistics using Sign Writing everywhere. I wish it had been highlighted at the TESLR conference, but that will have to wait for the next time.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles<BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">There are pages and pages of reports from Belgium on the web:<BR><BR>http://www.signwriting.org/belgium/<BR><BR>Take a look at this wonderful Power Point demonstration from the <BR>Kasterlinden School:<BR><BR>http://www.signwriting.org/belgium/kasterlinden12.html<BR><BR>You can download the presentation in its entirety...<BR><BR>Plus don't forget the schools using SignWriting in Brazil...<BR><BR>and there is a half-hour TV program on kids in Germany
using <BR>SignWriting that is wonderful...<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>--------<BR><BR><BR>On Jan 6, 2007, at 6:43 PM, K.J. Boal wrote:<BR><BR>> Thanks... I don't know if I can afford it yet... do you have any <BR>> reports from Kasterlinden School or any of the other schools about <BR>> the benefits of SW?<BR>> KJ<BR>><BR>><BR>>> From: "Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa" <SHANE.GILCHRIST.OHEORPA@GMAIL.COM><BR>>> Reply-To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Schools using SignWriting<BR>>> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:55:41 +0000<BR>>><BR>>> if you can afford, try Belgium<BR>>><BR>>> Kasterlinden School do use SW in and out - its really brilliant - it<BR>>> converted me to the Good News of SignWriting ;-)<BR>>><BR>>> I know other deaf schools in Belgium have started to use SW thanks to<BR>>> Thierry and Kristof.<BR>>><BR>>>
Shane<BR>>><BR>>> On 06/01/07, Cherie Wren <CWTERP@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>>>> Georgia School fo rthe Deaf will be starting to teach it this <BR>>>> coming Friday... with a small pilot group of elementary <BR>>>> students. By the time you are travelling we should have some <BR>>>> things to show you, I hope.<BR>>>><BR>>>> ----- Original Message ----<BR>>>> From: K.J. Boal <KJOANNE403@HOTMAIL.COM><BR>>>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>>>> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2007 9:28:11 PM<BR>>>> Subject: [sw-l] Schools using SignWriting<BR>>>><BR>>>> Hi List members (particularly in the US and Canada),<BR>>>><BR>>>> I'm about to start trying to advocate using SW in Deaf education <BR>>>> here in<BR>>>> Alberta, and I'm wondering if I could visit some North American <BR>>>> schools that<BR>>>> are already using
it. I'd like to see how it's being used, what <BR>>>> educational<BR>>>> advantages have been noticed, things like that. I'm planning to be<BR>>>> traveling in late March/early April, so I'd like to visit schools <BR>>>> around<BR>>>> then too. Anyone interested?<BR>>>><BR>>>> Thanks,<BR>>>> Kelly Jo Boal<BR>>>><BR>>>> _________________________________________________________________<BR>>>> Your opinion matters. Please tell us what you think and be <BR>>>> entered into a<BR>>>> draw for a grand prize of $500 or one of 20 $50 cash prizes.<BR>>>> http://www.youthographyinsiders.com/R.aspx?a=116<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> __________________________________________________<BR>>>> Do You Yahoo!?<BR>>>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
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