<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I agree 100%! detailed diagnostic feedback to each student would be over and above what is required. Perhaps at most a general "grade" and a short "focus on how you draw the handshapes" type feedback. But detailed feedback without any more lessons teaches a lot less, I feel, than the other way around. Just my feeling...<br><br>cherie<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Stefan Wöhrmann <stefanwoehrmann@GEBAERDENSCHRIFT.DE><br>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:42:47 AM<br>Subject: AW: [sw-l] Handwriting Course New Schedule ;-)<br><br><div>Hello Valerie and Handwriting course participants
- <br><br>I apology in advance if anybody feels uncomfortable with my message - just<br>my idea about how to handle and what to expect ... <br><br>Valerie - you know that I am a teacher of a group of 9 - 10 deaf students. I<br>had to smile when I saw coming more and more students to your classroom - it<br>happened at our class all the time - that during the brakes between two<br>lessons - deaf students from other classes of the school drop in to ask this<br>and that, to look at our materials, to have a small talk -- <br><br>There is no way to give a detailed feedback on the homework of every student<br>- no the chance at all. What I do is - I try to understand a general<br>problem, kind of typical misunderstanding, ... or mistake that happens again<br>and again - <br><br>Now I try to teach this aspect. First of all it seem to me more important to<br>give them a chance to see the solutions as it is thought by the teacher. So<br>writing the sentence at the blackboard or with
computer and shown with the<br>beamer would be a good method to allow anybody to reflect his own outcome<br>with what I would expect. <br><br>Only very few students miss the point to see the difference between what<br>they have performed and what they should do differently. <br><br>Looking all the different pages you got I would feel overwhelmed and<br>confused if I should comment on every homework, if I should propose a<br>different variation ... no that would tear me apart - and time goes by - and<br>students are waiting for me to teach the second lesson .... <br><br>So what do you think about my suggestion - just to accept that many people<br>show interest - in this case too many in order to run the course in a way at<br>it has peen set up in before - (Next time it would make sense to set a limit<br>- like you do in any class or workshop depending on the need of personal<br>feedback) <br><br><br>2) What if the participants accept that they will learn during
coming<br>lessons - just as you point out with this wondeful chart of 4 columns<br>(printing, handwriting printing .... ) and that there first homework is just<br>kind of contribution - and if there signs involved which are difficult to<br>read - well lateron this will / should be no problem. Compared with so many<br>misspellings in the SignPuddle dictionaries ist should be no problem to<br>accept these first writing attemps as what they are : first attempts - smile<br><br><br><br>3) If you happen to find a typical or critical "misunderstanding" you may<br>want to focus on this during a following teaching sequence but there is no<br>need to change your "curriculum". <br><br><br>4) What if you could just give a short statement about the different sign-<br>names. You know - names are important to people and if they develop a habit<br>- a routine how to spell and how to "design" their namesign it will become<br>pretty much difficult to change that after some time. <br><br>But
since all of us are interesting in Handwriting it would be a good start<br>for any student to know that the way he/she is writing his/her namesign is<br>well accepted from the teachers point of view - smile <br><br>This should be enough for lesson one and should allow anybody to leave the<br>classroom with a feeling of hope and acceptance in order to begin with the<br>homework for lesson two - writing columns of his sign name or writing a list<br>of the sign names of all participants or .... well you are the teacher -<br>smile. <br><br>I am looking forward to see more of your own Handwriting! (especially<br>Handwriting Priting SW) To compare your way of writing the arrows, the<br>circles, the handshapes,..with my own exercises so far is most interesting<br>to me. <br><br>So please think about this and if possible think about your coming procedure<br>a second time. <br><br>Feedback to this posting is most welcome! <br><br>Stefan
;-) <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<br>Von: owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>[mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton<br>Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Januar 2007 10:39<br>An: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>Betreff: [sw-l] Handwriting Course New Schedule ;-)<br><br>SignWriting List<br>January 16, 2007<br><br>Dear Handwriting Course Participants!<br><br>We now have 18 people who have submitted their homework, with several <br>more promising to send theirs. Just creating the web pages for each <br>student is a job for me, besides so many private messages being sent <br>to me daily...It is quite overwhelming for me to handle so much, plus <br>my other duties required of me. We have our Annual Board meeting on <br>January 27, and I am still doing the Treasurer's Report and Year-End <br>Report for
that meeting.<br><br>It is wonderful to think that so many people are interested in the <br>Handwriting course. I didn't realize there would be so many!<br><br>Since this is a free course, the teacher has the right to cut the <br>schedule in half...and I do not have much choice, since I too have <br>been ill in bed with a sinus infection the past few days...<br><br>So no matter what, I will create a web page for each student, and <br>give you all feedback on what you have written so far...<br><br>There will, most likely, not be another assignment after I give you <br>feedback on this one...<br><br>What does feedback mean? it means I am going to read each sign and <br>discuss how to read it, with all 18 to 20 students...on the SW List, <br>so you all can learn as I go...<br><br>and I then hope that you all will continue to work together to write <br>together -<br><br>So that is the ew
plan!<br><br>So feedback will start with Student number 1 in the next day or so....<br><br>Val ;-)<br><br><br><br></div></div><br></div></div><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com </body></html>