<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3016"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3018">Catalina (and all). Here is a very quick adaptation of Mexican Sign Language (at least what appears on the SignPuddle) being alphabetized by handshape. I've been working for some time with the Sign-Symbol-Sequence and this starts just with the handshapes and something like this does help teach handshapes and an order to them. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3058"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3018"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3059"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3018"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3060"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3061" class="signature">Charles Butler chazzer3332000@yahoo.com 240-764-5748 Clear writing moves business forward.</div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3065" style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 24px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3064" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3063" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3062" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3066" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Catalina De la Rocha <ktalina.delarocha@GMAIL.COM><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 11, 2015 4:11 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Conducting Academic Research: Gamification for Signed Languages<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3136" class="y_msg_container"><br>Charles, That quote is gold! :) I guess it reflects the richness of Sign Language. <br><br>Valerie, Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing games. <br>The cards by Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod and the Association SignÉcriture in French-Switzerland <br>are actually very similar to an idea that I came up with. <br><br>Before finding out about SignWriting I also had the insight that all the positions of the hands <br>were used across different Sign languages and that perhaps there was a way to use them as <br>characters to mix and match and create words. Similar to a game of Scrabble, where the same <br>chips can be used in different countries, but because the context is different, the interpretation <br>is different.<br><br>Yesterday night I had the idea of creating a deck of cards with just one or two hands printed <br>on one side. One card at a time the players will take turns to guess the movement, position <br>and expressions that are missing and finally guess the word. <br>Then technology part comes in when players can use a tablet to scan these cards to see an <br>image/animation/video of the correct word . <br><br>I'm curious to know what would happen if the same deck of cards is played by signers from <br>different parts of the world. Would all of them come up with different words that use the same <br>handshape? Would it be an engaging activity for everyone? <br><br>Something that I'm aiming for in the creation of this game is to allow the players to build their <br>own libraries of words. I'm imagining a scenario where a deaf child wants to teach his cousins <br>the MSL words related to soccer. He could go take the cards and a tablet to his cousin's house <br>and create the libraries of words and the play to see if they learned. <br>He could share his library with the community and other signers from the country could use it <br>and review it. <br><br>These are just some ideas I had and I wanted to share them with you. <br>Thank you!<br><br>________________________________________________<br><br><br>SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br><br>Valerie Sutton<br>SignWriting List moderator<br><a ymailto="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br><br>Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br><a ymailto="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu" href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a><br><br>SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<br><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3143" href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" target="_blank">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a><br><br>Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<br><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439328262623_3144" href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" target="_blank">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a><br><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>
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