Picture examples of SW Symbols

Thu Mar 2 22:48:45 UTC 2006

My graphic didn't show up.  Here it is.

Once you start dragging, the illustrations are replaced with the actual 
IMWA symbol.
http://signbank.org/signpuddle/LearnIMWA

-Steve

Steve Slevinski wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Just playing around, I used the pictures that Val sent to me to create 
> a new SignText.  It's kind of fun.
> http://signbank.org/signpuddle/LearnIMWA
>
> If we can replace more of the symbols with illustrations it might be a 
> fun teaching tool.
>
> I don't think we need all of the rotations filled in, but on the group 
> list, if you click on the index finger handshape, the screen looks 
> pretty fun.
>
>
> Some of the illustrations do not have the right numbers, but this is 
> only a proof of concept.
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
> Adam Frost wrote:
>>
>> You know, that might be a great help to you and to me (and anyone 
>> else who wants to do this!) On Fridays, I will be able to sit at the 
>> computer with a webcam and take snap shots and maybe short "videos" 
>> of myself. I will take a few symbols and do what I think that they 
>> mean. Val, you can say yes or no to the pictures. I will then know if 
>> I am doing it right or not. You will have some photos (or somebody 
>> else who wants to take it up so that Val doesn't have to take more on 
>> her load) to put on the web as examples of what the symbols mean 
>> visually. And if anyone else wants to do this (or already has some) 
>> then we can get it to where us visual people have a resourse to look 
>> at all in one place. What do you say?
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>     
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     From:  /"Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>/
>>     Reply-To:  /sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu/
>>     To:  /sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu/
>>     Subject:  /Re: [sw-l] MOUTH Cheeva and Cha/
>>     Date:  /Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:23:41 -0800/
>>     >SignWriting List
>>     >March 1st, 2006
>>     >
>>     >Hello Cherie, Adam and Stefan -
>>     >I am not sure why, but for some reason, this message bounced,
>>     >Cherie,  so I am posting it for you...See below...
>>     >
>>     >of course I understand that you need photos and illustrations 
>> and      >lots of examples!
>>     >
>>     >I did teach the eyegaze several times...Maybe Stefan can help?
>>     >
>>     >Maybe Adam and Cherie can take photos of their own face doing some
>>     >of  these positions!! smile...Val ;-)
>>     >
>>     >----------------------
>>     >
>>     >Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006
>>     >From: Cherie Wren <cwterp at yahoo.com>
>>     >
>>     >ditto for eye gaze-- I cant figure those out! I aways
>>     >get them confused!
>>     >
>>     >cherie
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >--- Adam Frost <icemandeaf at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >---------------------------------
>>     >
>>     >I have looked at the web lessons; however, I am not
>>     >always clear about the English wording. It would help
>>     >me better if there were pictures of someone doing the
>>     >meaning of the symbol. I know that some are just
>>     >really hard to do. But if the basic ones have
>>     >pictures, then I would be able to figure out the
>>     >others. An example of I am talking about is the head
>>     >movement symbols with double-strem vs. single-strem
>>     >arrows in one of the SW emails I had with Stefan where
>>     >I wrote a "shaking the head no" with the single-strem
>>     >arrow. Stefan told me that I wrote an Egyptian
>>     >dancer's head movement rather than my goal for the
>>     >shaking. He told me that the double-strem arrow was
>>     >the one that I needed. Being able to envision the
>>     >difference really helped me understand the symbol.
>>     >
>>     >Adam
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >---------------------------------
>>     >
>>     >From:  "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
>>     >Reply-To:  sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>     >To:  sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>     >Subject:  Re: [sw-l] MOUTH Cheeva and Cha
>>     >Date:  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:06:53 -0800
>>     >
>>     >>SignWriting List
>>     >>March 1, 2006
>>     >>
>>     >>On Mar 1, 2006, at 3:47 PM, AdamFrost wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >>>So it the second one on row 9 sucking the bottom lip
>>     >>>
>>     >in and the
>>     >
>>     >>>third is sucking the top lip in? Or it the other
>>     >>>
>>     >way?
>>     >
>>     >>>Adam
>>     >>>
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>Upper lip over lower lip and lower lip over upper
>>     >>
>>     >lip...One has the
>>     >
>>     >>lip over the other one...see attached...
>>     >>
>>     >>Did you know that all these symbols are explained on
>>     >>
>>     >the web in
>>     >
>>     >>detail?...
>>     >>
>>     >>Go to:
>>     >>
>>     >>Lessons in SignWriting
>>     >>http://signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/lessonsweb.html
>>     >>
>>     >>Click on Chapter 10 for Facial Expressions...Every
>>     >>
>>     >symbol is listed
>>     >
>>     >>one by one...
>>     >>
>>     >>Here is the page with those symbols explained:
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >><< 150-Facial-Expressions.gif >>
>>     >
>>
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