Schools using SignWriting

[K.J. Boal]

Thanks James,

Do you have any information on how well the SW program is working in 
Nicaragua?  Are the deaf students there learning life skills better than in 
North America because of SW literacy?  What kind of feedback do you have?

Kelly Jo


>From: "James Shepard-Kegl, Esq." <kegl at MAINE.RR.COM>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Schools using SignWriting
>Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:52:11 -0500
>
>Kelly,
>
>While the schools here do not use SW, I can show you what we have been 
>using
>in Nicaragua -- as all our material is produced here in Portland, Maine.
>
>-- James
>
>on 1/5/07 9:28 PM, K.J. Boal at kjoanne403 at HOTMAIL.COM wrote:
>
> > Hi List members (particularly in the US and Canada),
> >
> > I'm about to start trying to advocate using SW in Deaf education here in
> > Alberta, and I'm wondering if I could visit some North American schools 
>that
> > are already using it.  I'd like to see how it's being used, what 
>educational
> > advantages have been noticed, things like that.  I'm planning to be
> > traveling in late March/early April, so I'd like to visit schools around
> > then too.  Anyone interested?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kelly Jo Boal
> >
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