Amazing report from Malawi!

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SignWriting List
November 15, 2009

Thank you, Carol, for this great report. I am so happy to know that  
the Deaf children, who had never seen SignWriting before, and do not  
even have email because they have only occasional contact with the  
internet, were able to use the PocketPuddle software quickly, and  
learned to start writing and reading SignWriting within in a matter of  
minutes! They took around 5 minutes to figure out how to write their  
first sign and then enjoyed developing and improving the writing  
together as a group...this is such positive feedback for us - Anytime  
you need the update to the software or other materials just tell  
me...Val ;-)

PS. List members...If you all look very very closely at the second  
photo, you can see SignPuddle on the computer screen...imagine that  
Malawi is using the PocketPuddle...it is such a miracle...

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On Nov 15, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> From: "Carol Nussbaumer" <carol at nussbaumers.net>
> Date: November 15, 2009 12:06:02 PM PST
> To: <Sutton at SignWriting.org>
> Subject: Pocket Puddle Thanks
>
> Dear Valerie,
> Thanks for the e-mail and Pocket Puddle update!  I may not get a  
> chance to
> work with it for a while but I'm glad to have it.  We had a  
> successful trip
> to Malawi --- back about 2 weeks and almost over jet lag.  I took  
> Pocket
> Puddle and SW to the deaf school; we didn't have as much time to  
> work on it
> as I had hoped, but did get it introduced.  The teacher in charge of
> computer lab has been able to install it on the school system.  Many  
> thanks
> for it and for the books you donated.  I am attaching a couple of  
> pictures
> of school for you -- one is the staff working on Sign Writing in the
> library/staff room.  The man at the end of the table is Mr. Macleod  
> Hara,
> headmaster at school and a good friend.  The other picture is  
> Standard 3
> with their copy of Goldilocks.  It took about 10 seconds for them to  
> figure
> out the sign system....!  Standard 8 (our oldest group) took around 5
> minutes to figure out how to write sign and had a blast developing  
> some
> Chitumbuka sign.  It was fun watching them go back and forth about  
> which
> piece of each sign was exactly right until all 10 of them were  
> happy!  Even
> on my tiny netbook screen it worked pretty well.  I'm hopeful that  
> this is a
> start toward getting sign in Malawi "tied down" instead of morphing  
> every
> few days.
> Thanks again,
> Carol Nussbaumer
>
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