SignWriting on Causes.com

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 4, 2010

Wow, Gerard...I never heard of Causes.com before -

And the SignWriting Causes page is really great - thank you for telling us about it -

http://www.causes.com/causes/15084/about?m=fc2dad8b

Val ;-)

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On May 4, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

> Hoi.,
> http://www.causes.com/causes/15084
> Thanks,
>        Gerard
> 
> On 4 May 2010 22:07, Valerie Sutton <writesignlanguage at gmail.com> wrote:
> SignWriting List
> May 4th, 2010
> 
> Many thanks, Maria, for this suggestion. There is already a SignWriting Facebook page that was not started by me...I did not post it, nor did anyone inform me about posting it (that I remember - ha!)...I actually do not know who started it...smile...but of course I am grateful to all those who did, and to all those who have written so much about SignWriting on that Facebook page - quite amazing!
> 
> I am not sure whether I should join or not (smile)...what is the protocol for such a thing? smile....maybe they will welcome me, I don't know...smile...
> 
> I do not want to start another SignWriting Facebook page, because that could be confusing to the public...so I will write to some of the people involved to find out how they feel about this...
> 
> Meanwhile they took an article from Wikipedia about SignWriting, and there are some inaccuracies in that article, but I do not know who to talk to about it...
> 
> So just go to Facebook and search for SignWriting and start joining and posting ...that might help a lot...
> 
> Meanwhile...
> 
> I already have a Facebook page for Valerie Sutton... for at least a year if not longer...but guess what? There are over 99 Valerie Suttons on Facebook!...I never realized how many people are named Valerie Sutton, but there are a lot of them...So if you try to find me it might be hard...grin...
> 
> So Maria - do you have a Facebook page? I will look now....smile...
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
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> 
> 
> On May 4, 2010, at 11:53 AM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking the other day, that maybe you could start a SignWriting
> > Group on Facebook - people could post things in sw as pictures, discuss
> > etc - and at least we could put a face to the people who use signwriting,
> > it might help to give the feeling of community.
> > maria
> >
> >
> >> SignWriting List
> >> May 3, 2010
> >>
> >> Here is a photo taken in Jamaica showing how they beamed Skype onto a
> >> projector screen displayed on the wall...That is me, presenting ;-) and I
> >> never left my office - so amazing ....this kind of presentation can be
> >> done more for SignWriting...we might even be able to have group meetings
> >> using Skype, presenting to each other, all by computer - in small
> >> groups...
> >>
> >> I am trying to think through how we could develop better tech support for
> >> all SignWriting users...and to develop more of a feeling of community
> >> too...bringing SignWriting users closer together, and giving a meeting
> >> place online...There is also new software called "GoToMeeting"...have any
> >> of you used that before? if you have any ideas, please share with us here
> >> on the SignWriting List ... how would you like to use this new technology
> >> to help you and your students and friends with SignWriting?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 1, 2010, at 8:08 AM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> >>
> >>> SignWriting List
> >>> May 1, 2010
> >>>
> >>> Hello Everyone!
> >>>
> >>> Regarding this DanceWriting presentation on Skype, to a dance conference
> >>> in Jamaica yesterday...
> >>>
> >>> It went very well. It is an amazing experience to use Skype in this
> >>> way...to present a 45 minute workshop to a room full of dancers in
> >>> Jamaica, while I am sitting in my office in San Diego, California! The
> >>> world of technology has brought us all so much closer - it is really a
> >>> miracle, I think, to have these opportunities on Skype...
> >>
> >
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