Animations to teach signwriting

[Jonathan Duncan]

Hi Val,
     With a few small modifications SignWriter Studio should be able to 
store and display animated GIFs.  Sounds like an exciting project!! :-)
     I would be glad to update SignWriter Studio so that it have the 
animations.
Jonathan

On 1/6/2014 4:01 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> SignWriting List
> January 6, 2014
>
> Hello André!
> Thank you for this message and for the attached PowerPoint - It is 
> good to know that PowerPoint can accept animated GIFs. It looks great!
>
> I agree that animated SignWriting is valuable as an educational 
> tool...I think others agree too -
>
> Would you, or anyone else, be interested in working on a new 
> project...an Animated SignWriting Dictionary on the web?
>
> Take a look at this web page:
>
> http://www.movementwriting.org/animation/sgn-US/
>
> It is a simple page that shows the sign written in SignWriting, and to 
> the right of the sign, is the animated version of it...
>
> We could have an entire site devoted to this Animated SignWriting 
> Dictionary and Animated SignWriting Literature idea...
>
> It could be a relaxed project for fun with no deadlines or any 
> pressure at all (I do not like deadlines or pressure ;-)
>
> Just whenever the whim hits, do a few animations, and save them in a 
> file. Then we can post them in a new site...
>
> The project could be done for any sign language, and essentially be 
> like a SignPuddle Online but for animated signs -
>
> And that brings up the next question....Steve and Jonathan...could 
> SignPuddle and SignWriter Studio store animated GIFs?
>
> Val ;-)
>
> -------
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2014, at 9:50 AM, André L <andre-andre at hotmail.ca 
> <mailto:andre-andre at hotmail.ca>> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Animations might be an intuitive way to teach signwriting to deaf 
>> children.
>> It uses their knowledge of sign language.
>> The movements make the writing more intuitive, closer to their 
>> experience.
>> There are less symbols to read at once.
>> It is easy to display on a screen, a computer or on paper.
>> A teacher can write on a slide with the mouse during the class.
>> It is possible to create a power point show (does not require power 
>> point to be displayed).
>>
>> Here is an example of one animated word.  It could be a sentence, a 
>> small movie...
>>
>>
>> André Lemyre
>>
>>
>>
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