[Sw-l] SignWriting Symposium 2015 - abstracts, bios and photos

James Shepard-Kegl kegl at MAINE.RR.COM
Sat Jun 6 20:35:41 UTC 2015 

---- Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM> wrote: 
> SignWriting List
> June 6, 2015
> 
> Dear Presenters at the SW Symposium 2015 -
> 
> Thank you for the abstracts I have already received.
> 
> I will start working on your web pages for the Symposium presentations when I receive your abstracts. Take a look at this web page to see an example of how the Symposium web pages look…
> 
> SignWriting Symposium 2014
> Presentation by Claudia Bianchini
> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0001.html <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0001.html>
> 
> As you can see, if you click on “Authors” on the above web page, it takes you to the biographies and photos of the presenters.
> 
> So, if you are a first-time presenter at the Symposium, I will need your biography and photos, as well as your Abstracts. If you presented in 2014, then I already have your bio and photos, unless you wish to update them, and if so, no problem - Just send me the updated files.
> 
> Also, if you wish to have a bi-lingual posting of your abstract and bio in your native language and also in English, you are welcome to send me the files in one language, or both, or I can arrange for the English translation…it is all good...
> 
> This is so much fun to be in touch with so many talented people -
> 
> Look forward to hearing from you - 
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> SIGNWRITING SYMPOSIUM 2015
> 
> PRESENTATION 1 
> “The Javascript-based SignWriting Keyboard for Use on Wikimedia and throughout the Web”
> 
> AUTHOR
> Yair Rand
> yyairrand at gmail.com <mailto:yyairrand at gmail.com>
> 
> LANGUAGE: English
> COUNTRY: Canada
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 2 
> “SignWriting Electronic Flashcards for Different Sign Languages”
> 
> AUTHOR
> André Lemyre
> andre-andre at hotmail.ca <mailto:andre-andre at hotmail.ca>
> 
> LANGUAGE: English & French
> COUNTRY: Quebec, Canada
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 3 
> “What three little pigs and a hungry wolf can teach us about sign language grammar”
> 
> AUTHOR
> James Shepard-Kegl
> kegl at maine.rr.com <mailto:kegl at maine.rr.com>
> 
> LANGUAGE: English
> COUNTRY: Nicaragua & USA
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 4 
> “Embracing the Future of SignWriting with TrueType Fonts, HTML 5, and Unicode 8”
> 
> AUTHOR
> Stephen E Slevinski Jr
> slevinski at signwriting.org <mailto:slevinski at signwriting.org>
> 
> LANGUAGE: English
> COUNTRY: USA
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software
> 
> 
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> 
> PRESENTATION 5 
> “The Search Possibilities of Formal SignWriting”
> 
> AUTHOR
> Stephen E Slevinski Jr
> slevinski at signwriting.org <mailto:slevinski at signwriting.org>
> 
> LANGUAGE: English
> COUNTRY: USA
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Software
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 6 
> “Signtype: Designing a SignWriting Font – Ideas and Challenges"
> 
> AUTHORS:
> Janina Lentföhr
> Joachim Nitschke
> Paul Rutrecht
> 
> AFFILIATIONS:
> Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Department Design (http://www.design.haw-hamburg.de <http://www.design.haw-hamburg.de/>)
> Delegs (http://www.delegs.de <http://www.delegs.de/>)
> 
> LANGUAGES:
> Slide Presentation and Video Presentation
> English (spoken language), Video (Sign language)
> 
> CATEGORY:
> SignWriting in Research
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 7 
> “DELEGS Editor: A Step-by-Step Video Tutorial. Learn To Create SignWriting Documents in Multiple Formats.
> 
> AUTHOR:
> Stefan Wöhrmann
> stefanwoehrmann at gebaerdenschrift.de <mailto:stefanwoehrmann at gebaerdenschrift.de>
> www.gebaerdenschrift.de <http://www.gebaerdenschrift.de/>
> www.signwriting.org/germany <http://www.signwriting.org/germany>
> www.delegs.com/DelegsPage/ <http://www.delegs.com/DelegsPage/>
> 
> Teacher of Deaf Children
> Osnabruck School for the Deaf
> Landesbildungszentrum fur Hoergeschaedigte
> August-Hoelscher-Straße 89
> 49080 Osnabruck     
> GERMANY
> 
> LANGUAGES: German, German Sign Language, with English subtitles and transcript
> 
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education
> 
> 
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> 
> PRESENTATION 8 
> “Teacher’s Attitudes About SignWriting"
> 
> AUTHORS:
> Dr. Mohamed Abu shaira
> m_abushaira at hotmail.com <mailto:m_abushaira at hotmail.com>
> Associate Professor, Special Education
> King AbdulAziz University
> P.O.Box 5758
> Jeddah 1454, SAUDI ARABIA
> 
> and
> Dr. Abd elraroof Mahfooz
> Professor, University of Jeddah
> Jeddah - SAUDI ARABIA
> 
> LANGUAGES: Arabic and English
> 
> CATEGORY: SignWriting in Education
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 9
> “Signing to write: SignWriting in classroom"
> 
> AUTHOR:
> Rafaela Cota Silva <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0022.html#author>
> Higher School of Education
> at Coimbra, Rua Dom João III
> Solum 3030-329 Coimbra, PORTUGAL
> rafasilvalgp at gmail.com <mailto:rafasilvalgp at gmail.com>
> 
> LANGUAGES:
> Portuguese, Portuguese Sign Language
> 
> CATEGORY:
> SignWriting in Education
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> PRESENTATION 10 
> “A interpretação de descrições imagéticas na leitura de um texto em SignWriting.
> (The interpretation of the imagetic descriptions while reading a text in SignWriting)"
> 
> AUTHOR:
> Marcos Kluber Kogut
> marcos_kogut at hotmail.com <mailto:marcos_kogut at hotmail.com>
> 
> AFFILIATIONS:
> Marianne Rossi Stumpf (adviser)
> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
> Centro de Comunicação e Expressão - CCE
> Bloco B - Sala 513 - Campus Universitário - Trindade
> Florianópolis/SC, CEP: 88040-900, BRAZIL
> stumpfmarianne at gmail.com <mailto:stumpfmarianne at gmail.com>
> 
> LANGUAGES:
> Portuguese, Libras (Brazilian Sign Language), International Signs (basic level)
> 
> CATEGORY:
> SignWriting in Research
> 
> 
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> 
> Still want to present your SignWriting project? There is still time…smile… write to me with your Title.
> 
> The presentations at the SignWriting Symposium 2015 will be like a continuation of the 2014 Symposium - Each presentation will have its own web page, with information about the author, and links to PowerPoints, written documents and videos.
> 
> Val ;-)
> sutton at signwriting.org <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>
> 
> Call for Papers 2015
> http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html <http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2015/Call_For_Papers.html>
> ________________________________________________
> 
> 
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> 
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> sutton at signwriting.org
> 
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