Daniel Greene

Category: Education

  • How to role shift using your body, not your feet

    How to role shift using your body, not your feet

    This video is geared toward ASL students (or students of any signed language, I imagine) who might be making the mistake of thinking they have to move their feet when role shifting, a way to reenact dialogue between two characters in storytelling. I demonstrate how you can role shift by twisting your whole body, using your legs and bending your knees slightly while keeping your feet planted on the ground.

    Disclaimer and acknowledgment

    I am a non-native hearing signer, and I would not have made this video if I could find a video of a native Deaf ASL signer demonstrating how to role shift without stepping from side to side. One can assume from watching videos of Deaf signers role shifting that they are not moving their feet (e.g. ASL THAT), and curricula such as Dawn Sign Press’ Signing Naturally tell students not to move their feet, but students cannot see feet of the Deaf language models. I encourage everyone to watch Deaf people role shifting and see how smoothly they do it– especially if you get the chance to see them from head to toe!

  • I’m now a trained professional cuddler!

    I’m now a trained professional cuddler!

    I’ve been learning about cuddling ever since I started feeling touch-deprived while quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic. I joined a website for people who love to cuddle (see my profile on CuddleComfort.com) and learned a lot from participating in forum discussions and corresponding with other members. Finally, after being vaccinated I began cuddling people I met through the site!

    Next I completed a professional training program and earned my Cuddlist Trained certificate. You can now book a cuddle with me via my profile on Cuddlist.com!

    I highly recommend the training. It’s all about boundaries, consent, and creating a safe space for therapeutic touch. If you are interested in becoming a professional cuddler, you can save 10% on the training by using my discount code DANIELG (must enter in ALL CAPS).

  • Song written by teacher transitioning to distance learning because of coronavirus

    @makeshift.macaroni

    #ukulele #uke #originalsong #teachersoftiktok #tiktokteacher #smallgestures

    ♬ original sound – makeshift.macaroni

  • Video I made of ASL sign vocabulary re: coronavirus (COVID-19)

    I made this video for my ASL students, as we are only together online now, and I decided to share it publicly in case others may benefit from it.

    Because I began learning ASL at age 21 rather than at birth, I like to point my students to Deaf language models. Here are two videos of Deaf people signing about COVID-19:

    There are many more videos out there! Please learn what you can to prevent the spread and talk about it in whichever language you choose.

  • Tried literally cutting and pasting

    Printed and cut sections of my long syllabus, taped together

    I was having such a hard time ordering the sections of my syllabus on the computer because I just couldn’t see the whole picture. I decided to do something I’ve never done before— print the document, use scissors to cut the sheets of paper into sections according to headings, move the sections around as seemed logical, and tape them together. I then took these sheets of paper back to the computer and cut and pasted the screen text into the order of the printed text. Even ordering the sections physically was agonizing for this indecisive perfectionist, but at least seeing them in real life I was able to see them all at once and organize them. Cutting and pasting on the computer was even more busy work, but at least I had a reference to help keep everything in line. Would I do it again? Probably.