"Teaching the language that makes one happy” — a good, short read! I will use it as an ASL teacher.https://t.co/VRCil6noXP via @academia
— Daniel Greene (@danielgreene) January 6, 2016
Category: Education
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Updated my Presenter Bio
I spent some time updating my presenter bio this morning, and I am pretty pleased with it.
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Teaching ASL-to-English & Vocal Technique Workshop in Fargo-Moorhead
I’m happy to be here in Fargo-Moorhead teaching an ASL-to-English interpreting & vocal technique workshop today.
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Taking ASL is like taking dance, language, communication, & anthropology
I put this diagram together on Popplet to impress upon my students how many skills it takes to learn ASL– and how many skills they can develop by learning it. Like dance, ASL involves coordination, movement, and space; like any language (foreign, world, modern, spoken), ASL involves grammar and vocabulary; like communication, ASL involves conversation and structure; like anthropology, ASL involves culture and diversity.
There are also several connections that are shared by ASL and at least two other disciplines (I colored these magenta): like communication and dance, an ASL course involves structure, articulation, memorization, rehearsal, partner work, and audience; like language and communication, an ASL course involves conversation; like anthropology and dance, an ASL course involves culture.
So much goes into learning ASL, and so much can come out of it! I hope that this diagram and these words will help give students a greater respect for the complexity in store for them as they embark upon learning ASL.
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My review of the Targus Presentation Remote I use for workshops
I just realized I never actually posted this review here on my blog! This video has been reviewed about 35,500 times in the three years since I posted it, I have used it to teach many of my workshops, and I still feel the same way about this remote as I did when I first reviewed it. It’s a great little tool of my trade, and I highly recommend it.
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