Archive for May, 2009
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Irish Deaf Kids and artist Helene Hugel are inviting families with very young deaf children to join in a series of “imaginative play” sessions. Create and the Arts Council are funding this initiative to develop creative skills with parents to support early language development in deaf children.
The sessions will take ...
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
A comment was recently left on our “My Brother John” post with an update on its progress. The childrens’ book about a boy who has a cochlear implant and a hearing aid, and uses sign language, was recently read to a group of deaf and hearing children at a Waterstones ...
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
All 1st, 2nd and transition year students from every part of Ireland, who are deaf/hard of hearing, and their parents are invited to attend a 2-day workshop at University College Cork on June 9th and 10th 2009.
With this event, UCC aims to provide information about higher education opportunities at the ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Reading is a key skill for deaf children to develop, as our world is driven by information. Think about it – your child and their peers will grow up with email, texting, computer tools, captioned TV, DVDs and online video clips.
As this website noted recently, digital tools like email, webtext, Skype, video ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
The AIB Street Performance World Championship, which brings the world’s best circus entertainers to Ireland, is in Dublin from June 18 to 21, 2009.
This free family festival will offer street performance, mime artists, dance, juggling displays, acrobats and games at Merrion Square, in Dublin 2.
Everyone will have a multi-sensory experience, with photo-opportunities, visual performances, action and ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Kiddie Care Supplies is a Carlow-based business which retails toys, art & craft supplies, books, Montessori equipment and more for children up to 6 years or older. Many items we offer are tactile or visual, with bright, vibrant colours, labels and descriptions. Children learn by association and have more fun if this ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
Two years ago, a fully subtitled YouTube video clip featured in a seminar I attended, to explain some youth issues that featured in the presentation.
YouTube videos are increasingly being used as a teaching tool, as digital tools, the Internet and whiteboards infiltrate educational practices.
The recent release of CaptionTube, a new YouTube captioning tool, ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
AHEAD, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability, is following its own advice in posting its symposium presentations online.
The Symposium for Inclusive Education on April 28, at Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, had a cross-section of attendees from Ireland and the EU.
A keynote presentation gave an overview of the Bologna Process for pan-EU ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
I love learning about organizations in Ireland that are helping people! My newest find is a centre founded by Roddy Doyle and Sean Love called Fighting Words, which promotes literacy and writing skills to people of all ages. Based near Croke Park in Dublin, they offer numerous workshops and summer ...
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
A recent conference hosted by AHEAD got me thinking about my education, and learning situations where tuition support might have helped.
By far the most challenging of my three third-level courses was the IT conversion course. These courses are well-known for their accelerated pace.
That wasn’t the problem, however. Computer-based classroom practicals ...
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