Archive for July, 2009
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Today’s digital media world can represent a double-edged sword for people with hearing issues. On one hand, digital media tools can benefit inclusive teaching by improving students’ accessibility to content in learning and training environments. Two examples would be captioning for online videos, and transcripts for podcasts with course content.
However, ...
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Monday, July 20th, 2009
Using interactive whiteboards in mainstream primary school classrooms motivates pupils by offering educational tools with a strong visual learning element. For deaf children who learn visually, whiteboards can contribute to inclusive teaching in many ways.
Interactive teaching directly at the whiteboard is possible, instead of the child missing instructions while at ...
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Over 185,000 people in Ireland have hearing issues and may use subtitling and/or sign interpretation services provided by the national broadcasters.
To this end OCS Consulting is carrying out research on behalf of the BCI (Broadcasting Commission of Ireland). They wish to better understand the deaf and hard of hearing community’s ...
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
This was inclusion at its best. World-renowned percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie, in performance with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The flow of musical synergy among the disparate players was achieved by using key sensory cues for an orchestral harmonisation that received a ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
A Plenary Session on Child Literacy and Social Inclusion was organised on June 16 by the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF), at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin.
By 2016, the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016 has the goal of reducing the proportion of pupils with serious literacy difficulties ...
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Trinity College Dublin’s national Deaf Support in Third-Level (DS3) project, which aims to increase the numbers and retention of deaf and hard of hearing students at third level education in Ireland, will host its annual Summer School on September 17, at TCD.
This one-day event is for new students attending college ...
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
In a landmark move, the UK government is to spend £800,000 on providing communication support for deaf children to fulfil their potential at school.
Key elements of the two-year I-Sign project include a qualification structure for communication support workers who assist deaf children in classrooms and provision of interactive materials for ...
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