Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
On December 5 2009, IDK and Helium will host another Learning Language is Fun! creative play session at the RuaRed arts centre in Tallaght, Dublin.
Families with young deaf children of 9 months to 3.11 years are invited to these “imaginative play” sessions. While the emphasis is on fun, parents learn ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
To celebrate National Volunteer Day in association with Volunteer Centres Ireland, the first readings of the IDK childrens’ book, “A Birthday for Ben“, took place at two libraries in Dublin on Friday, September 25th.
In the morning the story’s creators gathered with volunteers and friends at Pearse Street Library to celebrate ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Accessibility is a primary focus in modern education. Recent years have brought the introduction of new tools like CaptionTube (a captioning tool for YouTube videos), interactive whiteboards and now podcast transcripts.
Teachers and lecturers can face challenges in preparing for a class where a student has hearing issues. If a teacher ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
How to lip-read through a surgical mask? This was one of the challenges an aspiring deaf dental student at Trinity College, Dublin, had to consider during their shadow week to identify the hurdles the course will raise.
Read their follow-up interview on TCD’s Deaf Support in Third-Level blog … (in word ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
IDK has designed its 2010 calendar to complement its childrens’ book, “A Birthday For Ben“. The calendars can now be ordered by email, or by post.
Perfect for the home or office, the calendar has 13 drawings from the book. Each month has an inspirational quote and space to write reminders.
The calendar is A4 landscape-size when ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Two members of South-eastern Louisiana University’s education faculty are the first to explore a new system, which integrates RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology into classroom learning.
Assistant professors Becky Sue Parton and Robert Hancock received a USD 360,000 grant from the US Department of Education to develop their ”physical world hyper-linking” teaching ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
DeafHear.ie is hosting a seminar on October 3, 2009 at the Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois, for the parents of deaf/hard of hearing children.
Morning presentations will cover:
* The Visiting Teacher service
* Mainstream schooling
* Mainstream school with a hearing unit
* Resource Teacher from a mainstream school
* Limerick School for the Deaf
* ...
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Technology is key to giving deaf children access to mainstream classes at a Pretoria school, as South Africa’s Times newspaper recently described.
School modifications to facilitate this inclusion:
hexagonally-shaped rooms with acoustic modifications
FM soundfields in every room
walls fitted with pin-board carpets to muffle ambient sound
strategically-lit rooms for lipreading
four audiologists on-site to manage ...
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