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| Article | Page | Comment |
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| Articles and Reports | ||
| The NOF Experience | 3 | Ros Kendrew explains about NOF funding and how it is being used by the support service in North Yorkshire. The money for NOF comes from the National Lottery. It is part of a government strategy to target lottery funding more directly to promote social inclusion and improve the 'quality of life' of individuals and communities. |
| Sharing questions and solutions using ICT | 3 | ToD is an electronic mailing list hosted and supported by BECTa for the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf. If you have access to e-mail the new mailing list may be what you are looking for! It is free to join. Just send a message to a central e-mail address and your message is then sent to everyone else on the ToD mailing list. More details are available on the BECTa Web site http://www.becta.org.uk. |
| Using ICT to develop literacy skills | 4 | Cynthia Warriner explains why the Sandwell peripatetic Teachers of the Deaf who attended the BATOD INSET day 'Using ICT to Develop Literacy Skills with Deaf Children' considered it to be most productive. |
| De@fchild UK ICT Training | 6 | Mike North is De@fchild UK Project Director. From September 2000 De@fchild UK will be offering approved training for all teachers who are involved in the education of deaf children. The De@fchild UK team are concerned that all Teachers of the Deaf and teachers who have deaf children in their classroom have access to appropriate ICT training, so the training material has been designed to meet the needs of teachers working in a variety of situations. |
| Speedtext | 7 | Lynne Awbery asks "Are BATOD readers aware of SpeedText?" and then goes on to tell readers how it has proved useful when working with a deaf 'A' level student. |
| Discrete speech voice recognition | 8 | Sharon Pointeer has been piloting the use of discrete speech voice recognition with hearing-impaired pupils at Tewin Water (now Knightsfield) School for the last three years. The pupils chosen to use the system have written language which is further behind their spoken language than might have been expected for their level of hearing impairment. The factors which need to be considered before using speech to text with hearing-impaired children are discussed. |
| Speech recognition - Voice to text | 9 | Mick Thomas, Education Officer BECTa : SEN & Inclusion explains how ToDs can find out more about Speech Recognition systems. Following a period of investigation that began in April 1998 BECTa has just published its findings into the use susch systems with pupils who have Special Educational Needs. |
| Seek and you will find (search engines) | 11 | Paul Simpson explains how he has learnt to use search engines on the Internet and provides excellent advice to prospective users. |
| Use of the Internet in Humanities | 12 | Patrick Allen, now head of ICT at Royal School for the Deaf, Derby provides an insight into how the Internet is being used in the Humanities Department at the Royal School for the Deaf, Derby. Avoiding discussion about the pros and cons of using the Internet, Patrick suggests ways in which it can be used successfully to motivate and stimulate pupils' learning and provide resources for the teacher that are not available elsewhere. |
| Cool contacts in Sweden | 14 | Alwyn Kernaghan , Birkdale School for Hearing-Impaired Children received an e-mail from a school in �rebro, Sweden asking for penfriends. Year 8K decided that they would like to write and are now regularly sending e-mails from school and home to Sweden and receiving e-mails in return. |
| De@fchild Chatroom | 15 | The De@fchild International team invite readers to join them in an internet chat room. For those who have never been in an internet chat room before then the experience is very interesting. It is possible to have direct chats with a number of people or 'whispered' conversations with just one. |
| Visual communication - the promise of video-conferencing | 16 | Jackie Betts, Eyecom Technology asks if 'Visual Communication'- with the promise of video conferencing delivers a service which is good enough for the deaf and hard of hearing now and at an affordable price. |
| Subtitling at Tewin Water School | 17 | Sharon Pointeer 's second article from Tewin Water (now Kinightsfield) School explains how the school has been a test site for JELCS Subtitling software. The school uses subtitles to provide the written form to aid understanding, develop reading skills and extend vocabulary. |
| Nottinghamshire ICT project in Deaf education | 18 | Nick Warnock, Sensory Support Team Nottinghamshire LEA describes a project to develop an interactive, multimedia resource for deaf pupils that will improve their literacy and enrich their BSL within a bilingual approach. |
| Learning through interactive technology | 20 | Helen Lansdowne tells how the Deaf@x Trust has been spearheading the use in the classroom of some exciting new technology. Their deaf and hearing team has been delivering ICT workshops to children and teachers using a large, interactive touchscreen as a multi-purpose educational tool. |
| Storysacks in Harrow one year on | 31 | Doreen Natoff, Harrow Sensory & Communication Team (Hearing Impairment) follows up to an article about Storysacks in a previous Magazine. Harrow has been using Storysacks have now been in use for 1 year and, as yet, ToDs have not come across any pitfalls. On the contrary, the sacks have provided an excellent resource to improve the language levels of deaf children and to facilitate the partnership between education and parents. |
| De@fchild International | 35 | Helen Lansdowne, Deaf@x Trust, announces the launch of DE@FCHILD INTERNATIONAL in Barbados and America. In 1998, Childnet International launched a website competition, which caught the eye of staff working at Deaf@x. The team entered the competition under the slogan 'Promoting better communication and literacy for deaf children worldwide' As a result, Deaf@x won an award under in the Voluntary Organisations category for their initiative. |
| It�s a hat trick! Secondary English, Speech and Language Therapy & ICT | 36 | Sue Stevens, Head of English, Royal School for the Deaf, Derby explains how a collaborative approach has worked to the benefit of English, Speech and Language Therapists and ICT staff at the Royal School for the Deaf, Derby. This has allowed pupils more time to develop their skills with the help of specific subject specialists. |
| ICT & Royal Cross Primary School for Deaf Children | 39 | Ruth Nottingham (Head teacher) & Wendy Pallant (Deputy / ICT Co-ordinator), explain how IT has assisted deaf pupils using a sign bilingual approach have full access to the National Curriculum and the same opportunities as hearing children for personal and social development. |
| Literacy & ICT Adventure Week for RSD Derby | 40 | Sue Stevens Head of English, Mike North ICT Co-ordinator explain how they planned a whole week of activities with our Y10 group to develop literacy skills at Dukes Barn to produce a number of articles and news stories for the summer edition of the school newspaper. "By the end of the week we will have a finished newspaper" they thought! |
| Microsoft PowerPoint as a tool for inclusion | 42 | Derek Heppenstall finds PowerPoint useful to provide emphasis and illustrations for talks to parents, teachers and other professionals. It also proved to be an ideal way to present slide shows to children and for them to present their own work. |
| En route with a palmtop | 32 | Fiona Atkins, Scottish C I P at Kilmarnock tells how her palmtop computer has become the most useful tool in her ToD kitbag! |
| Laptops, deafness and additional needs in mainstream schools | 44 | Jane Frew, Barking and Dagenham, shares some of the language and literacy programmes from her laptop and explains how they help the children that she works with. |
| Equal Access | 45 | Diane Webb, a deaf instructor, explains how ICT has proved useful to her professional development. |
| Software suggestions | 46 | Cindy Paulding considers the plethora of software available on the market. It's hard to know what to buy and whether it is accessible to your pupils. Cindy identifies her favourite programmes and describes them briefly. |
| Clicker raising writing standards | 46 | Cricksoft explain about the 'new' Clicker 4 - a unique writing and multimedia tool, offering support and stimulation to children of all abilities. Free resources for users of Clicker are available from Crick's website - www.cricksoft.com |
| Talkmate Multimedia | 48 | TALKMATEMULTIMEDIA is the advanced speech and vocabulary trainer, produced by Visible Sound Limited, for children with special educational needs, especially the deaf, hearing-impaired, cochlear-implant patients and those with speech impediments. |
| Threshold Assessment | 49 | Sue Madden, Sensory and Physical Support Service, North Yorkshire shares her feelings as she reflected on the last three years for details to include in her threshold assessment. |
| Webwise 2000 | 49 | Rowzat Tayyebkhan, Project Manager, WebWise 2000, tells ToDs about the BBC running a new WebWise 2000 campaign in October to offer absolute beginners their first taste of computing and the Internet, and to explain new platforms like Digital TV and mobile phones. |
| Don�t forget Fax Buddies | 49 | Cindy Paulding reminds readers not to forget the Deaf@x buddies project. Whether you are tearing your hair out trying to think how to motivate a reluctant writer or looking for a new idea for extended writing, why not try Fax Buddies? |
| Technology Update | 50 | Richard Vaughan, Technology Development Officer, NDCS is to provide a regular page to keep BATOD members up to date with various technological aspects. The NDCS Technology Team has been keeping a close eye on new ideas in technology for deaf people and we have been doing our best to ensure that developments are appropriate, accessible and available to deaf children. |
| Information: | ||
| Noticeboard | 27 | Details of forth-coming meetings and courses. |
| Audiology Refresher no 13 | 25 | Sue Westhorp provides the Speech Recognition Tests refresher. Several speech recognition tests have been designed for use with adults and young children. The Manchester Junior word list (MJ) is commonly used with children and the Arthur Boothroyd (AB) list with adults and older children. |
| International Page: Mahmoud�s Story | 32 | An International perspective - from Israel |
| Association Business: | ||
| What went on at NEC on 17 June 2000 | 1 | The regular precis of meeting business to keep members informed in outline until the minutes or more detailed reports appear. |
| Presidential ramblings | 2 | Sue Archbold, President chats about recent newsworthy items and reminds members that no one in BATOD is a paid member of staff - every one is a volunteer. |
| Minutes of NEC Meeting 25 March 2000 | centre pages | Confirmed Minutes of the previous NEC Meeting |
| NEC Committees working for you | 23 | Reports from the NEC standing committees to update members on recent work carried out. |
| Subscription Rates | 47 | Annual Membership subscription rates apply from 1st August. Slight changes to the rules and an opportunity for those over 80 to remain as BATOD members free! |
| Have you moved? Change of address form | 47 | Reading a colleague's Magazine? Wondering what has happened to your copy? If you are not receiving your BATOD Magazine and Journal perhaps it is because we have no record of your current address. Put this right by completing the form and returning it to Bev McCracken, or simply email him from here. Treasurer & Membership Registrar |
| Examinations & signing deaf pupils (you can influence change) | 17 | |
| BATOD replies | 21 | Paul Simpson explains that BATOD replies to a variety of consultation documents during the year - many from the DfEE. The latest one (SEN and Disability Rights in Education Bill) concerns access to education for people with disabilities and has a specific section about Special Educational Needs and applies to England, Scotland and Wales. Some of the main points of the response are identified. |
| Regions meet the Officers | 24 | David Hartley reports on the topics covered during the annual meeting between BATOD NEC Officers and those of the regions. |
| News from the regions | 29 | A regular round-up of news and reports of meetings around the UK at regional BATOD meetings. |
| DEI news | 25 | Dr Steve Powers has been appointed as Associate Editor for the BATOD Journal Deafness and Education International. |
| Advertising Rates | 52 | |
| Calendar | ||
| Meetings to know about | 52 | Advertised courses and meetings which are of interest to BATOD members. Contact the magazine editor to add a one line entry to this valuable page or pay for a small advert on the Noticeboard. |