I showed my three year old son a video on youtube of a lady signing, he ask me what she was doing. I told him that she was talking with her hands. He looked up at me and said "Her hands talk?"

D-Pan

Watching the videos in class last night reminded me of a concert I attended for ASL in Danville. It was conducted by a group called D-Pan, which is a group that produces music videos for the deaf and hard of hearing. Its really neat heres a link to one of their music videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6zVFGpGNJQ

Language Project

I can't attend the meeting on Wednesday.. So now we are having another meeting SATURDAY at 10 a.m.! If you would like to come. Where.. I don't know yet. I was thinking Chipotle in Hamburg. After I get the email in reply I will confirm everything! Come join if you would like!

Finals!!?!?!!?!?!

I cannot believe finals are just around the corner! It is INSANE that I only have like 2-3 meetings of each class left! Where has the semester gone!? It is mind blowing for sure. I definitely would LOVE to keep in touch with people from this class and OF COURSE keep in touch with YOU Mrs. White!!(:

Happy Studying to everyone for the next couple weeks! Lots of energy drinks, coffee, and sleepless nights will be coming about! At least for me :P

Kat

Wednesday

Hey does anybody know what time we're meeting for dinner tomorrow night?

Class tonight

I was not able to make it to class, what all was covered in class?

Rain :(

I hope everyone made it home safe in this terrible weather.

Good Luck Everyone!!

I hope everyone isn't getting too stressed out coming up on finals. I know it's kind of early but good luck to everyone on finals and on our project and stay positive during this stressful time!

Keith Jones

I really enjoyed the Youtube clip Ms White showed in class about Keith Jones. I have seen the movie Including Samuel many times and I forgot all about Keith Jones. The video clip inspired me to look for youtube videos that included his hip hop music but I was unsuccessful. (If someone knows of a link for his music I would love to listen to it.) However I did come across many other videos of his on youtube that were very interesting. One of the videos included a speech he gave at the Federation for Children with Special Needs' in 2008. His speech is very humorous but yet his message and cause is very powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1XN6Cq1DiM

Hope everyone had a great time off this past week. I'm ready for Christmas break now!!

Thanksgiving Break

I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving break!! I got to spend it with my family from out of town and it was amazing.. (especially after the Language project got moved back) I got great deals on Black Friday, oh yes tons of fun! I hope you all have a ton of stories about this break!
See ya Monday
Get excited Christmas is in less than a month!!

Thank God for postponed due dates. That's all I have to say. Have a great weekend, everyone!

will our language project still be due monday since class was cancelled this week?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day full of laughter, family and friends.. oh yeah and turkey! (: 

Having issues with commenting on others posts. The blog wants me to select a user name, then when I sign in, it shows that I am signed in. It's probably just internet exploerer, but I was wondering if anyone else was having issues.

CLASS IS CANCELLED TONIGHT 11/21!!!

Mrs white is still on the road coming home from a conference and asked me to post that class is glancelled bc she won't be back in time! Have an awesome Thanksgiving everyone!! Be safe in travels. See you next week!

Thanksgiving!

So excited that tonights class is the only thing left standing in the way of Thanksgiving break! This time of year is my favorite... food, family, and fun! I just wanted to wish everyone else a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels!

Hey everyone! 

I hope you all had a great weekend. I had not have time to share the video that group two had on our slideshow presentation, BUT here it is! We thought it was very creative. Hope you enjoy it! 

Complete Frustration!

I am BEYOND frustrated... I have a 20.75 composite on the ACT and they won't round it!!!!!!!! That's only ONE frickin' point on ANY of the tests that I need...

I only need a 21 to get into the Education program! Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Okay.. I'm done complaining and going back to working on the exam.. See you all Monday

): Kat

Bonus Points Explanation

I have totaled the Bonus Points sheets that you completed in class. 

• The self reflection and scoring sheet was worth 12 points. 
• The peer assessment was worth 9 points. 

I used a spreadsheet and recorded all of these scores.  I averaged the score your peers gave you (you scored yourself on that sheet as well) and then averaged it with your own self assessment score.  This gives a possible 12 bonus points.  Here is a sample from the spreadsheet.

First Name	Last Name	Self	Group Average	Bonus Points
Cathy	White	12	8.24	10

You will now need to determine on what assignment or test UP TO THIS POINT you would like to use them.

• Test 1 or 2
• Reading Response
• Observation Report
• Aug, Sept or October blog

I will send each person an individual email telling you how many Bonus Points you earned.  If you do NOT receive an email from me it is because your name did not appear in the sheets that were submitted.  If you feel this is error PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  These are BONUS points and will not in any way count against you.

Feel free to comment here on the blog with questions.  Others may have the same one. Or, of course you may email or text me.

Mrs. White

TEST 3

Class,

I apologize that Test 3 has been a HASSLE for many of you!!!  I was attempting to make the test a bit easier with the use of pictures of your work and our field trip.  I chose the wrong type of question format and it did not insert a text box.  

You will see DUPLICATE questions when there is a picture.  You will type your answer into the text box of the SECOND question.  The first one with the picture is not worth any points - just a place holder with the picture.  

If you experience difficulty TEXTING, calling or posting a message on FB is the most immediate way to get an answer from me.  I will try to check email frequently.

Again, I apologize for the confusion and difficulty.

Mrs. White

Error

I am still not able to type my answers in a text box, is anyone still having this issue?

Test Error

I'm trying to open the test to take a look at the pictures from the field trip, but it's saying that there's an error. "Assessment changed since the attempt was started". Anybody else having this issue?

Test 3

I am working on test 3 and the questions that have the pictures from our field trip, do not have a text book underneath to type our answers. How do we add the text in order answer the question? I have tried to copy and paste to word, and the text box is not there either. Am I the only one having the problem? Thanks!

Love this.