28 Learning Center results found.
Summertime Cool: Ideas to Enrich and Teach
"What did you do on your summer vacation?" This was a familiar writing assignment for many people when they were growing up. I remember, don't you? The end of school is around the corner, and summertime fun will be here before we know it. Let's support students and their families in their building of great summer vacation memories with new ideas that inspire, as well as teach.
From Mary Ann Siller about educators
April is National Autism Awareness Month
Hearing and vision screening for very young children can be difficult to diagnose when the child also has autism. It is possible for a child to have significant visual impairment and autism, or hearing loss and autism. Up to 40% of children with hearing loss having an additional disability.
about parents, educators
DCMP Honored With Two Anthem Awards
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has been honored as the recipient of two awards in the 3rd Annual Anthem Awards category of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. The Anthem Awards recognize social good through the purpose & mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide.
From about dcmp, news, technology
Captioning Agency Telephone Survey Results: April 2004
A telephone survey was conducted by Cindy Camp of
Jacksonville State University in April 2004. Twenty
captioning agencies were randomly selected from
readily available information on several Web sites, and
agency representatives were asked to respond to
several questions. These questions included the pricing
for captioning of a 30-minute video, turn-around time,
additional fees or discounts, requirements for copyright
permissions, if customer proofing/changes to the
captioning were part of the pricing structure, and if the
agency could provide Internet captioning.
about research, accessibility-vendors
The Month of May Was an Asian Celebration
There was a celebration during the month of May—it was Asian History Month! If you didn't celebrate, you missed learning about a wide variety of educational and historical issues. The most important facts center around Asian immigration and its impact on American culture.
From Cynthia J. Plue about consumers
Common Core: DCMP is Your Key Resource
In an effort to ensure our students are college and career ready, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and The Council of Chief State School Officers, in collaboration with other stakeholders in the education community, created a framework known as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). To date, all but five states and the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico have adopted these standards.
about educators
The Rewards of Description
Margaret Hardy, a pioneer in the field of audio description, discusses Gregory Frazier's descriptive services work in San Francisco with AudioVision.
From Margaret Hardy about history, description
Guidelines For Audio Describing Meetings And Presentations
Sign language interpreters are a necessary accommodation for people who are deaf and use signing as a
means of basic communication. They are necessary in courtrooms, hospitals, meetings and virtually any
situation in which there is an interaction between people who are deaf and those who communicate only
orally. Because blindness or vision impairment does not necessarily present a fundamental barrier to
communication, parallel accommodations have usually not been sought or even considered necessary for the
aforementioned venues and situations.
From Elizabeth Kahn about manuals-and-guidelines, description
Finding Deaf Herstory and History: Resources for the Classroom
A few years ago, the great-great-granddaughter of the Deaf pioneer and National Association of the Deaf (NAD) supporter, Edmund Booth, told me a story about her great-niece learning about the California Gold Rush in her social studies class. The young girl excitedly shared the fact that she was a descendant of a "Forty-Niner," but her classmates and her teacher did not believe her. She called her dad and asked him to bring the book Edmund Booth, Deaf Pioneer when he picked her up that day. During a subsequent "show-and-tell" activity, she was thrilled to use the book to explain about her proud heritage that included Edmund Booth and his wife Mary Ann Walworth Booth, both Deaf.
From Harry Lang about consumers, history
Hear Me
A worldwide epidemic affecting the young is among us, and it is called child
abuse and neglect.
From C. Paige Brooks about consumers
Equal Opportunities With the DCMP
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing communicate in concepts rather than words or sentences. It is often difficult for these individuals who learn by sight rather than sound to understand written language that has never been heard. It can be even more frustrating for them to meet academic standards sitting in a class attempting to comprehend lectures, conversations, and videos that have no sound.
From Wanda Shipman about educators
Back to School with DCMP...For Parents!
Pencils ready! Depending on what kind of summer you have had, it is with a sigh of relief (or a groan) that the school year begins anew. So, in preparation for all those school supplies and sleepy eyes–it's quiz time–but this one's for you, parents. What is the name of the high-quality media service geared specifically toward improving the educational experience of your deaf and hard of hearing children? Another hint–it is also convenient, informative, and free!
From Staci Bechard about parents
Summertime Cool Lessons
This activity list supports DCMP's Summertime Cool Lesson Calendar in the Summertime Cool: Ideas to Enrich and Teach Learning Center resource for educators of students who are blind and visually impaired.
From Mary Ann Siller about educators, blindness
DCMP: A Valued Resource
Looking around the classroom, Sarah wondered how she would meet the diverse needs of her students in teaching History. After reading their school records and talking with other teachers, she knew that four students came from families where English was a second language, but that many more lacked the background knowledge and vocabulary needed to comprehend her content; three students in the class had moderate to profound hearing loss; and one student had little vision.
From Debbie Pfeiffer, Ed.D., CED about educators
