There is an ASL position open at Lyman HS in Longwood, FL. Please
spread the word and check the Seminole County Public Schools hotline
and apply!

Katie

On Jun 4, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Brandy L Cabe <> wrote:

> Amanda
> Just wanted to make sure I was clear - the sign is wrong on the quiz bc it's not the sign for
> Texas and most of the time it is the "English" sign. I show them the diffrent ways to sogn
> strawberry ,for example, and let them know which region is which sign. We then talk about
> the diffrent accents and how they differ. I stress that the signs in class are the testied signs,
> the others are not "wrong" they are just a different region or they are "englishifed" I count
> off if they use the wrong sign Same when they add In is are the and so on they found
> online.
>
> As for dictionaries, we do not have a class set for studnets. I do encouage them to get the
> random house ASL dictionary. But really with all the technology we have it's not needed.
>
> My team recorded all the vocabulary for each sections, in chunks of 20 words. We then
> posted the video on the pbworks site (sometimes called a wiki) That is their dictionary for
> my class (assessible on a smartphone) I posted info about it on the edmodo site. Students
> are supposed to go to that site to look up vocabulary (not to say they always do and every
> possible word is there) but I know they have a place to go to study, look up vocab they
> were absent for, and more ( we have a ton of stuff on it)
>
> The pbworks site I have is 40 gigs of online storage. You can make it public or private (user
> name and passwords required) mine is private bc I have HS students online. If you paid out
> of pocket it would cost 100 a yr. my school pays for mine, so you can ask your departments
> if they would pay it.
>

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