Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Weekly discussion

I'm curious what you all thougt of the videos we watched and the presentations we saw from our peers. I learned a lot of new information and saw things from different perspectives. Which video and presentation spoke to you the most? What did you learn? I am continually learning that with deafness there is no panacea and there is not one way to approach deafness. Is this similar to all of you?

20 comments:

  1. I am always learning new things about being deaf and the deaf community. This is one of the first classes that has exposed me to the deaf world, and I find it very interesting! One thing that I learned about from this class was Pidgin Signed English. Before our last class, I had no idea that this concept even existed! Also, I thought that the presentations from class did a good job in representing all the choices that one faces when they are deaf. Not only are there choices about the child's education, but there are choices about how a child will communicate with others in society. Then, when a child grows, they have the choice of how they are going to identify themselves such as deaf or Deaf. The presentations showed many of the options and how they could all be good options for a child or adult. There is not just one correct way for someone who is deaf to live their life.

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  2. I honestly learned a great deal from class last night. I was able to connect a variety of different pieces of information together through the group work we worked on. For me, my biggest take away came with the older age groups. While it seems like the older the child gets the less things impact them, when in reality, things can and often do become more and more stressful. There are more things to worry about and more mistakes to make. This can be a very frightening time. In addition, I thought it was interesting how the parents of the child still had a profound impact as the child was entering into adulthood. The only other things that continues to surprise me in this class is the number of different options that exist for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. I learned a large amount of new material last night, and it was definitely one of my favorite classes up to this point.

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  3. Class was very beneficial to me and to see that there was no correct or no one way to approach teaching someone who is deaf was good to see. Seeing that there are also just as many ways to communicate with someone was also refreshing.

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  4. I still learn a lot during this class. I thought I knew a lot about Deaf culture from my ASL and Deaf culture classes at EKU. In those classes we are always told that ASL is the right way to go, that there is no other way to go, that speaking when you are Deaf is bad and you will be exiled from the Deaf community. So that has shaped my opinion a lot on what I think, but with this class that is changing into another flavor of milkshake :)

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    1. I took my signing courses at a community college in Dayton, Ohio and I find it so surprising that they push signing so much here! They of course emphasized signing sine it was a signing class, but in the ASL lab there were "deaf role models" who came from all different backgrounds. Some had implants, some had hearing aids, some spoke, some did not! We were taught to embrace anything and everything because it's not up to us!

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  5. Every week in class I learn something new. It is great to learn to the different ways were student learns, and how each deaf person identifies themselves. I love learning that there is more than one way to communicate using signing. It is refreshing and takes the pressure off of making sure I am signing ASL at all times. It is important for us all to remember to try different milkshakes while moving forward with our lives.

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  6. The videos and presentations in class really were eye openers for me. I have been set in my ways that their is only one way to teach deaf students. However I am slowly beginning to come around to realize their are multiple ways. Each way works differently for different students. I now know that being an educator is about being open to learning as you go. It's not just students who learn in class it is the educator as well.

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  8. each week I learn more and more about the deaf community and each week I am never disappointed. Thee presentation this week have really taught me that there is more than one way to teach deaf students, even though I do not want to be a teach for the deaf I know this Is very refreshing for people who are teaching.

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  9. I think that the videos and presentations were very informative. My main take away from this class was that presenting information from a variety of different perspectives is key when trying to keep an open mind. I think the way information is presented influences the way we perceive it so as a whole I feel like I learn something from all the presentations and videos instead of just being told what to think.

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  10. I love seeing how everyone has a different opinion as others and how they relay that information back within their writings. I enjoyed being able to feel comfortable with what I write knowing that there is at times no right or wrong answer and that everyone has a different view on different topics.

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  11. I learn something new each week! I really liked seeing the presentations from our peers. It showed that we are all learning together and understanding. I've learned a lot about how people identify themselves whether it's hard of hearing, Deaf, deaf,or hearing. Its very interesting to see all the different ways people see themselves and to see the different ways people can be taught depending on their own unique situation.

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  12. I am always learning as well. I thought it was valuable to see a visual with all of the options that parents and children are faced from the identification of deafness to adulthood. No matter what they choose, the decision is theirs to make and as future professionals, it is our job to support them.

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  13. I am always learning something new and interesting.It makes me even more excited to making DHH Education my major. The videos were amazing to me. When they were talking to the children about what the wanted to be and how adulthood was affected by that school. I just was amazed and thrilled by how much support goes into it.

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  14. As Mrs. White says "Don't always expect to know everything when you start teaching because we all learn new challenges and ideas everyday"! Every class I always learn new things in this class being on the teacher side of the deaf and hard of hearing education. I love how we have people out in the workforce comes in and talks to us about how the world views deaf society and how education plays important role as a future educator for the deaf and hard of hearing. I am loving and enjoying this class each and every Monday!

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  15. Honestly will myself not being a Special Education Major I personally every week learn new information and find each speaker brings new and different valuable information to the class. Overall each of the videos are very helpful as well as the speakers are open and willing to share anything we ask. I think it is very helpful to have people come into the classroom from the wok environment around us to truly share personal experiences and how important deaf education truly is.

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  16. Something I really enjoyed about our presentations in class was that there with every presentation, there was a visual aid available to us. This reminded me of when we were still having class in that terribly small room, when Mrs. White told us it's important to have visual aids available for when you're teaching D/deaf or hard of hearing education.

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  17. I really enjoyed the videos that we watched in class. They do not come just from one point of view and really make you see the big picture. My favorite part about the presentations was that there was two groups for each age group. I think it allowed for more information to be shared. If one group did not hit a certain important topic, the other group did.

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  18. The videos contained so much information that really helped me understand some concepts better. Some of these concepts for example was that there are so many other versions of sign language. Some of these were pigeon sign, signed exact english, ASL, and other various types. I did not know that there were so many different forms of sign language. There is not only one way to approach teaching the deaf and I am learning this more and more with every new session. I really enjoy being in SED 337 and I am continually learning more and more.

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  19. I have taken sign language and deaf studies classes before this class, as well as currently, so I was aware of many different types of sign language and all the various styles people use to communicate. I don't know all the details of each of them or know how to communicate in them, but I have learned some defining characteristics to differentiate between some of the main ones. However, what this class, and the videos have helped me to see is that these these various other forms of sign language are effective for people. Not everyone who is deaf has to learn ASL to be successful. Yes, for some it is beneficial for them to learn, but for others, this class has helped to show that it is not necessary.

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