THE DEAF MAGAZINE
Issue # 2
Wednesday February 9, 1994
Today's Topics:
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File 1: Welcome to Second Issue
File 2: Letters to Editor
File 3: Introduction to Deaf Magazine's Gopher Site
File 4: Introduction to Deaf Magazine's FTP Site
File 5: Computer to Tdd
File 6: Music Lover
File 7: MEMO from I.K. Jordan
File 8: ASL ECHO is on Internet!
File 9: First Nobel Prize to Deaf in 2025
File 10: TDD in Istreal
File 11: Conference on technology and disability
File 12: Call for papers for tech. Conference
File 13: Deaf Cover Advertisement
File 14: New Advertisement Policy
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File 1:
From: Deaf-Admin@Clark.Net
Date: Jan 26th 1994
Subject: Welcome to 2nd Issue!
Welcome to 2nd Issue! I would like to thank Tim Stark (TStark@Clark.Net)
and Jamie Clark, Owner of the System (Jamie@Clark.net) for getting me set
up for the Deaf Magazine and ftp site. Big thanks to Professor Norm
Coombs (NRCGSH@ritvax.isc.rit.edu) for the Gopher Site. This will be a
Digist, So, I will be sending it often as the mail comes in and enough
amount of mail for it. Please send messages or Deaf Related Artcles to
me at Deaf@Clark.net... Any Questions for the Editor only can be mailed
to Deaf-Admin@Clark.Net.
If you people missed the first issue it can be obained by ftp follow
Instructions in file 4 or Gopher by following Instructions in file 3
Nathan Prugh
Deaf Magazine Editor
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File 2:
From: Deaf-Admin@Clark.Net
Date: Feb 6 1994
Subject: Letters to Editor
TOPIC: COMMENTS ON DEAF MAGAZINE
Editor,
Deaf Magazine looks great.
Try to come up with better table of contents and with some kind of
separator so reader can quickly search to find match separator
with number and reading the speicfic info.
Good job!
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Jamie Clark, jamie@clark.net| ClarkNet Public Access Internet, info@clark.net,
Dial-up shell, SLIP/PPP & UUCP, Modem (410) 730-9786, login guest | "Knowledge
is power; the ability to acquire knowledge at will is more powerful." (Jamie)
Editor: Thank you for your comments and your suggestions! We use ------
as a separator as we use in the first issue!
Nathan,
Nice job on Issue 1!
Keep the good stuff coming!
Chris
<<<< Chris deHahn....CdH....Digital Equipment Corporation >>>>
<<<< Shrewsbury MA USA dehahn@shr.dec.com >>>>
<<<< ECAD Engineering [Phone # Deleted] >>>>
Editor: Thanks for your Comments! :-)
TOPIC: STATISTICS ON DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING POPULATIONS
Hello,
I was wondering if you have or tell me how I could get statistics on the
deaf and hard-of-hearing populations in the US? I understand that the
U.S. Census Bureau asked about "disabilities" in their last count
(1990). I am also interested in any information broekn down on the basis
of age at onset. I teach ASL courses and like to include such
information. Thanks,
Sakuna Ganbari
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| Susan Lynne Ganbari |
| & |
| Sakuna Gray Ganbari |
| [Address Deleted] |
| |
|_________________________|
| [Phone # Deleted] |
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| e-mail: quakers@stein.u.washington.edu |
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Editor: Anyone volteer to help me on this? Let me know at
Deaf-Admin@Clark.net. Thanks! :-)
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File 3:
From: Nathan Prugh <guardian@explorer.clark.net>
Date: Feb 6th 1994
Subject: Intro to Deaf Magazine's Gopher site
Special thanks to Professor Norm Coombs (NRCGSH@ritvax.isc.rit.edu) :-)
Instructions (Follow carefully)
1. Gopher to sijuvm.stjohns.edu
2. Pick: Disability and Rhabilitation Resources
3. Pick: EASI (Equal Access to Software & Information Main Menu)
4. Pick: EASI's list of Internet available Etexts and Ejournals
5. Pick: Deaf Magazine Ejournal
Simple!! :-)
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File 4:
From: Nathan Prugh <guardian@explorer.clark.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 18:46:03
Subject: Intro to Deaf Magazine's FTP site
FTP to FTP.CLARK.NET
cd to /clarknet/opt/ftp/pub/deaf.magazine
Anonymous Ftping Is supported!
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File 5:
From: "Damrow, Margaret" <damrow@music.lib.matc.edu>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 94 07:40:36 CST
Subject: COMPUTER --> TTY ???
[Editor Note: I cant answer this but if anyone outthere can answe this,
Please send replies directly to the sender and a copy to deaf@clark.net]
Several Deaf Students been asking me about wanting to use thier IBM
computer as a TTY. They are using a PROCOMM PLUS communication package
and would like to talk to a TTY user. They heard the modem dialing and
getting some response but nothing is showing up on the screen. I am
not all that familiar with PROCOMM PLUS but I have a feeling that the
configuration is not set up properly to talk to a TTY.
Do you have any ideas to help me out?
Thanks a million in advance.
Margaret :-)
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Margaret M. Damrow |
Educational Assistant II | E-Mail: DAMROW@MUSIC.LIB.MATC.EDU
Milwaukee Area Technical College |
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File 6:
From: Fen Labalme <fen@imagine.comedia.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 22:32:49 -0800
Subject: Music Lover
[Editor Note: This Person does not Subscribe, So, Please Send Replies
Directly and a copy to deaf@clark.net]
My question: is there such a thing as a high-quality, full-spectrum,
high-power hearing aid?
My friend is a music lover and serious deadhead (*not* ;-) how he lost his
hearing) and misses terribly the depth of the music. Of course, a large part
of that is his deafness, but another part is the fact that hearing aids seem
to focus on a very narrow range of the 20-20K audio spectrum (probably they
aim in the 2K - 6K region, where voice is most commonly).
I would love to find out about high-quality hearing aid research. By the
way, my friend's name is Paddy Ladd, and he produced a music video (in
England where he lives) that I hope that you can see sometime.
Peace,
Fen
~~~
Fen Labalme
Broadcatch Technologies
<fen@comedia.com>
[Phone # Deleted] protect your freedoms! PGP Key ID: 1024/0AF8FD
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File 7:
From: "Terry M. Teague" <11TTEAGUE@gallua.gallaudet.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 05:16:50
Subject: Memo from Dr. Jordan
January 31, 1994
MEMORANDUM
TO: University Faculty and Staff
Board of Trustees
GUAA Board of Directors
Student Body Government Officers
FROM: I. King Jordan
SUBJECT: Communication on campus
Members of every college and university community are continually
discussing controversial issues critical to higher education.
Indeed, bringing such issues to the fore and providing
opportunities for ongoing dialogue is central to the very nature
and purpose of a university, since it is from these often
contentious conversations that new directions emerge. Gallaudet
is no different. Our community is always engaged in addressing
issues that affect our own campus as well as our many
constituencies.
One matter that has been crucial throughout our history and which
is unique to Gallaudet is the question of how we communicate with
each other. Probably at no other college or university does the
subject of communication evoke such strong feelings and opinions
in so many of us. In a bilingual, multicultural community in
which individuals must respect and use two languages--American
Sign Language and English--and in which people who work, teach
and learn side by side choose different modes of communication,
such strong beliefs are natural and to be expected.
Clear, effortless communication must be the underpinning for
everything we do at Gallaudet. To move in the direction our
vision statement mandates, we must communicate...and communicate
well. To achieve quality education at all levels, to become a
community in which we all teach and we all learn, to welcome and
support individuals from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
depends on strong communication. If our graduates are to leave
Kendall Green as effective communicators, all of us must provide
them with solid models.
To that end, the Sign Communication Proficiency Interview (SCPI)
was developed as a way to assess communication skill so that
appropriate training could be provided. Last year, when it
became evident that the SCPI program for staff was not working as
it should, I suspended it; at the same time, the University
Faculty identified problems with the Faculty evaluation and began
conducting research on the reliability and validity of the
instrument itself. The Review Committee I appointed
subsequently discussed the entire matter of communication and
recommended the adoption of an Institution-wide communication
policy to guide our decisions. Without such a statement, we
cannot know what we should be trying to measure, we cannot
institute focussed, integrated training programs, and we cannot
take the next steps toward making the Gallaudet community a model
of communication efficacy.
We need to develop a campus-wide consensus on what constitutes
effective communication. We need to begin to find practical
answers to complex, thorny questions. How do we utilize two
very different languages to form a successful, working
communication model? How do we tap into the best of both? How
can we describe what skilled communicators do so that others can
recognize and replicate it?
I am aware that some units on campus already have developed
workable communication policies or statements. We need to study
what is already in place as we develop a University-wide
statement which will support and strengthen everyone's grasp of
the matter and add to their determination to improve
communication at Gallaudet. Whether our final statement is a
policy, a list of guidelines, a statement of principles, or a
credo, it must reflect agreement on what we are trying to
accomplish. Such a statement--key to the heart and soul of
Gallaudet--must reflect the collective thinking of our entire
community.
I have asked my two special assistants, Dr. Jack Gannon and Dr.
Bette Martin, to lead the effort to develop a University
statement on communication. They will be meeting with a number
of faculty, staff and student groups and conducting several open
meetings to discuss what you see as the key elements in
successful communication on campus. They will also be soliciting
your thoughts via memo, VAX or in person. At the same time, they
will be assembling all the current statements and policies on
communication. Before developing a draft statement that will be
reviewed by the community, they will share a summary of what they
find and ask for additional feedback.
My goal is to develop a statement that is clear to all of us and
that defines more precisely what we mean when we talk about
effective, clear, comfortable communication on a campus where
diverse communication contributes to our rich learning
environment. I am confident that by working and thinking
together, we can find a resolution to this very important and
sensitive issue. All of us will benefit by doing so.
Thank you for your help.
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File 8:
From: Deaf-Admin@Clark.Net
Date: Feb 6th 1994
Subject: As the Presses was rolling this came in :-)
TOPIC: ASL ECHO
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your college/university, commercial, American OnLine, Delphi, GEnie, etc.
The ASL is just a new mailing list name into the internet gateway and
the traffic will be gained soon!.
If anyone else is already under the USENET NewsGroup, then you may ask
your BBS sysop for requesting to add "alt.society.asl".
If anyone else is already under the FIDONET ECHOmails, then you may ask
your BBS sysop for requesting to add "asl".
Happy ASLing! -=VIVO aka Raphael Joa
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alt.society.asl newsgroup, but have email connectivity to the Internet,
you may subscribe to the mailing list.
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Examples on the text message body:
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And examples on a subject line:
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Users send a message (message body doesn't matter) to
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Messages addressed to the list members should be addressed to
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If you are participating in the Fidonet ASL echo or the Usenet newsgroup
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The echo, newsgroup and list are automatically merged.
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the
FidoNet ASL echo,
Usenet alt.society.asl newsgroup,
and
asl mailing list hosted by mdf.fidonet.org
The ASL ECHO is dedicated primarily to anyone involved with issues
pertaining to the Deaf Community. Until March 1993, no echo existed that
encouraged the Deaf perspective of issues pertaining to ourselves.
Encourages is the keyword here. This is the first echo that's dedicated to
actually provide a receptive atmosphere for the Culturally Deaf.
Non-culturally deaf people, school teachers, university professors,
researchers, and any other interested parties are welcome to participate.
Free-wheeling debate is encouraged no matter what perspective you may
have regarding ASL and Deaf Culture. A primary goal here is to make
everyone feel comfortable and unintimidated about discussing their ideas
or positions.
RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE ASL ECHO
1. Enjoy yourselves.
2. Feel free to discuss any topic regarding ASL or deafness.
3. Never personally attack anyone, their ideas fine, never the person.
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your responses to foster a feeling of goodwill despite any heated
comments you make.
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Seek help from your Sysop if you wish to FREQ a file.
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suitable facilities for so doing.
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gating replies back to Internet addresses, but facilities are available.
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File 9:
From: Omer Zak <xlacha1@wizard.weizmann.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 17:22:23 -0700
Subject: The Nobel Prize and the Deaf
Suppose that it's year 2025 and it has been announced that a Nobel prize
was awarded to a deaf person. Let's speculate in what area was this Nobel
prize awarded, and what educational method was used to educate the winning
deaf (assuming that he/she had the innate brilliance which made him/her a
Nobel prize caliber).
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My own scenario:
The Nobel prize awarded at 2025 is actually the second Nobel prize awarded
to a deaf person. The first Nobel prize was awarded at 1997. The winner
was a Deaf person, son of Deaf parents and grandson of two hearing grandparents
and two Deaf grandparents. Using modern multimedia technology, he produced
five moving books "written" in Japanese Sign Language. The prize was awarded
after the Nobel prize committe augmented the definition of "literature" to
admit also the narrative creations transmitted in languages with no written
representation, as long as they are recorded in audio+video.
The second Nobel prize was awarded, as said above, at 2025. It was awarded
to a Deaf physicist, daughter of Deaf parents. The physicist, thanks to
the utterly different character of Sign Language, had a novel insight into
the structure of physical reality and formulated a novel theory, which
had the predictive ability of Quantum Electrodynamics without compromising
the mathematical rigor of classical physics theories. One of the practical
conclusions from the new theory was the ability to extend the living space
of human beings into 7 more dimensions (out of the 26 space-time dimensions
of the world), ushering the era of compact factories (whose operations
are performed in the extended dimensions, so they occupy very little room
in the first three dimensions), and the inexpensive space travel. By
the way, the Deaf physicist was one of Cathy Brandt's students, when Cathy
was experimenting for 3 years with pure ASL as the language of communication
in her class.
Go ahead and suggest your own scenarios! --- Omer
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File 10:
From: Omer Zak <xlacha1@wizard.weizmann.ac.il>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 94 13:05:05
Subject: Re: Proposal for Israeli TDD Telecommunications Standard (v.2)
A PROPOSAL FOR ISRAELI TDD TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARD - Version 2
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By: Omer Zak, EE Translated: Omer Zak Style editor: Susan Bullowa
Date: Dec. 12, 1985 Tr. date: June 4, 1987
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* COPYRIGHT, 1987 by Omer Zak and Susan Bullowa. *
* Permission is hereby given to freely reproduce this document for any *
* non-commercial purpose provided that the source is acknowledged and *
* the copyright notice is retained. *
* *
* This document is a translation of the Hebrew-language Israeli TDD *
* Standard. In case of contradiction between the Hebrew and English *
* versions, the Hebrew version is the binding one. *
**************************************************************************
1. GENERAL
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This proposal for standard for TDD telecommunication is an improved and
extended version of the proposal which was published at Nov. 11, 1984 and
which has undergone minor changes at Oct. 6, 1985. The present version
incorporates changes, the need for which arose as result from comments by
people who received for criticism the original proposal, and also from
practical experience which accumulated during the time which passed since
the publication of the original proposal.
This proposal for TDD telecommunication standard is not final. Anyone who
has comments or suggestions for improving the standard - is asked to bring
them to Omer Zak's knowledge.
2. GOALS OF THE STANDARD FOR ISRAELI TDD TELECOMMUNICATION
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The goals of the standard for Israeli TDD telecommunication are as follows:
a) Ensure that any 2 systems, which each meet the standard requirements,
will be able to "talk" with each other without requiring any checking,
tuning or additional experimentation other than checking for compliance with
all the standard requirements.
b) Choose a telecommunication method which is relatively tolerant to phone
line noise.
c) Be as compatible as possible with data telecommunications equipment in
wide usage in Israel, and do so by adopting the most often used telecommu-
nication standards in Israel.
The standard for Israeli TDD telecommunication applies to all types of TDDs,
regardless of whether they are based upon computers or terminals, or whether
they are dedicated to TDD usage.
3. SCOPE OF THE STANDARD FOR ISRAELI TDD TELECOMMUNICATION
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The standard relates to and only to those technical details which are
relevant to telecommunication between two systems. The standard does not
specify any requirement which relates to convenience of usage, and therefore
it, by itself, is not a full technical specification.
Those requirements are determined separately from the standard and are
subject to periodic update, as experience in operating TDDs is accumulated.
To ensure compatibility between corresponding options of different systems
which incorporate those options, the standard includes also specifications
which those options must meet. It does not mean that those options must
or must not exist in a particular TDD system, but only that if a certain
option does exist, it must comply with the requirements of the relevant
clause of the standard.
4. REQUIREMENTS WHICH EACH SYSTEM SHALL MEET
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4.1. MODEM
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The modem shall be asynchronous, fullduplex, be able to operate at 300
baud, and provide for choice between ORIGINATE and ANSWER modes. The
modem shall be compatible with Bell 103J standard.
The signal power on the phone line shall be as specified in the CCITT
V.15 standard.
4.2. TELECOMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
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a) Every system shall produce and interpret characters according to the
following protocol:
1 start bit
8 data bits
1 stop bit
NO parity
b) The most significant bit in each character shall be zero.
c) Transmission and reception rates shall both be 300 baud.
4.3. CHARACTER SET ENCODING
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All characters, which a TDD systems can decode or produce, shall be encoded
according to table 2 (encoding character set according to Hebrew and Latin
alphabets - the bilingual encoding) in Israeli Standard No. 960. In
particular, the codes of the Hebrew letters shall be between 60(Hex) and
7A(Hex).
5. OPTIONS
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5.1. WORK AT REDUCED BAUD RATE
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System which supports reduced baud rate/s - shall:
a) Be capable of working at 110 baud.
b) Be capable of working according to the following protocol:
1 start bit
8 data bits
2 stop bits (instead of 1 stop bit)
NO parity
5.2. WORK AT HIGH BAUD RATE
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System which supports high baud rate/s - shall:
a) Be capable of working at 1200 baud.
b) Be capable of automatic recognition of the baud rate of incoming calls
and adjust itself to work at that baud rate.
The modem compatibility will be stated in the final Israeli TDD
Telecommunication Standard.
5.3. DELETING CHARACTER
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A system which implements a deleting character, which deletes the last
character transmitted and not already deleted, shall use the character
RUBOUT (code 7F(Hex)) for this purpose.
In addition, the BACKSPACE character (code 08(Hex)), if implemented,
shall have such an effect that it may be used for correcting typing
mistakes on the displays of both the transmitting and the receiving
sides.
5.4. X-LINE HANDSHAKE CONTROL CHARACTERS
----------------------------------------
A system, which recognizes holding and releasing characters (X-Line
Handshake), shall use CTRL-S (code 13(Hex)) and CTRL-Q (code 11(Hex))
respectively for this purpose.
5.5. CONTROL CHARACTERS FOR CHANGING DIRECTION OF WRITING
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A system, which supports remote control of direction of writing, shall
use the following control characters:
a) CTRL-R (DC2, code 12(Hex)) - shall cause writing to go from right to
left as in Hebrew.
b) CTRL-T (DC4, code 14(Hex)) - shall cause writing to go from left to
right as in English.
5.6. NEW LINE
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A system, which uses a multi-line display (so there is a meaning for
the "new line" operation), shall use a sequence of characters which
contains only the single character CARRIAGE RETURN (code 0D(Hex)) to
signal or recognize the beginning of a new line.
In other words, the system shall advance to the next line in the display
even if it doesn't receive any LINE FEED control character from the
system on the second side of the phone line. In addition, a system,
which desires to signal the beginning of a new line, shall not have to
transmit the LINE FEED control character to guarantee correct display on
the receiving side of the phone line.
APPENDIX: ENCODING OF HEBREW LETTERS
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The following table gives the encodings of the Hebrew letters according
to Israeli Standard No. 960.
CODE(Hex) LETTER
--------- ------ + --------- ------ + --------- ------ + --------- ------
60 aleph
61 bet
62 gimel
63 dalet
64 heh
65 vav
66 zayin
67 khet
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File 11:
From: Prof Norm Coombs <nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 10:39:34 EST
Subject: Conference on technology and disability
Preliminary Announcement
National Symposium on
Educational Media Technology
Relating to Persons with Sensory Disabilities
July 20-22, 1994
Deadline for Presentation Proposal: February 1994
Registration Deadline: June 1994
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
A College of Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York USA
Program: o keynote and plenary sessions
o 25-30 papers
o 25-40 regular and electronic poster sessions
o informal social gatherings to share ideas
The symposium will provide a forum for leaders to share and disseminate
information about current and future advances in the field of educational media
technology as they relate to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and
visually impaired. In addition to exchanging ideas related to technology,
symposium participants will be asked to make recommendations regarding the
development and application of future technologies designed to respond to the
needs of persons with sensory disabilities.
The 1994 National Symposium is sponsored and funded by the U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Office of Special Education Programs/Division of Educational
Services/Captioning and Adaptation Branch.
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For more information, please contact:
E. William Clymer
Coordinator, Technology Symposium
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5604
(716) 475-6906 (voice and TTY)
(716) 475-6290 FAX
E-Mail: TECHSYM@RITXAV.ISC.RIT.EDU
Information will be sent regular print unless otherwise requested:
(check preferred format)
_____ braille
_____ large print
Check primary interest:
_____ persons who are deaf or hard of hearing
_____ persons who are blind or visually impaired
Name___________________________________________________________________________
Title__________________________________________________________________________
Organization___________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________________
City___________________________________________________________________________
State__________________________________________________________________________
ZIP____________________________________________________________________________
E-Mail_________________________________________________________________________
Telephone___________________________________ _______ voice _______ TTY
_______ FAX
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File 12:
From: Prof Norm Coombs <nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 10:40:30 EST
Subject: Call for papers for tech conference
The following is a text file of the "Call for Papers" brochure for the
Symposium on Educational Applications of Technology for Persons with
Sensory Disabilities to be held in Rochester NY, July 20-22, 1994. The
internet address for the symposium is
TECHSYM@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU
THE FOLLOWING FILE IS 346 LINES LONG.
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Educational Applications of Technology for Persons with Sensory
Disabilities
July 20-22, 1994
Rochester, New York
Host Institution
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
A College of Rochester Institute of Technology
Sponsor
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Office of Special Education Programs/
Division of Educational Services/
Captioning and Adaptation Branch
Learners with vision or hearing lossPregardless of agePshare the goal of
having complete access to information. For persons with vision loss,
print and graphic/pictorial information presents the greatest challenge;
for persons with hearing loss, it is sound and auditory information. How
can the needs of persons in one group be better met without compromising
access to information for the other?
The upcoming National Symposium is intended to help focus attention on
the role educational technologies should play throughout the 1990s and
beyond in providing information and services to our nationUs children,
youth, and adults who have hearing or vision losses. It will concentrate
on practical applications of technologies in a variety of educational
settings and feature new developments together with innovative
applications of some of the more enduring technologies.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The National Symposium is intended for teachers, media/technical staff
members, and administrators serving persons with hearing or vision loss
at all educational levels. School programs are encouraged to send teams
of all three.
PROJECT CO-DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Gerard J. Buckley, Director
Center for Outreach
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Mr. Christopher Pruszynski, Manager
Instructional Television and Media Services
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The Advisory Board members external to NTID are:
Dr. Norman Coombs
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
Ms. Laurie Everett
Director
Descriptive Video Service
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Daniel Hinton
Senior Communication Engineer
Arlington, Virginia
Dr. William P. Johnson
Superintendent
Iowa School for the Deaf
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Ms. Mary Ann Pack
Outreach Coordinator
Descriptive Video Service
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Lawrence Scadden
Senior Program Director
Program for Persons with Disabilities
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden
Director
The Trace Center
University of Wisconsin, Madison and President of RESNA
Dr. Doug Watson
Director
Rehabilitation Research & Training Center for Persons Who Are
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Little Rock, Arkansas
Dr. Frank Withrow
Director of Learning Technologies
Council of Chief State School Officers
Washington, DC
PROGRAM TOPICS AND EXAMPLES OF SUBTOPICS
Learner Characteristics and Preferences
Learning styles
Demographic and background factors
Creative means of reaching individuals
Technologies and Systems for Instructional Delivery
Computer-based
Television
Telecommunications
Media/multimedia development and utilization
Technologies for Access to Information and Instruction
Low-vision devices
Assistive listening systems
Facilitating access to resources, devices,
products, and systems
Environments for Learning
Mainstream classrooms
Distance learning
Workplace training and continuing education
Creating an accessible learning environment
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Presentations will be of two kinds, formal and poster. Each presentation
should address one or more of the four major topics. Presentations
addressing one or more of the suggested subtopics are encouraged.
Each presentation should have a practical implication either for direct
instruction or in support of educational services to students with
hearing or vision loss. Where feasible, demonstrations of technology
applications are encouraged.
Poster presentations provide an opportunity to
% demonstrate innovative applications of educational technologies used
to teach students with hearing or vision loss
% interact directly with other participants.
Basic audiovisual equipment will be available for each presentation (see
Presentation Proposal Form). Presenters will be responsible for the
transportation, setup, and security of other equipment and
media/software.
Persons interested in making either a formal or a poster presentation
should complete and return the attached Presentation Proposal Form.
Please furnish all the information requested on the form.
A 200-word abstract will be used for selection purposes. Abstracts of
all accepted presentations will be distributed to registered
participants before the symposium.
The deadline for receipt of formal and electronic poster presentation
proposals is February 28, 1994. Individuals whose proposals are selected
will be notified by April 15. Proposals should be sent to:
E. William Clymer, Coordinator
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
National Symposium Office
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
(716) 475-6906 (V/TTY)
FAX (716) 475-6290
E-MAIL: TECHSYM@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU
SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED
Sign language interpreting will be provided for all keynote, plenary,
and formal presentation sessions. In addition, real-time captioning will
be available for keynote and plenary sessions. Verbal descriptions will
be provided of graphic and video material used in the keynote, plenary,
and formal presentations. Audio and Braille versions of text material
will be available. Sighted guides also will be available.
REGISTRATION
Registration materials will be available in February and will be mailed
to interested individuals who return the information request form
attached to the Presentation Proposal Form. The Symposium registration
fee is $125.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Information regarding hotel and dormitory accommodations will be mailed
with registration materials in mid-February.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
If you plan to make a formal presentation or offer a poster session,
please fill out the Presentation Proposal Form on the inside flap. The
original and four copies of the form must be submitted on or before
February 28, 1994.
Proposals should be sent to:
E. William Clymer, Coordinator
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
National Symposium Office
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
PRESENTATION PROPOSAL FORM
National Symposium
Educational Applications of Technology for Persons with Sensory
Disabilities
Please include the following:
1. Name of Senior Author of Proposal
Occupation/Title of Senior Author
School/Work Address
Phone/TTY/E-Mail
2. Name(s) of Co-Author(s), if any
3. Title of Presentation
4. Presentation Needs (check all that apply)
- will speak and sign for myself
- will require voice interpreter
- will require sign language interpreter
- will require verbal descriptive services
5. Audiovisual Equipment Needs (check those needed)
- Overhead projector/screen
- 2S x 2S slide projector/screen
- Easel/pad
- Videotape player/TV
(Videotapes must be 1/2-inch VHS, NTSC standard SP speed)
- Macintosh Classic II, 2 meg RAM
- MS/DOS (486, 4 meg RAM, 33 mhz, VGA monitor)
6. Type of Presentation Proposed
- formal - poster
7. Presentation Fits Under Following Topic (check one)
- Learner characteristics and preferences
- Technologies and systems for instructional delivery
- Technologies for access to information and instruction
- Environments for learning
8. Presentation is Appropriate for (check one)
- Beginning audience
- Intermediate audience
- Advanced audience
9. This is a demonstration of a commercial product? -
10. Abstract of approximately 200 words (please type double-spaced below
or on a separate sheet and attach to proposal form).
TO ALL POTENTIAL NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS:
If you interested in receiving registration materials, please complete
and return the form below by March 15, 1994.
Please mail the completed form to:
E. William Clymer, National Symposium Coordinator
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
National Symposium Office
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
(716) 475-6906 (V/TTY)
FAX (716) 475-6290
E-MAIL: TECHSYM@RITVAX.ISC.RIT.EDU
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Educational Applications of Technology for
Persons with Sensory Disabilities
Yes, I am interested in receiving registration materials.
Name
Title
Affiliation
Address
City
State Zip
Phone Work: ( ) - Voice - TTY
Home: ( ) - Voice - TTY
E-mail
PROGRAM
The program will feature keynote and plenary speakers, concurrent
presentation sessions, poster sessions, and participant discussion
groups, all of which will relate to one or more of four major topics
that have been selected by the Advisory Board for the National
Symposium.
SPONSORSHIP
The 1994 National Symposium is sponsored and funded by the National
Technical Institute for the Deaf and the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education. Additional
support is being sought from private corporations and foundations.
Formal presentations should be no longer than 30 minutes. An additional
15 minutes will be reserved for questions and comments.
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
National Symposium Office
E. William Clymer
Lyndon Baines Johnson Building
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
(716) 475-6906 (V/TTY)
National Symposium
Educational Applications of Technology for Persons with Sensory
Disabilities
This material was produced through an agreement between Rochester
Institute of Technology and the U.S. Department of Education.
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