Using Technology to Communicate
Written by Catharine McNally on February 9th, 2009 | 1 CommentIn another blog, I wrote about the increasing use of digital technology and how Keen Guides is using it to create more integrated experience for people of all languages and communication modalities. We’re hopeful that it creates dialogue when everyone has access to the same information.
I think it’s important to create experiences for people in [...]
Argentine Journal — Fathers & Sons
Written by Duke Osborne on February 3rd, 2009 | 2 CommentsA Super Sunday? Absolutely! … Hearing or deaf, the love of a father and son endures.
One Note at a Time
Written by Beth Blair on January 21st, 2009 | 2 CommentsImagine that you are a professional musician working every day and never playing the same piece of music twice. Each evening you show up at the auditorium in your black tux and on a screen, you are shown only one note at a time, in rapid succession, not a standard piece of music with the [...]
Do you Cue in your dreams?
Written by Barb Ballard on January 14th, 2009 | 8 CommentsI realized recently, that from time to time, I find myself Cueing in my dreams. Sometimes it is when I’m communicating with someone to whom I would normally Cue, but in other dreams I find myself Cueing to people who have no knowledge of Cued Speech. It seems that when I find myself Cueing to [...]
Say What?
Written by Barb Ballard on December 13th, 2008 | 0 Comments
The difference between having a CLT in class and not having one.
Argentine Journal (Fragments)
Written by Duke Osborne on November 8th, 2008 | 1 CommentRefracted thoughts on Argentina, communication, empathy for Ben and his deafness:
(1) Can you ever really blend in when you are an outsider? Should you?
In the first day or two of our journey to Argentina, my daughter Maddie seemed oddly out of sorts when I cued to my son Ben, especially in [...]
Argentine Journal (Listening)
Written by Duke Osborne on September 22nd, 2008 | 2 CommentsArgentine Journal (Field Notes)
The effort of listening. How travel to a foreign country, with a foreign language, generates empathy for Ben, my deaf son.
During our time in Buenos Aires we stayed in an apartment. This provided us a perfect base of operations to unpack our gear, a kitchen for supplies and meal preparation, beds and [...]
When a deaf instructor teaches hearing people Cued Speech…
Written by Hilary Franklin on September 21st, 2008 | 0 Comments…it’s not just about mechanics and understanding which “th” words are voiced and which are voiceless. It’s about collaboration, understanding, and communication. Oh, and motivation.
I’m a native cuer. I’m also deaf—profoundly deaf. And I don’t exactly have the best auditory processing skills. I can discriminate the difference between high heels clacking down the hallway and [...]
Argentine Journal
Written by Duke Osborne on September 12th, 2008 | 0 CommentsJourneys, metaphorically or literally, through life or to foreign countries, require some interactions with others, at least for basic needs – transportation, food, lodging. These basic transactions require interacting with others, which requires communication. This summer I went on an overseas adventure to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with my teenage children, Ben, 16, and Maddie, [...]
Smarter Than a 5th Grader?!?
Written by Beth Blair on September 12th, 2008 | 2 CommentsWhat I really love about September is that none of the erasers have been chewed off the pencils. Yet.
The last blog that I wrote has a comment from Esther asking if I have cued in all of the grades yet. That’s funny because my colleagues joke that we should, by now, be smarter than 5th [...]
