Summary Of Deaf Education Conference 4/3/2010
Friday, March 5th, 2010On March 4th, 2010, deaf education in Ireland took a step toward the future with the launch of a new joint policy document by the Catholic Institute of Deaf People, Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Deaf Society and DeafHear.
This document is historic in being the first agreed approach to education and supports from deaf-led organisations [...]
‘Disability Law News’ Blog Cites IDK’s Advocacy
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010A ‘Disability Law News’ blog post, Deaf Children and Inclusive Education, cites IDK on how live captioning benefits a deaf student at Trinity College.
Trinity College’s Deaf Support in Third-Level (DS3) programme, offers multiple supports to deaf students, of which captioning is just one option.
Education supports help unlock deaf students’ full potential, but the students [...]
European Award for Languages 2010 (Leargas)
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Leargas, the national agency in Ireland for co-operation programmes in education, youth and community work, vocational education and training, is managing the European Award for Languages 2010 on behalf of the EU.
Schools, colleges, businesses and language institutions can apply for these awards. The aim in 2010 is to find organizations that promote language learning in [...]
Subwoofers Give Access To Dance, Art, PC Games
Monday, December 21st, 2009Dance mats with flashing lights were previously used to teach deaf and hard of hearing kids to dance, but sub-woofers, as used at Rochester School for Deaf Students in the US, are definitely a step into the future.
Sub-woofers are typically used to enhance music in a dancing environment, but in this case are placed face [...]
Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) Scheme
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009In Ireland, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) free pre-school year is set to open up equal education opportunities to children nationwide.
The scheme, which is to be rolled out from January 2010, will be available to all pre-schoolers in Ireland, born between 2 February 2005 to 30 June 2006 (exemptions are made for children [...]
December 5th Creative Play Sessions - UPDATE
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Update: Owing to the volume of seasonal festivities on Saturday, December 5th, IDK and Helium are postponing the sessions until late January. We apologise for any inconvenience.
On December 5 2009, IDK and Helium will host another Learning Language is Fun! creative play session at the RuaRed arts centre in Tallaght, Dublin. Helium artist, Margot Jones, [...]
Low-Cost Internet Video Streaming For Educators
Monday, October 19th, 2009A low-cost way of video-streaming to use and distribute information online has been described in the US by Thomas McNeal Jr. and Landon Kearns.
Their article, “Using Video Streaming: Setting up a Cheap System for Distributing Information to Teachers and Students” explores how to set up a streaming system, using tools readily available in classrooms.
Vintage computers [...]
Tutorial Captioning Benefits Deaf Students’ Access
Monday, October 5th, 2009Premier Captioning Wicklow are proud to advise that they are working with a deaf student at Trinity College Dublin to provide support in group tutorials where students are asked to discuss questions or issues raised by the tutor.
The service is remote, which means the transcriber does not have to be physically in the room. This [...]
TranscribePod Make Podcasts Fully Accessible
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Accessibility is a primary focus in modern education. Recent years have brought the introduction of new tools like CaptionTube (a captioning tool for YouTube videos), interactive whiteboards and now podcast transcripts.
Teachers and lecturers can face challenges in preparing for a class where a student has hearing issues. If a teacher is showing a video in [...]
An Aspiring Deaf Dentist Identifies The Challenges
Thursday, September 17th, 2009How to lip-read through a surgical mask? This was one of the challenges an aspiring deaf dental student at Trinity College, Dublin, had to consider during their shadow week to identify the hurdles the course will raise.
Read their follow-up interview on TCD’s Deaf Support in Third-Level site … (in word document format)