‘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 [...]
Teacher Question: Sourcing A Soundfield System
Thursday, February 11th, 2010A teacher recently asked IDK how to source a soundfield system for a child at their school. The system needed to be movable between classrooms.
Our first response was to ask if the school has any contact with the Visiting Teacher service for deaf students at the Department of Education (DES). If yes, the visiting teacher [...]
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 [...]
“Through Sophie’s Eyes” - Deaf Children Do Dance
Monday, November 30th, 2009Traditionally, deaf or hard of hearing people were not taught to dance on the basis that if they couldn’t hear the music, how could the rhythm be kept?
A new children’s book aims to change this. Bristol author Catherine Gibson was driven by outdated ideas to write a book: “Through Sophie’s Eyes,” and tell the story [...]
Interview With DS3 Project Officer, Emma Clarke
Monday, November 16th, 2009Miriam Walsh, IDK´s journalist intern, recently met Emma Clarke, project officer of Trinity College Dublin´s Deaf Support at Third-Level (DS3) project to find out what supports students can use.
Starting college is never easy. Sometimes none of your friends are at the same college and you may be far away from home. Being deaf or hard of hearing [...]
Sign Language In Schools Benefits All Students
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Ballymahon Convent of Mercy Secondary School is breaking ground in deaf education in the midlands with a new deaf unit, which is currently educating two young girls in the mainstream system.
An initiative of Eileen O’Donovan (graduate in Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin), the unit was set up in September 2008 and supports several deaf [...]
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 [...]
Teacher’s Story: Deaf Students In Adult Education
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009More and more deaf students are being taught in third-level classes, some mainstream and others not. Here, Sinead Quealy, from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), recounts her experience of teaching a group of adult deaf students. Her experience may help lecturers who teach deaf students.
I taught adults for three years in Waterford City VEC. [...]
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 [...]