Update from Amy Cohen Efron's web site

Here's the update that she added the voiceover so the hearing people can hear what she said on her vlog:

Click this: Amy Cohen Efron's web site


Please spread the words to your hearing friends!!

Regards,

PMRjr

Since our convention ended.. Here's the video you may see what we were doing there and have had a great time!




Also Here's my Revised Report from 2005 thru 2007 plus some issues that we still have concerned..



And each member will get a full C.A.R.T. report by email and perhaps in the future newsletter..

Thanks,

PMRjr Emeritus Past President

TAD Board Meeting in April 2007

Here's our 2007 TAD Convention site:





We had a good TAD board meeting at the Choo-Choo hotel where our TAD Convention will be held this summer..

I hope all of you will attend our convention because TAD needs YOU!


Next: Update on Sorenson Issues in my report

PMRjr, TAD President

Amy Cohen Efron's Vlogs

Hey!

I want you to check this: Amy Cohen Efron's VLOG

I strongly agree with her because I had my experience when I grew up as an oral child in my old school before I learned ASL during my last year of Elementary school. (Thanks to my old teachers in Miami, FL).

I believe that all of Deaf babies should to learn the sign language as they can develop to learn how to use their com munitions with the parents, and develop their education skills better.

I am so glad that DeafRead.com is open to everyone even include the professionals too

Regards,

PMRjr

TAD President's Concerns on SLCC and Sorenson VRS

TAD President Paul Robertson has some concerns on SLCC and Sorenson VRS in Tennessee

A story of Deaf woman's experience at the airport

I strongly suggest YOU to check this:


http://deafprogressivism.blogspot.com/


It's not first time for me to hear this before..


What's wrong with the HEARING people who think we are Deaf people that are similar to the any disability people such as blind, and others etc..

I agree that she said that we need to educate those people to get know about our Deaf needs.

Not only she had her experienced in the airport..

My dear Deaf Tennessean people.. Im sure that you already have some experienced at the Crocker Barrel.. What would you get the menu at the first place? That menu is FOR BLIND (Braille letters) .. How can we read that menu we can SEE???? Yes Crocker Barrel restaurants are wonderful place we can eat and better service to any people even Blind people can use the braille menu as well.. but still NOT perfect yet..

Sadly, We STILL need to educate them EVERYDAY so therefore our Deaf rights are still not 100% protection YET..


Regards,

PMRjr

Carl Schroeder's Vlog

I think that you should check with this link:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=kalalau52

http://carl-schroeder.blogspot.com/


I know Carl Schroeder at Gallaudet in early 90's since he was one of my best (Deaf) English teachers. He's now in Hawaii.

Enjoy!

PMRjr

Gallaudet Blog/Vlog Conference

Hey for everyone!

I think that you want to read this with www.deafread.com on the right column to get more information about the event at Gallaudet campus that they hosted and Here's the link that you may be interested to read this:

http://deafness.about.com/b/a/257917.htm

Gallaudet Blog/Vlog Conference

On February 3, Gallaudet held a blog/vlog conference, sponsored by the Coalition for Critical Inquiry. I went to the conference and took notes of highlights. Overall, it was a good conference. There is a (now archived) webcast at on the CCI website.

There were four panels:


Whither Gallaudet

Must change
Asl podcasts
Knowledge is power
Need to reach out to hearing parents
Get word out..how can gally do?
How can Gally meet mission?
Make expectations clear
Role of hearing people? Can't shut hearing out, must include hearing faculty
Media does not give enough information on cochlear implants


Futuristic Visions of Deaf Identity

Many gally grads go to work in deaf community
Raise expectations, multicultural, stop big d and little d
Multiple identities, shared identity of experiences
Black deaf people don't like to be split. No one definition of what it means to be black. Parallels with deafness - many ways to be deaf
Impact of technology
Narrow picture of what a deaf person is
Can be deaf no matter where we go thanks to technology. Internet lets us communicate with each other in words and sign.
Blogging will not replace socialization but will change deaf community
Deaf studies at Gallaudet examining vlogging..best practices?
Young deaf want place to call home. Blogging vlogging encourages identity discussion
Deafhood being incorporated
Growing up in isolation. Identity in the home.
Everyone is wired different
Natural language - not asl, not oral, but written English
Avoid labels
Balance..between education and defining ourselves
Proactivity
ASL has different levels. How does ASL-English relate to identity?


The Futuristic Classroom (I skipped half of this panel)

Technology for classrooms such as voice recognition
Fewer deaf in schools for the deaf
Competition and technology
Early identification, early services
Low incidence disability
Need for more skilled teachers who can teach deaf, in classroom
Political impact from no child left behind
Gallaudet self examination - same number of students in future?
Role of distance learning, infrastructure
Technology needs to be available to all..including low income. not every household has a computer


Vlogging/Blogging and the Future of the Deaf Community

Vlogs - communication, discourse. Understand without text.
ASL vlogs - give freedom, flexibility
First vlog? George Veditz in 1913
Blogs/vlogs create more openness and reduce isolation
Deafread adding about 15 blogs a week
Blogs/vlogs becoming more specialized
History of blogging...companies once thought blogs not important
World doesn't know half of what happens at Gallaudet. Deafread helps Gallaudet by making content available
Major events boost deafread traffic
Vlogs have replaced the little papers of decades ago
Accountability, credibility for bloggers/vloggers
Over time, rules for bloggers/vloggers
Resources help voices be heard
Deaf people who can't read need the asl vlogs
Vlogs for kids too
Minimize hateful comments
Opinion versus fact (At that point I stopped taking notes due to being tired)

Why attend to the Workshop so important??

Some of you asked me about the workshop in the afternoon at the LDHH building like "why is this important workshop for me to attend?" I am glad to answer your question: Because you need to know how to run your club/chapter to pull more people to get involved AND you may not know what is the problem that we can face in today’s issues in the state of Tennessee.

Here’s the lot of information I provide at the workshop:
- Bummy’s parliamentarian rules
- Robert’s Rule of Order
- TAD Technology for using our Communication
- The Community Center in your hometown
- Role of the Deaf models in your community
- And many many more to add up


The workshop will be held at the League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 415 4th Ave South in Nashville, you may check their web site for directions ( see mapping under “Contact Us”: www.leagueforthedeaf.com/home.html It starts at 1pm until approx 3pm or so.

And of course, you are welcome to attend our TAD board meeting in the public from 9am CST thru 12noon that would be good benefit for you to understand our TAD business, and NCTAD will provide the lunch with your help to bring some covered dishes for feeding up to 10 people.

I hope to see all of you there!

PMRjr, TAD President

TAD Board Meeting on Jan 27, 2007 at 9am!

To everyone in the Deaf Community of Tennessee!

I am informing all of you that we will have the TAD board meeting will be held at the LDHH building in Nashville on Jan. 27 2007 at 9am to 3pm CST. You may bring your dish covered for supporting NCTAD during the lunch hour!

We will discuss on many issues:
- TAD convention
- TAD Technology for our members' benefits
- Workshops for new leadership skills
- and many more!

I hope all of you to be there, so you will learn a lot of the TAD business that will be your benefit with your hometown!

See you there!

PMRjr, TAD President

Deafness and the Riddle of Identity

I got this link from Thom Roberts, Executive Director, Tennessee Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

PMRjr, TAD President


http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=j1kwykr398gz88fxgrdp8tj6n7wldcny

Camping Club Meeting!!!

On behalf of my camping club, HIDEOUT/soon to be TDC..

I wonder if you have own a tent? RV? or you have several friends who love camping? do you love camping??? If so.. Please come to our meeting! Here's the link that you need to read:

http://www.hideoutdeafcamp.org/2007_Meeting.html

Please spread this word to your friends!!!

Thanks

PMRjr, TAD President

Google Search for the Deaf

This free service may be useful to those you are Deaf or Hard of Hearing that have a mobile device that can send/receive text messages:

Google SMS is a service that enables you to search for certain kinds of information with Google from a mobile device (such as a Blackberry), and returns your search results as text messages. With Google SMS, you can get phone book listings, movie showtimes, weather, facts, dictionary definitions, product prices, and more. Please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/ to see sample queries and the types of results you might get.


http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/

FAQ: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/topic.py?topic=9123