Gallaudet Blog/Vlog Conference

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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)