Interactive Quizzes

I am 83% Dixie. But I wish the quiz was extended so that you could put in answers that weren't offered as choices.

I also took the "do you speak American" quiz. When I looked at the answers on the map of which American is perferred, I was suprised to see only one region score above an 8. So no one speaks the perfect sounding "American" in North America. Huh?

HAs anyone noticed that some of the newer ATM machines have an "English" voice. Usually a pleasant woman who sounds as though she and MAry Poppins have High tea every Friday. If I am 83% Dixie then I suppose you won't hear my voice on any ATM in the near future ( according to the pleasant American voice survey).

Kristi

Language Analysis Projects

I hope everyone is doing well with their language analysis projects.

Collecting the language sample was fun.I really enjoyed the interaction with the child.

But the analysis itself is a little more tedious. And a little stressful. I hope I'm doing it correctly.

Anyone else go slowly through the process of breaking down the sample?

Kristi

Good Morning America

I was getting ready for work yesterday morning and watching Good Morning America. They had a story on a girl who was just voted off of the Tyra Banks show, America's Next Top Model.
The interesting part about the story was that the girl (who made it into the top 5) had asperger's syndrome.
Good Morning America interviewed her regarding her autistic spectrum disorder and I thought that it was really insightful for people to see how that asperger's affected the model in her social and professional situations.
I can't remember the name of the model, but I'm anxious to see how her career goes and I think it's great to see a person with asperger's syndrome pursuing their ambitions and not being afraid of the spotlight.

Being Sneaky

I work at a veterinary hosptial in Danville and we have volunteers from KSD or Kentucky School for the Deaf come to see exactly what we do and to get experience working. When Jenna's mom spoke the other night she mentioned that deaf students are very sneaky. The other day we had a student at our work who was working outside with our Doggie Daycare dogs with no coat on. We knew she had to be cold and when we asked if she had a coat she said no. We found that she did have a sweatshirt but she didn't want to wear so they are sneaky!!

66% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line

I am 66% dixie. Never would have thought that. Its funny when you see how you say things vs. how other people say them.

Quiz thing

i took the quiz that you guess where the people were from, I found it very hard to tell where the people were from. They all sound a like to me. i only got maybe half of them right.

57% Dixie

I guess my 12 years spent near Ft. Wayne Indiana is showing through. It was alot of fun. More games that help us identify parts of ourselves are fun. Does anyone know where more are?

Dialect Quiz

I took the dialect quiz and I am 58% Dixie, barely Dixie........I really don't know what this means, so I guess I am okay with it. It's a pretty cute little quiz!! :)

Jenna's mom

I really enjoyed getting to meet Susan Monday night. It was nice to see how a parent reacted to the situation and what she felt was a vitial part of her daughters education. Meeting this guest has realled brought the class to a personal level.

Hope nobody got sick!

I have a terrible cold! I just finished taking the ACT Residual here on campus...like two hours ago and then took a huge Astronomy test and I am looking for someone I can hire to give me a ride home. Just kidding! I don't know if our class attendance was off due to illness, but if I had felt like this, this morning, I would not have taken either test. But good luck to all, keep your hands off rails and doorknobs, use hand sanitizer, and for goodness sake, wash your hands!

Hope everyone had a safe holiday and I will see everyone next week!!

The test said I was Yankee?

I took the quiz on the blog and my score was a33% and it said I was definitely a Yankee. I find this very funny because most people think I am a hick. If you here my accent it is not hard to tell where I am from. It was a neat quiz everyone should take it. It is neat to see how different words are used to explain the same thing all over the US.

Language Analysis interview

I really enjoyed the interview with the child I chose. Well I wouldn't even call it an interview. It was more of a play date. It took forever writing the transcript though, and I would like to thank Mrs. White for letting us know that this part would be more time-consuming than most of us would have expected. I learned alot from listening to my chosen child's language. I look forward to teaching these children and am praying not to lose my rose-colored glasses.

Dialects

If you haven't tried the dialect quizzes in the right hand corner of the blog I would suggest that you take the time and try it. I was just curious to see what it was and found that the activity was interesting. I was actually surprised at my results.

I work at Don Pablo's and the other day a woman and a little boy came in with autism and i recognize this right away as i was sitting them he begin to get a little upset not wanting to be around all the other people. well i was like you show me where you want to go. he was non commutative and walked me to a corner booth. his mother was so happy she said she had never been anywhere before that someone actually understood and knew how to handle it and he was so happy!! it made my day. so just wanted to share my experience with everyone and to let everyone know all the work we are all doing is really worth it.

Thanksgiving

I just wanted to say that I had a great thanksgiving. I ate way too much of course, but that's thanksgiving and its okay! I do have to say though that I didnt' eat as much as I usually do, I think its because I had three dinners to attend and I was just rushed and ate a little at each place. I do have to say that I got up at 3:30 to go shopping which is the earliest I have gotten up in a long time!! Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!

Kelsey

It's Christmas...

Thanksgiving is over and my sister says when Thanksgiving in over, Christmas is here! At any rate, I hope everyone had a fabulous break and got to spend some quality time with family/friends and eat lots of wonderful food while being thankful. :)

I don't know about you all, but I'm going to dread waking up for my 8 o'clock class tomorrow. I shouldn't have let myself sleep in so much =X

But anywho, that's how it goes.

*Alisa*

THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!

I hope everyone had a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!!!

Did everyone eat too MUCH and Spend to MUCH money the day after... I know we did!!! I hope is was a GREAT holiday for everyone!!! I am sure we ALL have a lot to be thankful for!!!

Remember our Observation Sample Project is due MODAY Night 11-26...

Have a great weekend!!!

Holly H.

Online FINAL

I am an AVID fan of technology. I love the convenience that it provides. I believe it enables all of us to be more effective as well as efficient. I use it in many, many ways both personally and professionally.

When many people were OPPOSED to online testing (and still are in k-12) I have ALWAYS been a supporter of it. Regardless of the problems we have all experienced and the ways it can be misused I believe the BENEFITS far outweigh the negatives.

One of the most convenient aspects of typing or word processing is copying and pasting. I have ENCOURAGED you to type your answers in Word and then copy and paste them into Blackboard.

However, I want to CAUTION you as we move toward our ONLINE FINAL. Copying information from anywhere into your answers will not be of benefit to you. YOUR mind, YOUR ideas and how YOU synthesize material will earn you the most points. I am not looking for fancy wording in answers. I am not looking for textbook perfect material (If I were I'd go to Kuder and read him again). I am interested in what YOU have LEARNED and your perspective on the question and how you will answer it. You are bright students. Trust yourself and your mind.

I know I said much of this in class on Monday. Grading the remainder of the tests I felt I needed to say it again along with these few TIPS FOR THE FINAL:

• Be sure to read the entire question
• Answer all parts of the question
• Answer the question as it is written - do not just write information about the topic of the question - ANSWER THE QUESTION
• Less is better - do not type exhaustive lists
• Paraphrase or Summarize and put information in your own words - - do not type anything word for word or copy and paste

So, YES, the final will be ONLINE. Yes, it will be open book, open notes. No answer that is copied from another source will be accepted. NO points will be given for those answers. All answers must be your own words.

You can post questions in the blog to create an online study guide as well. This would then be available to you as a reference during the Final.

You may posts questions about the Final in the comments section for this post.

Mrs. White

Thank you!

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to Mrs. White for letting us choose how we wanted to take the final. I haven't had any other professor to let us do this.

How about a compromise?

I just had a thought. It would be great to have a reference to our previous chapters on the comprehensive test. I spent several hours on the last test and still did poorly. I cannot imagine having to search the entire book and power points for the referenced materials. Here is a tip. Print the power points before taking the tests so you won't get knocked off the test by trying to get to them while taking the test.

Class Project

The last class was great. I got so much from the run-through on the different approaches to the project, I cannot decide which one I want to do. I will have to decide soon though as the deadline nears. Either way, it will be much more simple to understand.

Hello!!! its THANKSGIVING DAY!!! i wanted to tell everyone Happy Turkey DAy!!! enjot your time off and hope all is well where ever you end up today!!!

Autism & Language

I would like to invite everyone to watch Youtube and view In My Language. Then go to cnn.com click on health and in the Dr. Sanjay Gupta's blog scroll down to the highlighted Anderson Cooper 360 prompt. On Anderson Cooper 360 there is a box with more info. about Amanda Baggs and why she made this youtube video.

This is fascinating to me; the description of an autistic first language. I think you will learn from watching Amanda's video and from her interview.

Class

Alice

Class was fun today, and it really help me with the language sample project. Now I know for sure what we are suppose to do. I am really glad that we when over the language sample project today in class.

And the FINAL survey says...

...the Final will be online.

A few people noted they would also be interested or willing to do it orally. If anyone prefers to do this they may email me to discuss the format of an oral exam.

1. Some students felt the final should only cover material we covered after test 3.
2. Some students felt the final should only cover Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics.
3. Some students felt the final should be comprehensive (This is what is stated on the Course schedule).
4. Some students wanted specific areas of exceptionality covered on the test.
5. Some students wanted questions that relate to the real world - the classroom, what teachers actually do
6. Some students wanted definitions on the test
7. Some students wanted questions that related to recent in class activities

Therefore:

1. I will include at least 2 questions from chapter 15 and 2 questions from chapter 16.
2. I will provide more questions on the test than you have to answer and will give you the opportunity to CHOOSE which questions you want to answer. Obviously there will be a total number you will have to answer.
3. There will be questions related to areas of exceptionality and YOU will choose WHICH area of exceptionality you wish to use to answer that specific question. This will allow you to choose the population or group of students with whom you have had the most experience or plan to work in the future.

Most of the questions will require you to SYNTHESIZE information and demonstrate how you would APPLY it. They will require higher order thinking and require you to answer with your own ideas and in detail. No answers will be accepted that appear to come directly from Wikipedia, the text, the power point slides, etc. You will have to demonstrate that you understand that information, those facts and know how to use it in a classroom setting.

Feel free to comment here with questions you may have.

Clarity

I just wanted to thank Ms. White for the class tonight putting my mind at ease about the language analysis. I was a little worried about exactly what to do, but now I see it clearly.

Thanksgiving

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching I really like to look at my life and give thanks to all that I have been blessed with. This class really makes me appreciate that I do not have to face many of the hurdles we discuss in class. I just wanted to hear what others are thankful for and get in the spirit of Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has a wonderful break and are able to spend time with the ones they love.

Thank you to all who posted about the visitor last week. I was unable to be in class and your insight was very beneficial. I read many posts about an activity you did in class and I was just wondering about what it was. Everyone had really good comments about it and I am sorry I could not be there. If anyone is willing to let me in it would be greatly appreciated. I look forward to class tomorrow.
erin wolf

Monday night class with Jenna

I thought Jenna gave some really good positive information about the implant. In most of my classes dealing with deaf culture, all the opinions given from the deaf community were very negative. It was usually always hearing parents who were promoting the cochlear implant. I'm glad I finally got to receive a different side to the story.

Final

I was just curious. If we have a comprehensive final in class, can we please have a study guide? I would not even know where to begin to start studying without one.

Class monday night

I wanted to say that after class monday I really began to understand the difference between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The activity was great. I mentioned to Ms. White after class that the activity would have helped if we would have done it earlier in the class. Does anyone else agree/disagree?

Final!!!

OK so this semester to me is going by so fast I can't even believe it. Here it is and there is only a few weeks left of the semester and finals are coming faster than I can keep everything straight. So about finals... I am now a LOT MORE concerned with our final in this class. I didn't know that our test was going to be in class, and that now is worrying because it only gives you two hours to take the test, and I normally take 2 or more, and I like having the resources at my disposal. So now realizing this I AM FREAKING OUT!!! someone please tell me that isn't just me!!!

Jenna

Monday night I enjoyed class alot. With Jenna coming I thought that she was hilarious and she was very open with all of her answers. I felt that her being there gave an outlook that I hadn't really thought about.

Keith Wann - very funny coda (hearing but has deaf parents)

Keith Wann came to Eastern to give a presentation. It was two semesters ago I think. He was so funny. I thought you all might enjoy previewing some of his work as an ASL comedian. Here is the link to a few of my favorite videos, but there are more on you tube you can check out and I'm sure there are more somewhere else online. Anyway, since we've been talking about deafness and all, I thought this would be the appropriate time to share; however be advised there are some MINOR inappropriate words for children in some of his videos. I promise it isn't anything major though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJF3BmFNVz0 Farts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2nX41KvnNY Ice Ice Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDnJ8suNTI Deaf Drivers
ENJOY!

Final :(

So I know everyone else is as worried about this upcoming final as I am. I was not aware, first of all, that it would be in class. That scares me more than the comprehensive part, because I am used to being able to use resources available to me, and I am used to the format and environment of taking the test online. I wanted to see, Dr. White, if we could possibly come to a compromise. Could we possibly still take it online if we don't complain that it is comprehensive? I don't know about everyone else, but when taking a test in class, I tend to get overly stressed and forget a lot...or not be able to find the words, no matter how much I study. Please consider this?

Jenna

I really enjoyed having Jenna in class. It was interesting to hear her perspective. She was funny, and easy to listen to. I was impressed by her language abilities, and her positive outlook on everything. She had a lot of new perspectives to offer us on the implant, especially what she says to people who express negativity about the implant. I'm glad she could come.

monday nights weather

I know that this is a little late, but i noticed that a lot of people were late or not in class on Monday. I just wanted to post to say I hope that everyone had better luck than I did with the weather. On Monday on my way back to school I fell in my garage and landed straight on my back. Pretty painful, but I'm fine I walked away with just a sore body, bruises, and a horrible headache which is why i left class early. If anyone would like to fill me in on what happened after the break that would be great. I hope everyone else had better luck then I did... See y'all next week.

Monday NIght Class

I thoroughly enjoyed Mondays night class. It was really interesting to me to learn about the cochlear implant. I also enjoyed the video and also how much i learned from the video. If you missed Monday, it was an excellent class!

My friends mother who is a teacher called me today and asked me if i had learned any new information or teaching methods for children with apraxia that i could pass on to her. She has taught children with apraxia before, but was just wondering if there was any new information out. I told her that i have not learned any new information, but i would ask around to find out if my teachers or classmates have read any new articles or heard any new information. If any one has any helpful information, or knows a good place to look for new teaching methods please let me know so i can pass it one! Thanks!

Class on Monday

Hey my name is Alice and i was sick and had a real bad headache Monday and couldn't go to class. I was just wondering if anyone can please tell me what we did in class? Thank you

Deaf Visitor in Class

Tonight in class I mentioned a former student of mine, Jena, who has a cochlear implant. She is currently a student at RIT/NTID in Rochester, New York but is home this quarter. She is the person who paged me tonight during class. I met her after class tonight for a bite to eat and mentioned our class discussion. She has agreed to come to class next week and share with you some of her experiences with the cochlear implant as well as general experiences with how language issues have impacted her learning experiences throughout her education. I will conduct an interview as well as give you a time to do Q & A with her. I am excited to have her come to class. See you next week!

Missed class

I missed class tonight due to the weather and my long commute to class. I was curious if anyone could fill me in on what I missed tonight and if they had any notes from class that I could look at to get caught back up?

Tyler Fox - UPDATE

Hey everyone,

First off, thanks to those of you who have kept my little cousin in your prayers. Prayer is the one thing that has got him through this!

Tyler is doing AWESOME considering the circumstances. The doctor's told us this weekend that there is a possibility that he will get to come home this upcoming weekend! Last week we were told that Tyler has made a 3-5 week progress within only 7 days! God is working!

Just keep praying that Tyler gets to come home soon!

Thanks again

Out of the Hospital

Thanks to the many of you who have been so supportive and enouraging through your class participation, positive comments and emails this week while my husband has been in the hospital with pneumonia. I know how full your plates are as students many of you with jobs and several of you with families. I appreciate your kind words and encouragement to me this week. He was discharged last night and is home doing well.

Have a great weekend!