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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

DeafRead as the Best Assignment for ASL Classes

36 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah!!!!!! we rocks!!!!! Deaf Read rules!!!! let's throw fireworks!!!! party hard!!!! of course don't drink and drive!

hugs and kisses to you all!!!
Gary Brooks
www.blueapplefilms.com/blog

mishkazena said...

Many other ASL and Deaf Studies classes are also using DeafRead as a part of their cirriculi. I think it is wonderful as this helps them understand the Deaf Community better. :)

Oscar Chacon said...

GLORY TO DEAFREAD!!

AMEN!!

Thanks for sharing :)!

Ward & Ginny Nyholm said...

Whooo!!!! DeafRead is definitely a great vessel of enlightenment and empowerment to the Deaf Community!

-PANY Lighthouse
www.pany.wordpress.com

Jared said...

We're happy to contribute to your class among others. All the credit goes to the bloggers/vloggers, of course!

Judge said...

A M E N !!!

Anonymous said...

Wow!

That is so fantastic. Please tell her I thank her very much for having all of her students to get involved for part of assignment. That was wonderful idea!

And yes, DeafRead is the best thing to us because without it, no way we can pass along to each other.

Thank you for sharing the information!

Geo

Barb DiGi said...

Wow John and Jill!!

Thanks for sharing about how are we compared to hearing bloggers. It surely made me feel so proud of our deafread community where we are able to engage into a meaningful discourse more than we realize.

I happen to know an ASL associate professor in NTID assigning her students to read Deafread and select a v/blogger to interview. No question that deafread serves as a vehicle for anyone who tries to understand Deaf culture and ASL community.

Glad you made this assignment and set an example, Jill!

Kudos to you all v/bloggers!

Toby Welch said...

Thank you, John and Jill, for sharing with us. I required my ASL students to do their homeworks on deafread.com since last January. It is rich information in deafread.com. Yes!

Lisa C. said...

Wow!! Way to go!!! I'm proud of you guys. Keep v/blogging...

David A. Martin said...

QUESTIONS FOR JILL

Anonymous said...

Knowledge is power! The more we understand ourselves, more power to Deaf people!

Anonymous said...

Another great example of how the deaf community is using blogs and vlogs to educate the world around us! Thanks for sharing that with us! I'd love to read those papers!!!

~ LaRonda

Noah Buchholz said...

Hey John and David...

I like how you sign, "DeafRead rocks!"

But... how do you sign, "DeafRead rocks my socks off!"???

-Noah

Anonymous said...

Your wife is prejudice! Shame on you!!!

Anonymous said...

Let me tell you something about your wife's comments...

She said "hearing people complain about their personal life, attack each other and so on". Then you said "deafies are more professional than hearing". SHAME ON YOU, JILL...THAT'S DISCRIMINATION. SHAME ON YOU JILL!!! pffftttt

Oscar Chacon said...

No, anonymous, if there is to be any shaming at all, it will be YOU two!

THINK! If you had simply said that you noticed that Jill used an overgeneralization and explain that there ARE some hearing people who are just as good as deaf, THEN leave it at that. Then I am sure that either JohnABC or Jill will respond back with respect because you gave them respect first when disagreeing. But since you chose to attack her character, you lost any right to self-defense until you find in your heart to apologize.

I understand disagreeing with good clearly explained reasons but disagreeing and attacking? NO!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous, hey Jill got comments from her students. So, you barked at wrong tree.

Anonymous said...

yeah!!! deaf power! hurray!

Karen Mayes said...

That is wonderful! It is good to see that DeafRead is being used for educational purpose, a great place for hearing people to have an eye opener into how deaf people think, feel, and live. It gives a more broader (and at the same more detailed) view of us deaf people than "Through Deaf Eyes". DeafRead is like a continuation of "Through Deaf Eyes, only LIVE. :-)

Kudos to Jill!

Aslpride said...

Ah, an anonymous comment just appeared with ugly message. This just confirmed my video discuss on anonymous usually give a displease message. Anonymous is a ghost with no identity. Therefore, you don't exist.

Jill, its cool to see students research on deafread.com. I am glad we can contribute something to them. :)

Anonymous said...

ABC, any of Jill's students write a good report on your VLOGS? I bet they have!

Domvera said...

Hey ABC and Jill!

Thank you for wonderful sharing with us! Indeed, DeafRead Rocks! It made us to pull together into close knit of the deaf and hard of hearing community to share many things to increase our personal growth and knowledge of power. That's truly important to love each other into the city of harmony.

DeafRead.com, keep it up for us to stay in our community forever!

Nick Vera

Anonymous said...

Cool!

In my first video clip, I discuss Joey's idea of using videos and ASL for discourse on deaf related issues. I also explain that it is a great (innovative) way of exposing our culture to others.

The more, the better!

Kudos to all bloggers and vloggers!

Jill Lestina said...

Response to David CLICK HERE

Anonymous said...

To: Anonymous who said Shame on you, Jill,

Aw, come on! Jill didn't say anything hurtful. She just commented away what her students said about deaf and hearing's blogs and vlogs. Please have a heart and be nice. It will change your heart. Life is too short. oh, come on!!!! Lighten up! I hate ugly comments. Pfft yourself, not at Jill. OK!!!

To Jill:

Just IGNORE what that poor and miserable soul, anonymous said to you. I saw that you didn't say anything harmful. Geez, I guess that person misunderstood you completely.

I am glad to hear that your students really enjoyed deafread.com.

I love you and John.

Your old friend,
Debbie

ASL Risen said...

Yeah, I agreed with your old friend, Debbie that Jill didn't say anything hurtful!

Yes, we the Deaf vloggers and bloggers are CHAMP!!! We rocks!! DEAF READ RULZ!!!

Shawn

Anonymous said...

Hello John and Jill,

Awesome! Thank you very much for sharing the wonderful news with us today! Yes, indeed, it really makes me feel so good to know that your ASL students continue learning more about the deaf community and culture. They realize that we are human beings!

Cheers and hugs,

Anonymous

Anonymous said...

Thank you for bringing this up for the ASL classes. I think it will be a great way for the students to learn about deaf people and their b/vlogs. I got inspired by that, and I want to include it in the future classes. :)

mochame said...

Perfect example to your students that we have DEAFREAD, DEAFREAD Rocks!

Anonymous said...

John and Jill,

Hooray!! :-) Deafread rocks!!! I thank to Deafread because it profits me greatly educated.

A+ thumbs up!! ;-)

Kudos and hats to v/bloggers.

JungleForest

Anonymous said...

Yes, Yes, Yes! I agreed with Fookem. That anonymous really did bark at the WRONG TREE. BIG TIME!

Dear Anonymous who barked at the wrong tree,

Please watch carefully what Jill explained about what her students said. Watch twice before you type up your comment.

Geez!!! Did you know that being cool is the best thing to do and good for you mentally and spiritually? I bet as of right now, you are sitting and reading my comment feeling ashamed of yourself for barking at the wrong tree. HA HA HA! You had made a big fool of yourself. Laughing at you right now!!! And Jill is having a last laugh.

Anonymous said...

BEST DEAFREAD !!!!!! I LOVE TO WATCH VLOG AND BLOG TOO . BIG SMILE ! GOD BLESS WITH YOU !

IamMine said...

:D

Cool...but hope you didn't have them look at MY vlogs.

*hides under ASL rock* ;)

DeafRead TOTALLY rocks!!

ccm14er said...

AWESOME ... PROOF THAT Deafies could do anything as equal as give THE IMPRESSION as the Deafies have all the ability to be EQUAL for all the communication with the general world population (the Hearies).

ABC, you gave that THE IMPRESSION to make all of US THE DEAFIES real PROUD !!!!

That made me feel good for the "future" (our sighting in the future in all regards) as so BRIGHT AND INCREDIBLE !!!! Not feel as we would be "dragging" behind the Hearies group as on any Path.

DEAFREAD do ROCK AND RULES for EVERYONE on this Earth !!!

Oh let count both John and Jill (ABC couple) BE GLORY as BELIGHTENING the DeafRead -- show the world !!!!

Anonymous said...

That's great news!!!

Thanks for sharing with us