Interactive Whiteboards Promote Pupils’ IT Literacy
Using interactive whiteboards in mainstream primary classrooms motivates pupils by offering educational tools with a strong visual learning aspect. For deaf children who learn visually, whiteboards facilitate inclusive teaching and learning styles in many ways. Interactive teaching directly at the whiteboard is possible, instead of the child missing instructions while at a classroom workstation The
Evelyn Glennie with the NYOI at the NCH (July 7th)
This was inclusion at its best. World-renowned percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie, in performance with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The flow of musical synergy among the disparate players was achieved by using key sensory cues for an orchestral harmonisation that received a prolonged standing ovation at its
Child Literacy & Social Inclusion (NESF, June 2009)
A Plenary Session on Child Literacy and Social Inclusion was organised on June 16 by the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF), at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin. By 2016, the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016 has the goal of reducing the proportion of pupils with serious literacy difficulties in primary schools serving
NDCS Moves Education Statistics To Centre Stage
The UK’s NDCS (National Deaf Childrens’ Society) campaigns for improved educational services on behalf of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Its “Must do better!” campaign identifies how routine teaching services for deaf children can be improved now, and in the government’s 2020 strategy. From autumn 2009, as a result of campaigns by NDCS and other entities,
Introducing Babies & Toddlers To Books & Reading
Babies and toddlers need to become familiar with books before reaching school age, otherwise they will tend to associate books only with school. Infants at home will be attracted to simple pictures in books, which can prompt their first item-and-word link, the initial step in language-learning. Toddlers exposed to image-rich books and flash cards early
Teaching Question: Making The Alphabet Tactile
A teacher recently asked how to make her pupils’ letter-learning tactile for an inclusive classroom of mixed abilities and developmental stages. When teaching the alphabet to children who’re deaf, touch and movement can be key elements in a multi-sensory approach. The childrens’ visual memory is reinforced as they will remember the ‘feeling’ and ‘moving’ sensations
Learning Language Is Fun! For Parents & Children
IDK and artist Helene Hugel are inviting families with very young deaf children to join in a series of “imaginative play” sessions. Create and the Arts Council are funding this initiative to develop creative skills with parents to support early language development in deaf children. The initial sessions will take place at the National Cochlear Implant
Early Reading Skills For Lifelong Literacy
Reading is a key skill for deaf children to develop, as our world is driven by information. Think about it – your child and their peers will grow up with email, texting, computer tools, captioned TV, DVDs and online video clips. As this website noted recently, digital tools like email, webtext, Skype, video relay or chat, can
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell