![]() ![]() Things have changed so fast, but let’s be clear: We were using that 1980’s device (TTY) throughout the nineties and well into the 2000’s. I have to admit that I am a bit nostalgic right now thinking back at the old days of the TTY and the phone operators, and how that has now been replaced by the iPhone in my mom’s pocket. The technology that I grew up watching my mother use has improved dramatically. If you just started reading here, my mom is Deaf, meaning that she cannot hear out of both ears and uses American Sign Language and English to communicate with people. Check out this wikihow on How to Communicate with Deaf People There are many, many ways to get that “snapshot of learning”, and they don’t all have to be teacher directed or written by hand on a piece of paper. Some kids like to read by themselves Create a balanced reading program in your classroom so that kids have the opportunity to read in multiple ways. Sometimes a whole class discussion can be intimidating Use an online forum once in awhile. Maybe that’s why it always seemed like a no-brainer to me that teachers provide a variety of visual and audio cues for students, and to provide opportunities for students to produce work in the formats that suit them. While it’s easy to assume that most people have the decency to write their words on a piece of paper to explain something to my mom at a Jiffy Lube, I grew up seeing example after example of poor communication and a lack of differentiation from hearing people of all walks of life. ![]() My mom has to live in a world where many people prefer to communicate by speaking and hearing. It wasn’t until recently that I started to see my mother’s identity as a Deaf woman and a teacher of the Deaf as having a profound influence on my teaching practice. My mom’s classroom of Deaf and hard-of-hearing preschoolers American Sign Language is one of my two home languages – and the one that I spend restless night practicing to the ceiling. CODA has been a term used by some to refer to a “ Child Of a Deaf Adult”, aka me. I am the child of a Deaf mother, emphasis on the capital D. ![]()
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