ASL Resource and Dictionary sites:
start here: Alphabet / hand position introduction site
A S L
A good site with large, descriptive drawings:
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/signs.htm
Good sites with alphabetized video clips:
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Classifiers:
http://www.jal.cc.il.us/ipp/Classifiers/
Fingerspelling practice:
http://www.jal.cc.il.us/ipp/fingspell/
all units: Fingerspelling word search (PDF FILE) - find as many words as you can! (sorry, no word bank) (If that doesn't work for you, here is a .jpg version)
WORD SEARCH - ANIMALS PDF OR JPG
QUIZ YOURSELF: FINGERSPELLING SITES:
FINGERSHIP (a
find and sink the boat game)
CULTURAL AND RESOURCE SITES:
These folks are touring the world to meet with deaf storytellers:
http://www.discoveringdeafworlds.com/index.php
A tremendous site of deaf resources from the RIT Library:
http://wally.rit.edu/internet/subject/deafness.html
A great site with cultural information and insight into deafness:
http://www.signmedia.com/info/asl.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/culture/living.html
SITES FOR OUR ASSIGNMENTS:
BIOGRAPHY:
FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF (from about.com)
MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF (from wikipedia.org)
Links to technology that assists people who are deaf:
http://www.hearmore.com/store/default.asp?idstore=1
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/videorelay.html
Types and Causes of Deafness:
graphic from http://library.thinkquest.org/15390/causes.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/15390/causes.htm
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/hearingloss/toc.html
http://deafness.about.com/od/medicalcauses/tp/topcauses.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003044.htm
Know of a good ASL resource? Recommend a site!
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