Welcome
to
Barb Bernstein's
Website
Seattle
Central Community College
ASL 102- American Sign Language Level 2
Barb Bernstein Fant, Instructor
NEWS
AND UPDATES
Reminder:
Check the
Schedule page for frequent updates or
changes to your assignments or what has been taught in class that day
and secondly, the
News and Updates
page constantly for any announcements during and outside of class
time!
In case of
inclement weather and possible class cancellations,
go to
www.seattlecolleges.org home page and clink on the link for
inclement weather.
If a class has to be cancelled due to inclement weather, be sure to
click on my News and Updates page to get any special announcements
regarding homework.
March
17th - 18th:
1) Your most recent grades
have been posted..I will make sure that the total number of homework
points that you have accumulated is accurate. I am noticing that
the Excel function for computing total homework points isn't working
properly so will remedy this asap.
2) I am passing out your homework
assignments that you have turned in. Please make certain before
you leave tonight that all homework points and grades have been
accounted for especially the homework assignments returned tonight.
I will pull up the Grade sheet tonight for you to look at.
3) Registration for ASL 103
evening sections is increasing slowly. I do not know at this
point if these two classes are a go or not. For those who
haven't registered (not including those who must wait until the
beginning of the Spring quarter), please do so asap. Have a
great spring break and start studying Core Vocabulary Unit 10.
March
10th - 13th:
1) This is the last full week
of classes! Please keep in mind that any remaining Community
Contact Reports and any late homework is due this Wednesday or Thursday.
2) Remember to go to lab this
Wednesday or Thursday as well to work on your sign draft for Expressive
Assignment #3. Please have your Peer/Instructor Evaluation form
ready. As soon as you have finished recording your draft, you are
to immediately switch VTs and evaluation forms with your partner
and do the evaluation the very same night thus time is of the
essence. Please come prepared.
3) This is Randy's last week of
tutoring. Tutoring ends on Thursday and he will not be returning
this Spring quarter as he has been hired for a full- time position
elsewhere. For those of you who have used Randy for tutoring, I
hope you will take some time to say farewell. If you are
interested in private tutoring, Randy may be able to offer some if time
permits. I believe he has his email address posted on the sign-up
sheet. 4)
Enrollment for M/W class is 9 (11) and T/TH section is 7 (8) so far.
Two students for M/W are not allowed to sign up until beginning of the
spring quarter due to certain restrictions and the same is true for 1
student on T/TH thus the number in parenthesis.
March 3rd - 6th:
1) Please keep in mind that
there are only 2 full weeks of classes left and registration for ASL 103
for both evening sections are very, very low! My
division chair will most likely make a decision to cancel the class
within the next two weeks so if you are intending to register for ASL
103, please do it soon!
February 18th - 21st:
1) Expressive Assignment
#2 -- I was checking my web schedule recently and discovered that the
links going directly to this assignment from the schedule were not set
up. I have rectified this and convey my apologies. Don't
forget you can still access the Expressive Assignment #2
instructions from my Course Resources web page. You should be
working on your narratives and getting your mental maps and
Peer/Instructor evaluation form ready for next week's lab. Be sure
to fill out the left column of the evaluation sheet thoroughly before
coming to lab. 2)
Even though I have scheduled a time for the text Deaf Again and a
possible Deaf-Blind Speaker next month, it may not take place since I
still have some lecture materials I need to get caught up. So
please be aware of this.
3) If you are planning to take the
evening sections of ASL 103, please register as soon as you can.
Once March rolls around, I will keep you informed on enrollment numbers.
February 7th - 14th: 1) Good news! For those who are planning to take ASL 103 next quarter, a Tuesday and Thursday section (Item #164) will be offered as well as a Monday and Wednesday section (Item #163)! You can go ahead and register soon! 2) Again, I am having difficulty posting my ASL 102 grade sheet! Hopefully the problem will be remedied by beginning of next week! Please hang on to all returned assignments for the duration of this quarter in case I accidentally did not document on the grade sheet. Once the grade sheet is up and running, it will be your responsibility to check the grade sheet to make certain all your homework assignments and quizzes are getting recorded. Do not wait until the end of the quarter to tell me if some homework points have been omitted! 3) For both sections, you will need to watch the remaining 3 Deaf Culture Videos as an out-of-class assignment. You only have to write two reports...the first is for "Deaf President Now Protest" - Culture VT # 080 and then a combined report for Deaf President Now - 5th anniversary and Deaf President Now - 10th anniversary (Culture VT # 067 and #068) The questions for the last 2 VTs are the same so in the same report, put down 5 results for DPN- 5th anniversary and then, 5 results for DPN - 10th anniversary. Please check my schedule and the Assignment Due Dates and Quizzes page for the due dates for the 2 reports. 4) The streamed video for the Food Vocabulary in the Course Resources page is up and running - look at the top part of the Resources page and click on the blue ball icon to watch the video. You should be studying the food vocabulary, compound signs and SN Unit 7 Core Vocabulary now.
January
28th - 31st:
1) My web schedule is finally completed with all the due dates included.
2) The Assignment Due Dates
and Quizzes page is also done. You can click on the blue ball for
this link on the top of my web schedule or go to my Course
Resources page, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the
link for the same page there.
3) The ASL 102 gradesheet which is on
the bottom of my Course Resources page is not yet posted. I am
ironing out some Excel problems with this page and the gradesheet should
be ready no later than next Monday. I was hoping to get all three
pages done last week but due to my illness all last week, that was not
possible. So once more, thank you for your patience!
January 14th - 17th:
1) Randy Bessner's tutoring schedule
is now posted on the door of Room 1128. His hours are
Tuesdays through Thursdays from 3 - 7 pm. New tutoring
schedules will be posted weekly on Thursdays for the following week thus
it's your responsibility to sign for a tutoring slot as soon as
possible. Since Randy is only here on Wednesdays for
the Mon/Wed students, Tues/Thurs students should hold off signing
up for Wednesdays and give the M/W students priority.
Remember you can use up to 2 hours for the Community Contact (CC)
requirement. If you use tutoring frequently, then I will allow a
maximum of 3 hours for your CC homework.
2) Should you be absent on a certain
class day say on M/W, you can join the other class section on T/Th
to get more or less caught up. Please let me know in advance
if this happens.
January 7th - 10th:
1) The Student Network List for
both class sections are ready - click on your class section link at the
bottom of the Course Resources page and make certain your information is
correct. If not, please inform me of any changes.
January 2nd- 3rd: 1) There are some Community Contact (CC) events coming up this weekend such as Gillian's and Starbucks on Friday and Saturday respectively. Your first CC report is not due until the end of this month. Remember this is an optional date. You have until the end of this quarter to turn in all 5 hours for your Community Contact requirement. I strongly encourage you to turn in your CC reports early instead of waiting until the end of this quarter. Turn in your CC reports as soon as you have attended an event. For students who transferred to SCCC this quarter, the community contact events are posted on the ASL/ITP Lab bulletin board next to room 1129. Get an early start on your CC hours if possible. Click on the link for Community Contact Events under my Course Resources page for homework instructions. 2) For those students who have not taken ASL 1 with me, be sure to check my Home webpage and review the General Resources information as well as reviewing my ASL 101 website. You may find some of these resources helpful. For all students, please navigate my ASL 102 website and become familiar with all my web pages and links this week. I will get these pages up on the web asap. Remember I will be giving you instructor information adhesive labels with my email and website address next week so please don't not lose that information. For the time being, my web address is www.seattlecentral.edu/faculty/bbernstein and then click on ASL 102 in the left margin of my Course Home page. 3) For the future, check my ASL 102 web pages daily especially my Schedule and Course Resources pages. The schedule and Assignment Due Dates pages will be completed by end of week 2 so I ask for your patience. 4) We will have lab on Mondays and Tuesdays (depending on which class section you are in) beginning next week. Make sure you have your SCCC student ID ready for next week's lab - you will need it for the entire quarter! When you register for an ASL class at SCCC, you should have paid lab fees and obtained a student ID as well. Always bring two videotapes to lab weekly, the 1st to keep all of your receptive assignments together and the 2nd for your expressive homework. You may not need the 2nd video if your computer can access the streamed videos on my website. That means you will just record your expressive assignments only during lab time. All assigned videos with the exception of Deaf Culture videotapes and those for extra credit are streamed therefore accessible via my website. 5) My web schedule for the entire winter quarter is not ready. It should be finished by the end of the 2nd week so I ask for your patience. When you check my schedule, just pay attention to this week's information. I have already included some homework assignments for you to get started on such as your Community Contact hours, your text (Deaf Again) assignments and to be studying your Core Vocabulary for Unit 6 and CR 1-6.
***
Please check
the ASL 102 Grade Sheet constantly to see that the assignments that you have already
turned in are getting recorded. If you feel that I have overlooked
an assignment, please return the paperwork to me so that I can be sure
to document that information. Please hold on to all assignments
that I give back to you for the entire quarter in case I
accidentally do not record homework points or grades. Thank you!
i
Gallaudet
has a new president - and a new protest: here are some links -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050200568.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5374451
http://www.gallypreswatch.com/comments.php?c=4
NAD
response and rationale
- May 3, 2006
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5388933
May 6, 2006
Letter
to campus from Jane Norman - May 5, 2006
Washington
Post article - May 7, 2006
April 3rd: 1)
For
those students who have not taken ASL 1 with me, be sure to check my
Home webpage and review the General Resources information as
well as reviewing my ASL 101 website. You
may find some of these resources helpful.
For all students, please
navigate my ASL 102 website and become familiar with all my web pages
and links this week. Remember I will be
giving you instructor information adhesive labels with my email and website
address tonight so please don't not lose that information.
2) Check my ASL 102 web pages
daily!
3)
We will have lab on Tuesdays beginning next week. Make sure you have your SCCC
student ID ready for this week's lab - you will need it for
the entire quarter! When you register for an ASL
class at SCCC, you should have paid lab fees and obtained a student
ID as well.
Always bring two videotapes to lab weekly,
the 1st to keep
all of your receptive assignments together and the 2nd for your
expressive homework.
6) Regarding your community contact hours, continue to turn them in
as soon as
you complete a report. I am aware
that some students are accustomed to turning in their community contact
hours at the end of the quarter rather than on a monthly basis which I
have done with my other classes with no problems. I will
not
mark down any community contact hours
as being late if any of you haven't turned them in by the 2 suggested due
dates earlier in the quarter. I would rather that you turn in
any
community contact reports regardless of the due dates. If you have
done a community contact report early, go ahead and turn them in.
There is no need to wait until the due date to turn them in.
The last day to turn in any
community contact reports will be Tuesday, June 12th.