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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.brighthub.comhttp://www.brighthub.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Special Education</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><item><title>Team Building In Your Classroom:  Using American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/7485.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:24:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7485</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Our ideal classroom has students who are all friendly toward each other and can problem solve on their own. So we, therefore, search out team building ideas. Try these ideas, using American Sign Language signs, to help build your peaceful and positive classroom environment. American Sign Language Signs in the Classroom As a classroom teacher, we’re...</description></item><item><title>How to Teach American Sign Language to Your Class</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/27357.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:31:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:27357</guid><dc:creator>Trixxie</dc:creator><description>By teaching your classroom American sign language not only are you giving them a skill that will be useful to them, but also it will be fun for them to learn something without the use of pencils and paper. Teaching American sign language to your class can be fun and exciting for all students. introducing American Sign Language &amp;#40;ASL&amp;#41; While s...</description></item><item><title>Educational Sign Language Games to Play on the Web - Part 2</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/2911.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:01:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:2911</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Looking for some more educational American Sign Language games for your student or child to play online&amp;#63; Look into these fun, interactive games that help to teach some new signs and practice ones your child or student may already know. Sign Language Games on the Web-Part 2 In Part 1 of this article, I reviewed three websites that include some A...</description></item><item><title>Helping Struggling Learners in Your Social Studies and Science Units:  Using American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/20586.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:37:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:20586</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Your struggling learners are often your visual and kinesthetic learners. Learning Social Studies and Science content can often be difficult for these students in particular. Since many American Sign Language signs look like the meaning of new content area vocabulary, you can make learning easier. American Sign Language in Science and Social Studies...</description></item><item><title>Activities to Make Your Word Wall Interactive and Fun: By Incorporating American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/16780.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:30:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:16780</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Now that you&amp;#39;ve learned how to make your word wall more interactive and fun using American Sign Language signs, here are some fun activities that your students can do during free time, class time, center time or any other time, to help them to practice and learn to read and sign their new words. Activities Incorporating American Sign Language I...</description></item><item><title>Make Your Word Wall Interactive and Fun:  By Incorporating American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/16781.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:30:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:16781</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Help your students to recall their word wall words faster and easier by incorporating American Sign Language Signs. Watch your word wall come alive as students who used to ignore the word wall, now want to read &amp;#40; and sign&amp;#41; it even during free time. Word Walls and American Sign Language If you’re like most primary teachers, then you have a w...</description></item><item><title>How to Make Your Read Aloud Interactive and Fun:  By Incorporating American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/11866.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:27:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11866</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Are your students bored when you read them a story&amp;#63; Do they appear to be listening but can&amp;#39;t tell you what just happened when you ask&amp;#63; Try making your read-aloud time more interactive and fun by including American sign language signs. Every teacher I’ve ever met reads aloud to their class because the benefits include: introducing and re...</description></item><item><title>Make Your Poetry Center or Unit More Interactive and Fun:  By Incorporating American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/11865.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:27:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11865</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Are your students bored with your poetry center&amp;#63; Would you like a way to make your poetry unit more interactive and fun&amp;#63; Add American Sign Language signs into your poetry unit or poetry center and your children will be wanting to learn more. Most elementary and even preschool teachers have poetry centers or do a poetry unit with their stude...</description></item><item><title>Team Building in Your School:  Using American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/7486.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:23:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:7486</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Help your students to problem solve and get along, to be more accepting of all peers &amp;#40;including those with disabilities&amp;#41;, and to have less noice and chaos in commonly used areas by using team building strategies that use American Sign Language signs. Team Building in Schools As a teacher or principal in a school, some of our goals every yea...</description></item><item><title>Using American Sign Language in the Classroom – Getting Started</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/5250.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:20:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:5250</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>You&amp;#39;ve heard that there are great benefits to using American Sign Language signs with your hearing students, but don&amp;#39;t know how to get started. This article will give you the steps you need to start using American Sign Language signs with your students. American Sign Language in the Classroom First and foremost, have fun with adding America...</description></item><item><title>Curing Curriculum Boredom: By Adding American Sign Language Signs To Your Day</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/5287.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:5287</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Got the same old curriculum year in and year out blues&amp;#63; Spice up your day by adding American Sign Language signs to your school day. Adding American Sign Language To Your Curriculum If you’ve been teaching for a number of years at the same grade level, then you know that it’s easy to get bored teaching the same curriculum year in and year out. ...</description></item><item><title>American Sign Language Dictionaries for Kids Online</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/3230.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:16:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:3230</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>This article reviews two websites that have American Sign Language &amp;#40;ASL&amp;#41; dictionaries online that would be appropriate for children to navigate through in order to learn some new signs. American Sign Language Dictionaries You’ve decided that you’d like for your students to learn some American Sign Language (ASL) signs in the classroom. Mayb...</description></item><item><title>Educational Sign Language Games to Play on the Web – Part 1</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/2910.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:15:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:2910</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Looking for a way for your child or student to learn some American Sign Language &amp;#40;ASL&amp;#41; signs online&amp;#63; Here are a few websites that have some fun, educational ASL games to play during free time, center time or anytime. Sign Language Games on the Web Many of us are using American Sign Language with our students as a way of helping them to ...</description></item><item><title>Re-Directing the Off-Task Student Using American Sign Language Signs</title><link>http://www.brighthub.com/education/special/articles/2462.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:13:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:2462</guid><dc:creator>kim</dc:creator><description>Easily re-direct an off-task student by using an American Sign Language sign. No longer will you need to repeat a child&amp;#39;s name over and over again drawing attention to them and away from the task at hand. We say that a student is off-task when they are not doing what we (the teachers) expect them to be doing at any particular time. They could e...</description></item></channel></rss>