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We like to introduce each committee
member briefly:
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Beverly
Buchanan, Deaf, USA, Gallaudet University
Beverly is a Deafchild
International role model. She is now working at Gallaudet
University. Her experiences as volunteer with VSO (Voluntary
Service Overseas) has widened her interest in working
with others around the world. More recently, she has worked
on a new website on DWSSF
(DeafWay Student Scholarship Fund) which aims to raise
funds for deaf students to gain post-secondary education
through some physically demanding fundraising events!
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Stephen
Carrick Davis is the Development Manager of Childnet.
He has an honours degree in communications
and education and many years experience of development
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"Raji"
Chandramohan Rajeswari, Deaf, India. Chair of Deaf Asian
Women's Network and formerly Deafchild India Training
Manager Raji was the Training
Manager of Deafchild India. She still takes a keen interest
in the project and has become an excellent mentor and
r�le model for Deaf children, whom she encourages to communicate
using technology. She was educated in England, and is
now busy as chair of DAWN (Deaf Asian Women's Network)
which serves to empower deaf women in India. |
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Diana
Choe, Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Diana is currently a Graduate
Assistant at the National Technology Institute for Deaf
Students in the Life Skills Department, where she offers
support to deaf students to help them cope with university
life. She has an MSc in Deaf Education and School Psychology
and a BSc in Social Work. Her interests are global. She
has been active on many committees and was recently Data
Specialist for the Deaflympics International Committee
for Sports for the Deaf. Her commitment to others has
earned her the Women's Outstanding Volunteer Award. |
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Madeline
Hickey, hearing, teacher, Ireland Madeleine
has been a Teacher of the Deaf for 20 years at St. Mary's
School for Deaf Girls, Cabra in Dublin, where she is the
IT Co-ordinator and teaches Information & Communication
Technology (ICT) and Mathematics to senior students. |
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Prof.
Carl Kirchner, hearing, USA
Following his MA in Sociology, he spent 42 years as a
professional in the education of deaf/ hard of hearing
children, serving as teacher, principal and preparer of
teachers of the deaf at University level. He later served
as Executive Director of a private school for deaf/hard
of hearing children. Today, Carl is an international lecturer
on deafness: ranging from parent involvement to all aspects
of cultural and curricular issues. Other past r�les include
being President of the National Registry of Interpreters
of the Deaf and of the Convention of American Instructors
of the Deaf. He is a son of deaf parents. |
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Jamie
Martin, Deaf, UK. R�le model
Jamie is currently in his 3rd year at Wolverhampton
University studying Computing and Photography. He has
developed a strong interest in digital photography and
multimedia, as well as advertising and graphics. Profoundly
deaf since birth, Jamie has travelled to many countries
around the world and is a serious sportsman. His bright
outlook on life makes him want to share and support
other deaf and hearing people who are looking for ideas
and inspiration through positive integration
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Prof.
Bob Mobley, hearing, USA. Director of Global Learning
Centre, Gallaudet University
Bob has been an educator for 35
years and involved in the deaf community for over 40 years.
He has taught hearing and deaf students at virtually every
grade level, from pre-school to PhD. He has been at Gallaudet
University for 26 years, is a tenured full professor in
the Department of Education and is Director of the Center
for Global Education, the international office of the
University. |
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Rachel
Noble, Deaf, teacher, New Zealand
Rachel has for many years been
a teacher at the Kelston Deaf Education Centre in Auckland.
She is now their Corporate Planner, developing strategic
plans for the school. Her aim is to develop links with
a wider range of people to make positive changes happen
for the education of the deaf students in NZ and abroad.
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Prof.
Des Power, hearing, Emeritus Professor, Australia
Des has for many years pioneered
the importance of technology in developing deaf children's
ability to communicate. He has been involved in many committees
and, more recently, the International Congress on Education
for the Deaf, Sydney (2000). He has developed a resource
pack for the Australian Communication Exchange, to help
deaf children improve their quality of life by learning
to communicate through various forms of technology. Although
'retired' he remains as active as ever as professor at
Griffith University. He is working with Dr. Greg Leigh
to develop a new 'curriculum' on deaf education and language.
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Mike
North, hearing, UK. Director of Deafchild UK's national
ICT Teacher Training programme and former teacher of the
deaf
Mike was formerly deputy headteacher
of the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby. Over the past
2 years, he has developed and run the Deafchild UK ICT
teacher training programme for the Deafax Trust (funded
by the Teacher Training Agency / New Opportunities Fund).
This project is unique and has trained over 500 teachers
of the deaf around England on how to use technology as
a deaf education tool in the classroom. The team has been
evaluated by TTA quality assurance, with exemplary results
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Kay Stevens |
Kay
Stevens, hearing, Australia. Acting Principal of Victoria
School for the Deaf, Melbourne
Kay has visited many countries
to create opportunities for her school to link with other
deaf schools around the world. Victoria School adopts
an innovative approach to using technology in the classroom
as a tool to accessing the curriculum. The school has
produced some interesting videos and CDs ("The Little
Brown Monkey") that spark interesting bilingual approaches
to teaching deaf children English. |
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Howie
Seago, Deaf, USA
Howie is Program Manager of The
Shared Reading Video Outreach Project (SRVOP), an award-winning
literacy programme utilising long-distance, interactive
videoconferencing to connect with deaf and hard of hearing
children, their families and teachers in the state of
Washington, USA. |
Sue Stillman |
Sue Stillman,
hearing. India. Acting Director of Deafchild India
Sue has been running the Deafchild
India project for nearly 2 years now. This is a Deafax/Deafchild
International project (funded by the Community Fund) and
led by the Nambikkai Foundation, which is run by Sue &
Ian Stillman. Deafchild India is a 'flagship' project
in that is has adapted the programmes used by Deafchild
UK. In its third year and employing 8 staff, the project
has benefited over 1500 deaf children, and the government
have now 'ordered' the schools in Tamil Nadu to cooperate
with Deafchild India to produce a new curriculum designed
for deaf children, that still conforms with the Indian
national curriculum. |
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James Tucker,
Deaf, USA. Superintendent of Maryland School for the Deaf,
Washington DC
He is in his 10th year as Superintendent.
He was educated at Galludet University: BA in American
Studies, followed by an MA in Deaf Education from New
York University. He has lectured and written about early
language acquisition, bilingual education, rigorous academic
instruction, media coverage of Deaf people, equal rights,
and the vibrant American Deaf Community. He is currently
a member of the Board of Directors of the Conference of
Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for
the Deaf (CEASD). |
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Dr.
Mike Wald, hearing, UK. Lecturer and researcher in Deafness
and Information Technology at Southampton University
Mike is currently working for
Deafax Trust on the new 'Deafchild Communication Aids
Project' (DcCAP) that is being carried out jointly with
BATOD (British Association of Teachers of the Deaf) and
is funded by BECTa (see www.becta/cap). He specialises
in emerging technologies that increase deaf people's accessibility
to communication methods and the curriculum. |
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Emma Whitarce,
hearing, Speak Out! Project Manager, UK
Emma is project manager of Speak
Out! (www.citizen.org.uk/speakout)
which aims to get young people of all diverse groups across
Europe, including the deaf, to share their experiences
and opinions about European issues. The project is based
at the Institute of Citizenship. She graduated from Nottingham
University in 2002 with a degree in French and Politics.
After working briefly for Eurostar, she worked for an
MEP (Member of the European Parliament) in Brussels and
then at the Brussels office of the World Bank. She is
interested in deaf issues, which are relatively new to
her. |
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