Adapting Kids Network for Deaf Students

提案编号HRD-0095392机构：TERC主要研究者：Judith Vesel标题：“为聋人学生调整儿童网络“摘要TERC将与Vcom 3D，Inc.合作，与国家聋人技术研究所（NTID）的工作人员就使用SigningAvatarTM无障碍软件为两个儿童网络单位的网络活动和资源签名进行了培训;评估增加签名功能在多大程度上促进了基于标准的学习成果的实现;报告使用SigningAvatarTM字符为大多数基于网络的科学材料签名的最佳实践经验;并创建一个更强大的符号/面部表情/身体空间库，用于SigningAvatarTM，使其他科学课程。合作汇集了三个组织，特别适合进行拟议的工作计划。 获奖的儿童网络系列（以前由TERC与NSF资助开发）中的单元被选中用于该项目，因为反复的控制评估表明，使用这些单元的听力学生在基于标准的学习成果中取得了显着的进步。 Vcom 3D的工作人员于1997年开始了一项研究和开发课程，旨在使用可视化技术来帮助聋人和重听学生的教育。 SigningAvatarTM软件就是这项工作的成果。 NTID是罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）的一所学院，以其在科学教学中使用技术和技术符号的前沿研究而闻名。 根据合作伙伴收集的知识，三年后的产品将包括：1。Kids Network Weather in Action单元适用于3-6年级的聋哑或重听学生-教师指南与SigningAvatarTM启用在线活动，资源和实施策略，以满足目标人群的需求。2.孩子们的网络我们得到足够的氧气吗？ 该单元适合6-8年级的聋人或听力障碍学生-教师指南，增加了SigningAvatarTM支持的在线活动、资源和实施策略，以满足目标人群的需求。 3.总结性评估报告-在每个单元的网络部分增加签名在多大程度上促进了特定的基于标准的学习成果的实现。经验教训报告-使用SigningAvatarTM技术的最佳实践的软拷贝文档，使聋人学生可以访问大多数基于网络的科学材料。 5.阿凡达人物的符号/面部表情/身体空间词汇的新技术符号词汇-主要在地球和空间，生命和物理科学领域的词汇和术语;通信;和数据共享，显示和分析。 TERC将对项目进行监督，并负责对网络活动和资源、受控评估和经验教训报告进行与研讨会相关的修改。 Vcom 3D将为SigningAvatarTM库添加新的技术标志，并为每个单元启用SigningAvatarTM。 工业贸易署的顾问会协助选择和适当使用标志。 一个咨询委员会和一名外部项目评估员进一步加强了确保聋人或听力有困难的学生有更多和持续获得优质、适龄科学材料的能力。

Proposal # HRD-0095392Institution: TERCPrincipal Investigator: Judith VeselTitle: "Adapting Kids Network for Deaf Students"ABSTRACTTERC will collaborate with Vcom3D, Inc., and staff from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), on use of the SigningAvatarTM accessibility software to sign the web activities and resources for two Kids Network units; evaluate the extent to which the addition of signing promotes achievement of standards-based learning outcomes; report the lessons learned about best practices for using the SigningAvatarTM characters to sign most web-based science materials; and create a more robust sign/facial expression / body space library for use in SigningAvatarTM enabling other science curricula.The collaboration brings together three organizations uniquely suited to conduct the proposed program of work. Units from the award-winning Kids Network series (developed previously by TERC with NSF funding) were selected for the project because repeated controlled evaluations have shown that hearing students who use the units make significant gains in standards-based learning outcomes. Vcom3D's staff embarked in 1997 on a course of research and development directed toward using visualization technologies to assist education of deaf and hard of hearing students. The SigningAvatarTM software is the result of this work. NTID, a college of Rochester institute of Technology (RIT), is known for its leading-edge research in the use of technology and technical signs for science instruction. Building on the partners' collected knowledge, products at the end of three years will include:1. Kids Network Weather in Action unit adapted for students in Grades 3-6 who are deaf or hard of hearing - Teacher's Guide with SigningAvatarTM enabled online activities, resources, and implementation strategies to meet the needs of the target population.2. Kids Network Are We Getting Enough Oxygen? Unit adapted for students in Grades 6-8 who are deaf or hard of hearing - Teacher's' Guide with the addition of the SigningAvatarTM enabled online activities, resources, and implementation strategies to meet the needs of the target population. 3. Summative evaluation report - Soft copy documentation of the extent to which the addition of signing to the web-based components of each unit promotes achievement of specified standards-based learning outcomes.4. Report of lessons learned - Soft copy documentation of best practices for using the SigningAvatarTM technology to make most web-based science materials accessible to students who are deaf. 5. New vocabulary of technical signs for the Avatar characters' sign/facial expression/body space lexicon - Words and terms primarily in the areas of earth and space, life, and physical science; communication; and data sharing, display, and analysis. TERC will have project oversight and responsibility for the tasks of curriculum-related modifications to the web activities and resources, the controlled evaluation, and the report of lessons-learned. Vcom3D will add new technical signs to the SigningAvatarTM library and SigningAvatarTM enable each unit. Consultants from NTID will assist in the selection and appropriate use of signs. An Advisory Committee and an outside Project Evaluator further enhance the capacity to ensure that students who are deaf or hard of hearing have increased and ongoing access to quality, age-appropriate science materials.