28th “World’s Largest Silent Weekend”

June 21-24, 2007 

Thursday 

2:00 – 6:00 Registration
 
3:00 – 5:00 The Evolution of Interpreting  -- Salon 2   <>
7:00 – 8:30 Orientation in Ballroom
9:00 – 10:00 – ASL Karaoke Competion – Salon 2
 
Friday
  1 = 8:30 – 9:30
2 = 9:45 – 10:45

3 = 11:00 -- noon

Lunch
provided
4 = 1:30 – 2:30

5 = 2:45 – 3:45

6 = 4:00 – 5:00

7:00 – 9:00 Ethics of Interpreting

9:15 – 11:15 Sex Signs

 Saturday
  7 = 8:30 – 9:30
8 = 9:45 – 10:45

9= 11:00 -- noon
Lunch on your own
10 = 1:30 – 2:30

11 = 2:45 – 3:45

12 = 4:00 – 5:00

ASL Improv Night 7:30 p.m. in Ballroom (separate ticket required) 

Most Advanced and Interpreter sessions will be in Salon 2

Most Intermediate sessions will be in Salon 3

Most beginners sessions will be in Salon 1

Special classes will be in the Forum rooms. 

RID CEUs are sponsored by
Florida
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

A presenter is being sponsored by
Gallaudet University Regional Center at Flagler College

Coffee Breaks
are sponsored by
Florida
Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf
and ASLServices  

Friday, June 22, 2007
Beginners in Salon 1

 

Periods

1

8:30—9:30

2

9:45--10:45

3

11:00- noon

4

1:30—2:30

5

2:45—3:45

6

4:00—5:00

 

Section A

 

 

 

Trix Upon A Time: An ASL Storytelling Handbook

Trix Bruce

Fingerspelling in the Real World

JoyAnn DiGiovanni

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creativity and ASL Which?

Peter Cook

 

Section B

One Handshape, Movement, Location, Palm Orientation and Facial Expressions for One ASL Word

Art Dignan

Focus on Fingerspelling

Art Dignan

 

Section C

I Know Some Signs…. Now What Do I Do????

Patricia Chun

Topic Comment???  Rhetorical Questions???  What is All This??

Patricia Chun

Conceptual Accuracy…HUH?!?!?  You Mean I Can’t Sign “My Nose is Running”?

Patricia Chun

 

Intermediates in Salon 3

 

Periods

1

8:30—9:30

2

9:45--10:45

3

11:00- noon

4

1:30—2:30

5

2:45—3:45

6

4:00—5:00

 

Section A

"It's All in your 'Tude"

Belsky & Cartwright

 

 

Deaf Culture -- From the Outside In

Jon Barr

 

City & State & Country Signs

Jose Granda

 

 

Section B

Animal Crackers for Intermediates (topic comment & descriptive classifiers)

Alysse Rasmussen

 

Close-Up Views: Zoom in With Classifiers Under the Microscope

Trix Bruce

 

Lexicalized Fingerspelling: How Did She do That!?!?

Trix Bruce

 

Can You See What I Saw?

Crom Saunders

 

 

Section C

MIND  SET  ENGLISH  FINISH !  THINK  MEANING  SIGN  ASL

Kris daCosta

For Beginners and Intermediates

 

Acronyms

Dennis Buck

 

ASL Slangs

Dennis Buck

 

Culture Sensitivity

Dennis Buck

 

Drug Vocabulary 101 

Dennis Buck

 

Advanced in Salon 2

 

Periods

1

8:30—9:30

2

9:45--10:45

3

11:00- noon

4

1:30—2:30

5

2:45—3:45

6

4:00—5:00

 

 

Section A

 

Can You See What I Saw?

Crom Saunders

Italian Gestures as an Enhancement to ASL Conversation and Interpreting

Mike Ernest

Interpreting Movie Sound-Bytes, or How do you Interpret, “You had Me at Hello”

Mike Ernest

 

 

“How Do You Express That in ASL?"

Brenda Aron

Section B

City & State & Country Signs

Jose Granda

How to Use Classifiers in ASL?

JoyAnn DiGiovanni

Intermediates

Frequently Overlooked, But Vital Signs

Art Dignan

Section C

“Deaf idioms, How to Translate That?”

Jon Ziev

Out With The English, In With The ASL

Alysse Rasmussen

PMS in ASL

Alysse Rasmussen

 

 

Special Choices and Other Topics

 

Periods

1

8:30—9:30

2

9:45--10:45

3

11:00- noon

4

1:30—2:30

5

2:45—3:45

6

4:00—5:00

 

Forum East 2-3

 

Signing Church Music

Renee Jackson

All Levels

"No One Ever Told Me I'd Have Days Like These!"

Belsky & Cartwright

Advanced & Terps

 

"Try Walking a Mile

in My High Heels"

Belsky & Cartwright

Advanced & Terps

 

Using ASL to Sign Songs 

Keith Wann

For all levels

 

Signaoake! 

Keith Wann

Intermediates

 

 

Forum West 1-2

 

What Are Those X#$*& Signs? Introducing ASL Expressions Part I

Brenda Aron

Advanced/Terps

 

What Are Those X#$*& Signs? Introducing ASL Expressions Part 2

Brenda Aron

Advanced/Terps

 

Who said Deafs don't like Music?

Ronne Mae Tyson

Intermediates, Advanced & Interpreters

Spirit Filled Church, from Depression to Deliverance

Ronne Mae Tyson

Intermediates, Advanced & Interpreters

 

Is it Bigger than a Breadbox? ASL Grammatical and Visual Expansion Techniques for the Signer/ Interpreter 

Mike Ernest

Advanced & Interpreters

 

Forum West 3

"Interpreting Sensitive & Difficult Topics in Scripture"

Jon Nstt

Adv & Terps

Bible Pictures

Reneé Jackson

Intermediate, Advanced & Interpreters

 

 

 

The Holy Bible

Renee Jackson

All Levels

Teaching Bible Study to the Deaf

Marietta Patchin

Intermediate, Advanced & Terps

4:00—5:30









7:00 – 9:00 p.m.  Ethics of Interpreting by Brenda Aron … for advanced and  interpreters – 2 hours – CEUs

9:15 – 11:15 p.m. Sex Signs by Jose Granda … all levels but geared towards advanced  – 2 hours – CEUs

 

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Beginners in Salon 1

 

Periods

7

8:30—9:30

8

9:45--10:45

9

11:00- noon

10

1:30—2:30

11

2:45—3:45

12

4:00—5:00

 

Section A

Black Deaf Culture

Ronnie Mae Tyson

For Advanced & Interpreters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improv – Can't I Just Make it Up?

Keith Wann

 

Section B

 

The Rules of Noun and Verb Pairs - What's the Movement in ASL?

JoyAnn DiGiovanni

 

Conceptual Accuracy and Idioms

Marietta Patchin

 

Making Faces

Crom Saunders

 

Section C

Classifiers…Making ASL so Much More

Efficient and Beautiful

Patricia Chun

Putting it all Together… Signing Without Talking or Mouthing!!!!!

Patricia Chun

 

Numbering Systems in ASL

JoyAnn DiGiovanni

 

Animal Crackers for Beginners (wh-questions) Alysse Rasmussen

 









Intermediates in Salon 3

 

Periods

7

8:30—9:30

8

9:45--10:45

9

11:00- noon

10

1:30—2:30

11

2:45—3:45

12

4:00—5:00

 

Section A

 

 

 

 

Creativity and ASL Which?

Peter Cook

Making Faces

Crom Saunders

Advanced

Thinking on Your Feet (and Hands) Crom Saunders

All levels

Improv – Can't I Just Make it Up?

Keith Wann

Making Faces

Crom Saunders

 

Section B

 

Children's Story (Manual Alphabet) & Deaf Folklore

Jose Granda

Advanced and Interpreters

 

 

Section C

Is it Bigger than a Breadbox? ASL Grammatical and Visual Expansion Techniques for the Signer/ Interpreter 

Mike Ernest

 

Italian Gestures as an Enhancement to ASL Conversation and Interpreting

Mike Ernest

Advanced in Salon 2

 

Periods

7

8:30—9:30

8

9:45--10:45

9

11:00- noon

10

1:30—2:30

11

2:45—3:45

12

4:00—5:00

 

Section A

“Hearing Idioms, How to Translate That?”

Jon Ziev

“Funny in Deaf, About Deaf Humor”

Brenda Aron

Intermediates

“Funny in Deaf, About Deaf Humor”

Brenda Aron

 

Narrative Development of Personal Storytelling in ASL

Peter Cook

 

Section B

ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS: Whoa! Train Zoom Gone. Did You See What She Sign? What Did She Meant by That?

Trix Bruce

ASL SEMANTICS: Precision of Expression Series Focus Word: HAVE

Trix Bruce

Confession of a Miss Black Deaf America

Ronnie Mae Tyson

 

 

 

Section C

 

 

Various Groups of Signed Words that have More Than One Meaning in ASL

Art Dignan

Intermediates

Mathematical Terminology

Dennis Buck

Computer Terminology

Dennis Buck

 

Special Choices and Other Topics

 

Periods

7

8:30—9:30

8

9:45--10:45

9

11:00- noon

10

1:30—2:30

11

2:45—3:45

12

4:00—5:00

 

Forum East 2-3

Analysis, Expression and Translation in Comparison from English Brief Narrative into ASL

Art Dignan

Advanced and Interpreters

 

Signaoake! 

Keith Wann

Advanced

 

 

 

Forum West 1-2

What Are Those X#$*& Signs? Introducing ASL Expressions Part 1

Brenda Aron

Intermediates

What Are Those X#$*& Signs? Introducing ASL Expressions Part 2

Brenda Aron

Intermediates

 

Stories by Paul Jones

Advanced

 

Sex Vocabulary 101  

Dennis Buck

Intermediate & Advanced

Conceptual Accuracy in a Church Setting 

Marietta Pachin

Intermediate, Advanced & Terps

Training Interpreters/Signers for Church Settings

Reneé Jackson Intermediate, Advanced & Interpreters

 

Forum West 3

 

"Church Interpreting 101 - Conceptually Accurate Church Interpreting"

Jon Barr

Adva