On Jul 22, 2015, at 8:54 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Again, enjoying watching from home!

Just chiming in to say that I've had the pleasure to see in person Stefan's students working with this program and was very impressed with how effective it is.

One nice thing is that Stefan not only asks them to use the program to compare DGS and German, but also to compare DGS with Signed German. In this way, even if students use Signed German as a bridge for understanding German grammar, they can also clearly see how DGS grammar differs from Signed German.

Thus, the use of Signed German in this context need not undermine students' acquisition of Signed German. :)

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Thanks Valerie! It's not so much that I want to develop an efficient or QWERTY keyboard, just that I was curious whether Yair started from one of those principles. :)

Like you, I've used differently arranged keyboards in different countries and I imagine it's mostly a matter of developing habits that make typing efficient.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Stefan Woehrmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi - I'm enjoying the presentation from home. I'm not sure how to ask questions live..;-(((

Would it be possible to get a demonstration on how long it takes to write a sentence with this keypoard without using a dictionary in the background?

Can you write the sentence in ASL   "SignWriting is a wonderful invention."

All best Stefan

2015-07-21 17:32 GMT+02:00 Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <[log in to unmask]>:

Hi all! I'm enjoying the presentation from home. I'm not sure how to ask questions live (and I remember the difficulties caused last year when too many people tried to participate at once), so I thought I'd post questions here, to be answered later at people's convenience.

So, Yair, this is really great. A quick question: in setting up the keyboard, how did you decide where to place different elements on the split board? I'm interested in the physical skill/habits involved in typing. Given that this is a different type of writing system, I'm wondering what research you might have done to come up with a layout that might be physically efficient, or perhaps intuitive for those accustomed to using a qwerty keyboard, or whether there were other kinds of considerations.

Thanks!

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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June 30, 2015

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SignWriting Symposium 2015

12 presentations from 8 countries: 

Brazil, Canada, Germany, Nicaragua, Portugual, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, USA

Broadcasting 3 presentations a day, for 4 days.

Day 1: July 21

Session 1: CANADA: Yair Rand

Session 2: SAUDI ARABIA: Mohamed AbuShaira & Abd elraroof Mahfooz

Session 3: USA: Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr.

Day 2: July 22

Session 1: GERMANY: Stefan Woehrmann

Session 2: CANADA: André Lemyre

Session 3: BRAZIL: Marcos Kluber Kogut

Day 3: July 23

Session 1: PORTUGAL: Rafaela Cota de Silva

Session 2: BRAZIL: Ronnie Fagundes de Brito, Messias Ramos Costa, Milton Shintaku, Sandra Patricia Nascimento

Session 3: USA: Stephen E. Slevinski, Jr.

Day 4: July 24

Session 1: NICARAGUA & USA: James Shepard-Kegl

Session 2: GERMANY: Paul Rutrecht, Joachim Nitschke, Janina Lentfohr

Session 3: TUNISIA: Mohamed Ali Khenissi & Yosra Bouzid

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Time Zones of Sessions:

Broadcasting 3 presentations a day, for 4 days.

PDT - Pacific Daylight Time (La Jolla is in San Diego County, California)

Session 1:  8:00 - 9:00

    Break: 9:00 - 9:30

Session 2:  9:30 -10:30

    Break: 10:30 - 11:00

Session 3: 11:00 -12:00

CST - Central Standard Time (Nicaragua is 1 hour ahead of San Diego)

Session 1:  9:00 - 10:00

    Break: 10:00 - 10:30

Session 2:  10:30 -11:30

    Break: 11:30 - 12:00

Session 3: 12:00 -13:00

CDT - Central Daylight Time (Iowa is 2 hours ahead of San Diego))

Session 1: 10:00 - 11:00

    Break: 11:00 -11:30

Session 2:  11:30 -12:30

    Break: 12:30 - 13:00

Session 3: 13:00 -14:00

EDT - Eastern Daylight Time (Maine, Canada, Quebec are 3 hours ahead of San Diego))

Session 1:  11:00 - 12:00

    Break: 12:00 - 12:30

Session 2:  12:30 -13:30

    Break: 13:30 - 14:00

Session 3: 14:00 -15:00

BRT - Brazilia Time ( Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 4 hours ahead of San Diego)

Session 1:  12:00 - 13:00

    Break: 13:00 - 13:30

Session 2:  13:30 -14:30

    Break: 14:30 - 15:00

Session 3: 15:00 -16:00

WEST - Western European Summer Time (Portugal & Tunisia are 8 hours ahead of San Diego)

Session 1:  16:00 - 17:00

    Break: 17:00 - 17:30

Session 2:  17:30 -18:30

    Break: 18:30 - 19:00

Session 3: 19:00 -20:00

CEST - Central European Summer Time (Germany is 9 hours ahead of San Diego)

Session 1:  17:00 - 18:00

    Break: 18:00 - 18:30

Session 2:  18:30 -19:30

    Break: 19:30 - 20:00

Session 3: 20:00 -21:00

AST - Arabia Standard Time (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is 10 hours ahead of San Diego)

Session 1:  18:00 - 19:00

    Break: 19:00 - 19:30

Session 2:  19:30 -20:30

    Break: 20:30 - 21:00

Session 3: 21:00 -22:00

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