Teacher Notes

This project is for use with deaf students at post primary level, from about 13 years upwards.
It is intended for all deaf students in mainstream schools and in special schools, under the direction of a teacher.
The skills learned are considered to be essential ICT life skills for deaf students.
Throughout the project deaf student applies to those students who are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing.

The project could be part of

the Transition Year programme
the Junior School Certificate programme
the Leaving Certificate Applied programme (Communication Studies)
the Post Leaving Certificate programme (Communications)

The project is divided into three parts:

Using fax
using e-mail
using the SMS feature of the mobile phone

Each part is divided into three lessons. It would be expected that the lessons would proceed at a pace suited to the needs of the students. However one could estimate 10 hours as an average time allocation to complete the project.

Each lesson has specific student tasks associated with the lesson. The tasks involve working independently, in pairs and in groups.

What you will need

Internet access for each student
Access to a fax machine for the group
Access to a mobile phone for each student
Access to a scanner (not essential)
Desk top publishing software such as Microsoft Publisher
A mail order catalogue such as the Argos catalogue
Each student should have a notebook to record new vocabulary and key phrases. A basic vocabulary list is included in the project. However the student should add to this list as the project progresses. This is good practice for any deaf student.

Information on Deafness

Background information on deafness is provided for the teacher. This includes information on

Pupil Projects

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