
Described and Captioned Media Program New Read #Captions Across America bookmarks have arrived! Order ur free materials for #RCAA (set for March '10) http://bit.ly/1FY5Ze

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We've taken a few days off from the calendar updates to launch listeningislearning.org, finish up this month's newsletter, and attend to some other important priorities. November 6 is World Communication Day. DCMP members: check out the "Speaking in Tongues" series from our collection to take your students on an explor...ation of languages from around the world. First title in the series: "Let There Be Words" (http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail. aspx?TID=5772)Read More

Described and Captioned Media Program New DCMP title: THE 11TH COMMANDMENT http://bit.ly/peVql

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and the American Council of the Blind have teamed up to develop Listening is Learning, a campaign to raise awareness about the learning benefits of listening to described educational media, both for students with vision loss as well as those without vision loss. Check out the new website! Let us know what you think, an...d whether you have suggestions for new content or would like to contribute in some way to spreading the word! Posters and brochures available (there's a link at the bottom of every page on the site).Read More
Source: listeningislearning.org
Listening is Learning seeks to raise awareness about the learning benefits of listening to description of video-based educational media.

Mary Ann Siller Hi, You will want to know of these important new resources from DCMP about media description for children and the impact to equal access in the classroom. Get their newsletter, tip sheet, poster, and brochures. I had the opportunity to work with DCMP and Dr. Kay Ferrell to develop the first-ever guidlines to media description. Great fun.

Described and Captioned Media Program New DCMP title: HELEN KELLER AND ANNE SULLIVAN (1928 NEWSREEL FOOTAGE) & HELEN KELLER MEETIN.. http://bit.ly/28B8aH

Described and Captioned Media Program October/November 2009 newsletter is now available. Read about the Helen Keller clips on YouTube, the launch of the Listening is Learning website, state captioning laws for educational media, and much more!
Source: www.dcmp.org
DCMP Newsletter for October and November 2009

Described and Captioned Media Program has uploaded two new archival clips featuring Helen Keller to our YouTube channel. The attached link is Helen Keller meeting with Grace Coolidge in January 1926. The other new clip has been uploaded to YouTube before, but is now available exclusively from the DCMP with audio description! Enjoy!
Source: www.youtube.com
For the first time on YouTube, the DCMP and the University of South Carolina Newsreel Library (www.sc.edu/library/newsfilm/) would like to present rare newsreel footage of Helen Keller meeting President and First Lady Coolidge. ...

Described and Captioned Media Program New DCMP title: POWER FOR THE PEOPLE http://bit.ly/4gt0mM

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October 31 is, of course, Halloween! DCMP members: teach your students about cultural differences in the observance of one of kids' favorite holidays by borrowing "Scary Tales" from the DCMP! (http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail. aspx?TID=6207)

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October 29th is "Internet Day." The Internet has been a welcome addition to many of our lives, but there are some who insist that it's "too much, too quickly." DCMP members: check out both sides of the debate by borrowing "Information Overload?" from the DCMP. (http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail. aspx?TID=6164)

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October 28th is day four of "National Respiratory Care Week." DCMP members: learn all about the respiratory system--and how to take care of it--by borrowing "Breath of Life" from the DCMP library. (http://www.dcmp.org/Catalog/TitleDetail. aspx?TID=5757)

Described and Captioned Media Program Suhanthi Knower, a teacher at the Lexington School for the Deaf in Jackson Heights, NY sent in the first photo of one of the new DCMP promotional posters hanging in her classroom!

Described and Captioned Media Program New DCMP title: FEEDING FRENZY!










































