| 12 – 12:15 pm SYMPOSIUM OPENING |
Toine van Bijsterveldt, FODOK (Dutch Federation of Organisations of Parents of Deaf Children, NL); Johan Weseman (EUD) |
| 12:15 – 2:45 pm SIGNING BOOKS PROJECT |
12:15 – 12:45 pm "History" of the project (Rita Bruning, FODOK, NL) 10 min. Methodology (Liesbeth Pyfers, FODOK, NL) 20 min. "State of the Art" (Joanne Robinson, City Univ., GB) 20 min. 1:15 – 2:45 pm Presentation of project results (Bencie Woll, City Univ., GB; Constanze Schmaling, Hamburg Univ., DE; Thomas Hanke, Hamburg Univ., DE) – each 20 min. |
| 2:45 – 3 pm | Discussion |
| 3 – 3:45 pm | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:45 – 5:15 pm SESSION 1: SIGNING BOOKS FOR CHILDREN |
Iris Ricke (Ev. Gehörlosen-Seelsorge Nürnberg, DE): CD-ROM for children "The Good Samaritan" 20 min. Sussi Toft (CTTK-KC, DK): Signing Books for Deaf Children 30 min. Toni Koller (Visuelle Kultur Basel, CH): Are CD-ROM and video suitable for infants? 30 min. Nikos Galanis (Hellenic Federation of the Deaf, GR): The development of videotapes in Greek Sign Language for school-aged children 10 min. |
| 5:15 – 5:30 pm | Discussion |
| 5:45 – 6:30 pm SESSION 2: COOPERATION |
Colin Ashmore, Wendy Daunt (Chase Video, UK): Creating a Media Production Company of and for Deaf People 30 min. Serena Corrazza (E.N.S., IT): Which results come from the collaboration between deaf and hearing people? 20 min. |
| 6:30 – 6:45 pm | Discussion |
| 7:30 pm | DINNER |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am SESSION 3: LANGUAGE ISSUES |
Diane Boonen/Myriam Vermeerbergen: A signing book on the grammar of Flemish-Belgian Sign Language: the making of ... 20 min. Johanna Mesch (S.D.R., SE): CD-ROM about sign language for primarily Deaf adults 20 min. |
| 9:45 – 10 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am SESSION 4: SCRIPT WRITING, EDITING ISSUES |
Kerena Marchant (BBC, UK): Script Writing 30min. |
| 10:45 – 11 am | Discussion |
| 11 – 11:30 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm SESSION 5: SIGNING BOOKS FOR STUDENTS |
Meike Vaupel (Hamburg U, DE): Presentation of scientific texts: problems and possible solutions 20 min. Gunilla Christersson (SIH, SE): Bilingual education and bilingual educa- tional materials 20 min. Antti Raike (University of Art and Design, FI): Hypermedia and the sense of cinematic expression: Deaf students and academic distance learning in Fine Arts 30 min. |
| 12:30 – 12:45 pm | Discussion |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:45 – 3 pm SESSION 6: HANDS-ON SESSION (Coffee available) |
Colin Ashmore (Chase Video, UK): The products of Chase Video Judy Brooks (BBC,UK): Elmer: a CD-ROM for Deaf children in British Sign Language Valentine de Nayer (C.F.L.S., BE): The C.F.L.S. and its activities Patric Larsson / Gunilla Christersson (SIH, SE): Products of SIH Läromedel Piet Compaan (Dit Koningskind, NL): Videos in sign language Wim Debets (Effatha, NL): CD-ROM series "Kijkbijbel onder handbereik" and "Start bijbel onder handbereik - Genesis" Rubén Nogueira Fos, María José Nieto (C.N.S.E., ES): Teaching materials for Spanish Sign Language and LSE-Spanish Dictionary (DISLE) Wolfgang Georgsdorf (Fischer Film, AT): "Mudra"; "Talking Hands"; "Towards Human Rights" Thomas Hanke / Constanze Schmaling (Hamburg Univ.): From video to DVD: "Hans im Glück" Per Poulsen (Dœvefilm, DK), Henning Sletved (Ministry of Education, DK), Søren Sørensen (Odense Vocational Training College, DK): Experiences with signing books in education in Denmark Ana Emilia Quiñonero, Carmen Juan Jorques (FESORD, ES): Interactive CD-ROM for the apprenticeship of sign language: "Let's go signing" Antti Raike (University of Art and Design, FI): Hypermedia and the sense of cinematic expression: Deaf students and academic distance learning in Fine Arts Trude Schermer (NSDSK, NL): CD-ROM "Nature and Environment" for 8-year old deaf children; "Deaf culture" CD-ROM for adults |
| 3 – 4:15 pm SESSION 7: TECHNICAL ISSUES, INTERACTIVITY |
Michael Quinlan (BDA, UK): Media concept and practice of sign lan- guage video productions 30 min. Gerry Stallard (ITC, UK): Digital television – new horizons for sign language 30 min. Mick Canavan (Bristol Univ., UK): SignWorks: Developing Deaf Business 20 min. |
| 4:15 – 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 – 5 pm | COFFEE BREAK |
| 5 – 5:15 pm SESSION 8: LIBRARY SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY |
Stephen Walters (Gateshead Libraries, UK): Gateshead Libraries and Arts Service: Improving access to public information services: 10-20 min. |
| 5:15 – 5:30pm | Discussion |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm CLOSING DISCUSSION |
(This is planned to include the viability of establishing of a platform for future cooperation and other topics proposed by participants.) |