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| Title | Pagers improve communication for deaf students |
| Body | Full article available at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041103/ SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ Michael Warzynski likes to let his grandparents know he's on his way home from school and to have two grilled-cheese sandwiches ready. But he doesn't call them on the phone. Instead, he is one of about 50 deaf students in Toronto's public schools using sophisticated two-way pagers to send text messages to teachers, family and friends. "Before, I didn't speak a lot with my family. But now I find that communication with my family has improved," the 18-year-old said through a sign-language interpreter. "I used to stay home a lot. I was bored. Now, I can contact my friends through the pager and go out." Preliminary research shows that two-way pagers help improve both the social skills and the independence of deaf students. York University assistant professor Connie Mayer said her research, now in the second of its five-year term, will have implications for education policy in terms of making a case for different technologies to be funded by the government so that deaf students stay on par with their peers. Alphonso, C. Pagers offer deaf students independence, literacy skills. The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/ TPStory/LAC/20041103/SCHOOLDEAF03/TPEducation/ (3 Nov. 2004). |
| Source | The Globe and Mail |
| Inputdate | 2004-11-04 23:09:00 |
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