education
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School visits for Newmark Primary school
Deafblind Victoria ran a series of four workshops at Newmark Primary School in 2024, for younger students, teachers, parents, and older students. The last one was held on 11 November 2024 in perfect weather with 55 students in the beautiful courtyard. Heather presented with two Auslan interpreters, sharing her story of growing up deaf, and…
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Tech Talk 9 – El Braille
Michelle and John review the El Braille portable braille computer: Michelle: Hi, John. Welcome back to DBV! What did you think of the El Braille? John: I tried it with the Perkins style keyboard but it froze up. Then I tried connecting the El Braille to a QWERTY keyboard and it worked well, but when…
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Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary School
School visit for Deafblind workshop, Newmark Primary on 30th May 2024. Three of us Heather, commguide Ruth and interpreter Gen travelled by train to Williamstown to deliver a workshop to the Year 1 children, aged about 6 years old. Upon arrival, we were greeted by 30 very cute, excited children. Heather presented about her life, how she was…
