http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende Collection of Vlogs done by Amy Cohen Efron Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello Everyone! As you may already have 'heard' about Georgia's State Superintendent of Schools, Kathy Cox who won one million dollars from the TV game show, "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" on September 5, 2008... AND... She gave away her winnings to three state schools (two deaf schools and ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/09/23/1000000-to-deaf-schools-follow-up/ It is my greatest delight to announce that our Georgia's State Superintendent of Schools, Kathy Cox who is one of the guests on FOX's "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" special two-hour show tonight. Here's the picture of Kathy Cox, from official Georgia's Department of Education's website: www.doe.k12.ga.us Why ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/09/05/georgias-state-superintendent-on-fox-winnings-go-to-gsd-aasd-and-gab/ Last night, I posted the blog called: ACTION ALERT from NAD about proposed changes to ADA! IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please visit NAD's blogsite: blogs.nad.org/advocacy to learn about ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and submit your comments AT Department of Justice's official website, *NOT* on ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/08/16/258-news-mtv-type-political-song-must-see/ National Association of the Deaf posted two ACTION ALERT blog entries about US Department of Justice proposed changes to the rules for two parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). P.S. ADA was signed into law in 1990, not 1986 as I ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/08/15/action-alert-from-nad-about-proposed-changes-to-ada/ Amy Cohen Efron shares her surprising discovery of one of the best examples in ASL marketing. Amy demonstrates a promotional give-away, the pack-of-6 SONIC® Wacky Pack® Kids' Meal toy that was distributed through SONIC® Drive-In Restaurants in 2006. You may wonder ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/08/03/wow-sonics-wacky-pack-in-asl/ Amy Cohen Efron talks about her handling difficult questions asked by the deaf community, as if they were giving me the litmus test to judge my character, my beliefs and my stance with sensitive issues. Heavy laden questions asked, were they necessary to ask? These questions can divide ourselves in ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/07/27/litmus-test-questions-for-deaf-community/ Watch Amy making a revelation and sharing her personal vision of the future - Signing Community. [div hVlog style="text-align: left"] [vPIP class="hVlogTarget" type="video/quicktime" onclick="vPIPPlay(this, 'name=qt', '', ''); return false;"] Play Quicktime version 5:46 minutes long [/div] For people who cannot view this video above, watch YouTube ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/07/13/revelation-and-vision-of-the-future-signing-community/ Amy Cohen Efron talks about her experience as NAD's vlogger in New Orleans. To be continued... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/07/11/amy-at-nad-in-new-orleans/ Amy Cohen Efron talks about traveling to New Orleans for the National Association of the Deaf conference, and discusses about one special blogsite called "Signing World", with a vlog about Hurricane Katrina - Before and After (Deaf Community). Links: Hurricane Katrina: Part 1 - Before & After ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/07/07/nad-at-new-orleans/ Amy Cohen Efron shares her pet peeve about one most common used English word in our conversation. It was posted on DeafVideo.TV and that video generated a high number of video comments. I thought that I'd like to share that on my blog. 3:18 minutes long. What is your ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/07/02/but-my-pet-peeve/ Amy Cohen Efron sends a message to Deaf Bilingual Coalition about her disappointment after reading the most recent blog entry published by DBC in this morning. The blog entry is titled, "Gearing Up". Amy explains about the importance of having first impression on the first day of ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/27/message-to-dbc/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article about AG Bell and Deaf Bilingual Coalition conferences being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin starting tomorrow for the weekend. This article was written by Jennine Aquino and Annysa Johnson. The link to this article is: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : AG Bell and deaf coalition ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/26/my-response-to-milwaukee-journal-sentinels-article/ Amy Cohen Efron explains about Deaf Bilingual Coalition invites National Association of the Deaf's President Bobbie Beth Scoggins to give a keynote presentation at the conference. It is an historical first for a representative of NAD to give a presentation in a close proximity with Alexander Graham Bell Association of ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/26/bobbie-beth-scoggins-at-dbc-educational-conference/ Special Announcement! Amy Cohen Efron releases a very special 21-day free-online-viewing of her award-winning vlog, "The Greatest Irony" for everyone to watch. "The Greatest Irony" is open-captioned and comes with voice-over by a very talented ASL interpreter, Tracie Cascio Snow. Free online viewing will be available between Sunday, ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/22/the-greatest-irony-21-day-free-online-view/ Due to Gallaudet University's recent announcement of two newest members of the Board of Trustees, and watch Amy Cohen Efron's commentary on this issue. The question remains, who may have the MOST influence over Gallaudet University? Thank you Allison, the commenter, who pinpointed an error and this video is revised. [div ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/19/who-has-the-most-influence-over-gallaudet/ Watch Amy Cohen Efron telling the ASL story about the ship called, U.S.S. Deafness Public with a question at the end. What is your best answer, and why? From YouTube.com 2.25 minutes long. This video got stuck at the beginning, please move the cursor to play. [div ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/06/09/uss-deafness-public/ Buried underneath the massive pile of old computer peripherals, cables and wires, I've discovered a gadget that was packed neatly away in one of my dusty boxes. It was the NXi's Nexcom 300 Modem A vintage piece of engineering marvel. Believe it or not, it was ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/05/26/nxis-nexcom-300-modem-circa-1994/ Everyone, Jerome Cain brought this attention on DeafVideo.TV about Gallaudet's Theatre Department Official Statement, and three individual's responses. He created video ASL versions of these statements. I would like to host them on my blog. Thank you for all of your work, Jerome! To support Jerome's work, ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/05/19/gallaudets-theatre-dept-official-position-hamill-the-movie/ From Deaf World As Eye See It blog: "Acting Deaf: Here We Go Again!" Open Letter to Matt Hamill: Matt, don’t forget your fans who have supported you, especially young Deaf fans who looked up at you with inspiration. See video excerpt from the YouTube - where you went to Fremont, CA as ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/05/10/open-letter-to-matt-hamill/ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “I won this award by keeping my mouth shut and I think I’ll do it again.” – Jane Wyman. Jane Wyman was quoted during her Oscar acceptance speech for the Best Actress award in 1948. She won for her role as a “deaf-mute” in Johnny Belinda. That was ... http://blog.deafread.com/abcohende/2008/05/10/acting-deaf-here-we-go-again/