Subscribe Unsubscribe Name: Dr. E. Lynn Jacobowitz Occupation: Co-owner, ASL Rose Education: . Ph.D. in Administration and Supervision, Gallaudet University . M.Ed. in Education Communications, University of Maryland . BA in Psychology, Gallaudet University License: Professional ASLTA Expertise: ASL Teacher Preparation, ASL Literature, Curriculum Design Teaching: ASL Literature, ASL Verbs, ASL Classifiers, Issues and Trends in the Sign Language Community, Media Use in ASL Instruction, Analysis of ASL Stories, ASL Teacher Practicum and Internship Research: ASL Teacher Preparation, ASL Legislation, ASL Curriculum, ASL Teacher Qualifications, History of Cartoons in the Deaf Community Service: Workshops on various topics for ASL teachers, interpreters, parents, educators of the Deaf, Comedienne, Poet, Storyteller to various audiences Membership Affiliation: NAD, ASLTA, National Association of Females Executives, Potomac Chapter of RID Publications: . ASL Teacher Preparation and National Teaching Standards . Signs of Tense (co-authored with William C. Stokoe) Presentations: . A Challenge: Can ASL Rhymes Be Taught in the Classroom? (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . Assessment Tool Using the ASL Handshapes and Deaf Culture (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . ASL/English Literacy Skill Development: Using ASL Phonology as One of Language Learning Tools (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . The Critical Importance of Dual Language Digital Books for Bilingual/ESL Readers (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . ASL Stories: Strategies Using ASL Handsahpes and Deaf Culture (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . A Unique Area of ASL Discourse through ASL Handshape Stories (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . Rhyming With Eyes and Hands: Using ASL Phonology as Language Learning Tool (co-presented with Adonia K. Smith) . Egyptian Sign Language Teacher Preparation Program . What All ASL Teacher Trainers Should Know: The Curricula of ASL Teacher Preparation Programs . Come Along Veditz' Way: Bringing Back Original American Signs (co-presented with Patricia Richey) . The Importance of ASL in Educational Settings Name: Dr. Adonia K. Smith Occupation: Co-owner, ASL Rose Education: . Ed.D. in Deaf Education & Deaf Studies, Lamar University . MA in Deaf Education, Gallaudet University . BA in Elementary Education, Gallaudet University License: Deaf Education in Maryland, Texas and Alabama, Elementary Education in Texas and Alabama, CED, ASLTA Expertise: Deaf Education, Deaf Studies & ASL Teaching: Literacy, Bilingual-Bicultural Methods, Psychology and Deaf People, ASL, Intro. to Deaf Studies, ASL Literature, Supervisor of Student Teachers Research: ASL Assessment for Students learning ASL as a first and second language, Deaf History, ASL/English bilingual methods of language instruction Service: Workshops on literacy to school districts, Deaf culture lecturer to college classes, ASL storyteller at Barnes and Noble Membership Affiliation: WFD, NAD, ASLTA, GUAA, FOLDA, IRA Presentations: . A Challenge: Can ASL Rhymes Be Taught in the Classroom? (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . Assessment Tool Using the ASL Handshapes and Deaf Culture (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . A Teacher-Friendly ASL Test . ASL/English Literacy Skill Development: Using ASL Phonology as One of Language Learning Tools (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . LeRoy Colmbo: Deaf Lifeguard (co-presented with Jeans Andrews and Ying Li) . The Critical Importance of Dual Language Digital Books for Bilingual/ESL Readers (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . ASL Stories: Strategies Using ASL Handsahpes and Deaf Culture (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . A Unique Area of ASL Discourse through ASL Handshape Stories (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . Rhyming With Eyes and Hands: Using ASL Phonology as Language Learning Tool (co-presented with E. Lynn Jacobowitz) . Understanding Deaf Culture through Work of Deaf Artists . Deaf Culture, ASL and Fingerspelling for Hearing Students in Junior High (co-presented with Jean Andrews) . Importance of Deaf Culture for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children (co-presented with Brian Kilpatrick and Ying Li) . Deaf Culture in Children's Books . Reading Challenges: ASL Solutions (co-presented with Jean Andrews) . Use of ASL/English Bilingual Strategies: Theory to Practice (co-presented with Jean Andrews) . Writing an ABC Picture Book about Deaf Role Models