Children Introduced to American Sign Language in Children's Museum
 Boston, MA – June 16, 2004 – The Boston Children's Museum opened their new "access/ABILITY" exhibit today. This unique exhibit presents people living with disabilities as participants in the world and features fun and engaging activities that show the similarities and differences in how each of us, with or without disabilities, go places, communicate, have fun, and learn.
The exhibit features an innovative, interactive computer kiosk, called "Come Sign with Me!" which allows children of all ages to learn the basics of American Sign Language. The kiosk software was designed and donated to the museum by Signing Online, LLC.
"We are very excited to be part of this engaging, interactive exhibit," said Brian Winn, CTO of Signing Online, LLC. "Come Sign with Me will introduce museum visitors to American Sign Language and teach them the basics of communicating with this visual language."
The "access/ABILITY" exhibit will be available at the Boston Children's Museum for the next six months. Afterwhich, it will go on tour to several other children's museums in the United States and Canada over the next four years.
About Boston Children’s Museum
Boston Children’s Museum exists to help children understand and enjoy the world in which they live. It is a private, non-profit, educational institution that is recognized internationally as a research and development center and pacesetter for children's exhibitions, educational programs and curriculum. The Children’s Museum focuses on three key areas of expertise: visitor programs, teacher resources and early childhood education. More information about The Children’s Museum can be found at http://www.bostonkids.org.
About Signing Online
Signing Online, LLC offers web-based courses, at http://www.signingonline.com, designed to effectively teach you American Sign Language at your own pace from anywhere in the world. The courses focus on conversational ASL and make extensive use of digital video to demonstrate the visual nature of signing. State Board Approved Continuing Education Units (SB-CEUs) are available to educators.
Press Contacts:
Rick Stockwood, Boston Children's Museum
617/426-6500, x.213
stockwood@BostonKids.org
Brian Winn, Signing Online, LLC
winn@signingonline.com
Signing Online, LLC
http://www.signingonline.com
215 N. Every Rd.
Mason, MI 48854-9650
Voice#517-980-5662
Fax#517-676-5434
info@signingonline.com
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