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Spelling it out for deaf people

Three Christchurch College of Computing Students have joined forces to create material to help the Deaf and hearing impaired, as part of their NCEA Level 3 technology studies.

  • Deaf Education
  • Sign Language
  • Technology
  • TV/Media

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Emma Agnew
Emma Agnew
Taonga source:
Education: The Next Level
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A2004-001
Bibliographic source:
Education: The Next Level, 26 October 2004
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1997
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

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1997
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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1987
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

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Television New Zealand Archive
1993
video – Taonga source: Television New Zealand Archive

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1987
publication – Taonga source: National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NFD Journal: April 1987 (Vol. 1, No. 1)

National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1995
article – Taonga source: Victoria News, Victoria University of Wellington

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video – Taonga source: AUT Visual Languages Section

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