Competition for deaf students to invent name sign for Deafverse
Are you a deaf middle or high school student? Are you good with coming up with name signs? There is a competition to come up with a name sign for Deafverse. Check out this video from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes.
(Video from Deafverse)
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Text: Deafverse Name Sign Contest. A dark-skinned man signs with a cat robot on a stool next to him.
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Hi. I'm Justin, and this is Catbot.
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An illustration of an iPhone screen of Justin pops up and disappears.
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We have a challenge for you. Your challenge is to give us a name sign for Deafverse.
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An illustration of a black silhouette of a person with a question mark below on the front cover of the Deafverse booklet appears on top right.
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You need to post a video with your name sign for Deafverse and share it with the public. You could win the contest, and become a character in the next game release of Deafverse.
[The catbot chuckles]
All right.
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An illustration of the Deafverse: Player Strategy Guide with the subtitle, “Duel of the Bots” on the bottom of the booklet appears on top right.
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Deafverse is a game based on real life situations typically experienced by a deaf person. When faced with conflicts, you will learn to build confidence and use self determination skills to get through challenges
The contest?
Right. Right. The contest. To enter the contest, here's what you do.
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Justin points to Catbot, which projects a screen with its laser eyes. Text: How to enter the name sign contest.
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Your video should include,
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Text: Your video should include:
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Text: Introduce yourself
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your name for your introduction,
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Text: Where you go to school
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where you go to school,
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Text: Your creative sign for the game
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your sign for the game, and
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Text: Tell us why your sign is a good fit for Deafverse
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why your sign is a good fit for the game.
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Text: Share your video on Facebook and Instragram, @deafverse, #IntoTheDeafverse
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Once done, share your video on Facebook and Instagram, and tag, @deafverse, with the hashtag, #IntoTheDeafverse.
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Text: Make sure your video is set to public! If private, we cannot see it.
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Make sure your video is set to public. If it's private, we can't see it.
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Text: Post your video by May 18, 2020
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Post your video by May 18, 2020. If the deadline passes, the contest will be closed, and the judges won't be able to view your video.
I'm looking forward to it.
Yeah. I'm eager to see what you'll come up with so that I can use that sign from now on. And don't forget that the contest winner will become a character in the next game release.
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An illustrated green circle of a dark-skinned man smiling, a second illustrated red circle of a dark-skinned woman smiling, and a black silhouette of a person smiling with a question mark below appear on top right.
And we will mail the winner a cool game poster, stickers, books, and more.
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A cardboard box opens up as a trophy appears.
We look forward to your participation in our contest. If you don't want to participate, that's OK. If you see your friends posting, please like and share their name sign videos.
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An icon of a heart and a second icon of a thumbs-up sign appear on top right.
Mm-hmm.
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Justin fist bumps Catbot.
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Ow.
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He shakes off his hand like it hurt. Text, Deafverse. national deaf center dot org.
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THE DAILY MOTH:
Nice! I want to support this competition so I’ll send a “The Daily Moth” mug to the winner. You can use it to put in your pens or to drink coffee if you like coffee. Or tea. Again, the competition ends on May 18, so get your creative juices flowing.
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Deafverse is a free online game which includes videos, animation, and decision making to develop self advocacy skills. It can be a nice activity for those of you who are staying home. “The Daily Moth” did a feature on the game and the NDC. If you want to watch that, the link is provided above as well as the link with information on the competition.
https://www.nationaldeafcenter.org/deafverse-name-sign-contest?fbclid=IwAR2zwRocdBB9zM2w3qaMhlijEFNifg7VoFgSIJnwQybIjyaUgeVMWQPgWl8
https://www.dailymoth.com/blog/interviews-with-the-creators-of-deafverse-duel-of-the-bots