Summer Workshops at RIT/NTID on Technical Training Announced
DECEMBER 16, 2011
Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the
Deaf has announced next summer’s Deaf Initiative in Technology (DiiT)
workshops that provide technical training in an environment that uses sign
language.
Workshop participants get the benefit of direct interaction with the
instructors without the need for interpreters that most professional
workshops require.
Six upcoming workshops focus on Business, English, Graphic Communication and
Information Technology. Most workshops are five days and are held throughout
June and July at Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical
Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, N.Y.
Topics include “Starting Your Own Business,” “Microsoft Office 2010: Create
a Dynamic Presentation,” “Microsoft Excel 2010: Create an Electronic
Worksheet,” “Digital Sketchbooking,” as well as workshops dealing with
workplace correspondence and preparing for certification exams.
DiiT was established by two grants from the National Science Foundation’s
Advanced Technological Education program. Since the NSF funding ended in
2006, NTID has supported the program. To date, nearly 100 workshops have
been held; more than 730 deaf and hard-of-hearing adults have attended
workshops.
“I’ve always been the only deaf person in other workshops and felt left
out,” said Gordon Marsillo, a mechanical engineering technician with the
Naval Air Warfare Center in Lakehurst, N.J. and a past DiiT participant.
“At DiiT workshops, with other deaf people and a signing instructor, I could
fully participate. I learned so much.”
Cost to attend a workshop is $500 and includes class materials, daily lunch
and refreshments.
Visit the DiiT website or call (585) 475-7545 for more details and
registration information.