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What qualifications do I need to have to participate in the training?

None. This is the point of the training - if you have an interest in creating bilingual ASL/English content - this is for you. We hope to teach you the technicalities, so you can take off with your ideas.

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Who is this training for?

Creatives. Educators. Storytellers. Filmmakers. Animators. Artists. A mix of all the above. Or if you want to be one of the above but need to learn how to, then you've come to the right place. In other words, if you are a recent college (or high school graduate) with digital skills you want to improve to pursue a career in the creative/digital fields - this is a great opportunity for you. This is also geared towards educators/ASL specialists at programs and schools for Deaf children - who want to create ASL bilingual resources for students and support their growth. We are interested in impact. We want to equip you with tools that make your students excited to create with you in the classroom. Please talk to us if you have thoughts, and questions.

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Will I earn a certification after participating in the training?

Yes! We will be providing all participants with a Certification of completion to show that you have completed our training session and have learned how to use Storybook Creator.

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Where will the training be?

We are flexible! We can do it in-person or online. We can come to you or you can come to us.

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How long is the training?

That depends! We do have self-paced online modules. For in-person or video conference training, let’s meet to discuss. Generally, we schedule three days in-person training. Varying details may impact this timeline.

Our program is designed to support and build your capacity, skills, and knowledge to best maximize our resources and tools.

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Do I need equipment? What is required?

The minimal required equipment to start will be a Mac desktop or Mac laptop that can run Xcode. iPads are optional, but it's nice to have. However, iPads are not mandatory for the training.

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Do I need to know how to code?

No, you don’t have to be a programmer or developer to be able to participate in this. Our VL2 Storybook Creator platform has coding built-in, and we will show you how to use it. You will see some lines of code, but you don’t have to know how to code to use this program! (Isn’t that super cool?)

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Can I train others on VL2 Storybook Creator after I receive this training?

Absolutely. We hope you would be able to do your own app development, with your students or your team of choice. We aim to build a network of creatives creating and adding more stories for our Deaf children!

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Is there a fee to participate?

This depends on whether if we meet online, in-person, and the length and depth of the training requested. Please email us to discuss.

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Are there a limited number of participants in a session?

We believe training will be more effective with a smaller group of participants. Our maximum number of a group at a time is 20.

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Will I be able to create a new storybook app?

That is the goal!

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Why are we doing this?

Deaf children need strong and rich sign language exposure, to build foundations for literacy development. Our goal is to build a large library of bilingual apps, where Deaf children can access and learn, and thrive. We also want to strengthen our Deaf creative ecosystem with more artists, storytellers, filmmakers, digital content creators, and educators. We believe this program will push for quality content, and we know change is possible together. This is a Deaf community effort, collectively. Are you in?