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We offer a 10-month training program to teach you the inner workings of app development, using our VL2 Storybook Creator, to make your own bilingual storybook apps! Our training program offers you the opportunity to learn new skills, and if you are an educator, an opportunity to involve students in app development and storytelling.

VL2 research foundations on literacy development and language acquisition
Research-based design of Storybook Apps: How do the apps support reading development?
Story Creation: storyboarding, script development (using Keynote or Google Slides)
ASL Literature, Children Literature
Production: Filming, Editing, Post-production (Using video cameras, studio lighting, editing software)
Animation
Art Production (from drawing to scanning, using Photoshop)
Xcode & Storybook Creator
App Submission
Storytime Session & Community Engagement
Classroom Use

Our training program is designed for creatives & educators - storytellers, artists, filmmakers, animators, writers, ASL specialists - who are interested in developing their digital skills. Educators working with Deaf children — looking for more bilingual resources in English & ASL for your classrooms? You’ve come to the right place.

Thank you,
Motion Light Lab Team

This is made possible by the generous funding of Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation for our Merging Deaf Talent with 21st Century Digital Skill Sets Project.

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