YouTube Videos

 I've spent many hours today and throughout the past few weeks watching ASL videos on YouTube. 

 The music videos I've seen are very inspiring. American Sign Language is truly an art form. It's beautiful and so expressive. I've learned that different people have different sign styles and it's interesting to watch how the styles vary! I love when the person signing uses humor to make the video more exciting for the audience. 

 I've also been watching how-to videos. I'm trying to improve the signs that I've learned so far and/or to help me better understand a sign if the apps on my phone aren't clear enough for me.

 Lastly I've been watching lesson videos on YouTube. I've been searching for a teacher that I really like but I can't seem to find one that makes me keep coming back to their page. I hope to find a person that inspires me on YouTube, soon! 

 I have so many questions that I want answers to. I know YouTube cannot answer all the questions I have so I'll be sending an email to the BHS ASL teacher to hopefully I'll have a teacher on and off YouTube! 

Just found the most insane ASL video!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HnaxfyUxk

More Songs and Favorite Signs

 I've almost mastered the song Bad Romance by Lady Gaga and I'm excited to say that I've started learning other well known songs. I've learned a lot of the lyrics to Stacy's Mom by Fountians of Wayne. The signs to Stacy's mom are really easy to pick up on because the song is so repetitive but also because the signs aren't as complicated for the lyrics to Stacy's Mom as they for other songs I'm trying to learn. The song Hallelujah by Jeff Burkely on the other hand is extremely difficult to learn. Many of the signs have more than one motion and that makes it difficult to sign at the same pace of the song. I would really love to be able to sign Hallelujah because when you watch someone sign the lyrics it's mesmerizing and beautiful. 

 Hallelujah is one of my favorite words to sign. I also really like signing the words, wrong, everything, free, broken, walk, bitch, ugly, brother and love. I'm sure as I continue to sign my favorite signs will change but for now these are the signs I find interesting. Although my absolute favorite sign is hallelujah. It's a sign with four motions and when it's signed to a song you have to sign the motions at the same pace the part of the word each motions corresponds with. It's more complicated than it sounds. It's fun to signs and so beautiful. 

Signing Stilloe

 I'm so excited to have a topic selected for my 20% Project (learning ASL) that I am passionate about!

 I have already downloaded five apps on my phone to help me learn. My favorite one is called ASL Dictionary. It's so awesome because you can search any word you want to know, then the app gives you written instructions and a video that you can follow along with.

 My ASL Dictionary app helped me learn how to sign the song Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. The song came on my Pandora and I couldn't get it out of my head so I figured why not learn it. Everyone knows the song so it will make it easier for others to follow what I sign if I want to show them! Since I learned it I've been practicing in my mirror! I dance all around my room and get super into the signing. I feel like that helps me remember the signs better if I practice to a song.

 On YouTube there are tons of videos of people signing songs. They even have a video to Bad Romance. Watching the videos on Youtube was also huge help when I was trying to learn the song. Look At Me Now by Chris Brown ASL Translation (on YouTube) is absolutely AMAZING, it's one of the best signing videos I've seen so far. Sign Language is so intriguing. Totally incredible to watch.