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Re: [xmca] anyone need a room in Vancouver 4/16?
Martin, don't you know that ALL blogging is just a variation on classified ads? It's nice to take a break from selling myself in order to sell a nice hotel room....
On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Martin Packer wrote:
> Hey! I suggested blogging. Not classified ads! :)
>
> Martin
>
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Jenna McWilliams wrote:
>
>> Hello, xmca'ers,
>> I have a room reservation at the Blue Horizon hotel in Vancouver that extends through Tuesday morning, and I'm leaving on Monday--so the room is available (and not cancellable) the night of 4/16. If you know or someone you know needs a room, it's available, cheap ($150-ish) and 6 blocks from the convention center. You can email me directly at jenmcwil@indiana.edu.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jenna
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~
>>
>> Jenna McWilliams
>> Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University
>> ~
>> http://www.jennamcwilliams.com
>> http://twitter.com/jennamcjenna
>>
>> ~
>> jenmcwil@indiana.edu
>> jennamcjenna@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:06 AM, Emily Duvall wrote:
>>
>>> This morning Monica and I attended a session for SIG officers. It included
>>> an important discussion on the new way roundtables are being done. As you
>>> probably know, being a small SIG we have few "session" slots available to
>>> us. There are more opportunities for roundtables and these are now done with
>>> a chair and multiple papers... much like a symposium, but without all the
>>> podiums and powerpoints. It seems - at least to me - that a roundtable is
>>> most appropriate for works in progress and/ or work where in depth
>>> presentation and discussion is preferred. The symposia offer much less time
>>> for participants and seem to be more about disseminating rather than
>>> discussing. Consider the idea of a roundtable when proposing for next year.
>>> Of course posters are also an option.
>>>
>>> It might be interesting to include some topics for next year, as well. A
>>> call, so to speak.
>>>
>>> ~emily
>>>
>>> Emily Duvall, PhD
>>> Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
>>> Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
>>> Director, Northwest Inland Writing Project
>>> University of Idaho
>>> 1031 North Academic Way
>>> Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>>> Behalf Of Peter Smagorinsky
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 7:39 PM
>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>> Subject: RE: [xmca] What gets noticed at AERA
>>>
>>> Hi, I'm at AERA but neither blogging nor tweeting nor recording.
>>>
>>> But, I'm incoming chair of the C-H SIG so let's start thinking of what we
>>> can do next year at the San Francisco conference to make the SIG programs
>>> more accessible to those who can't attend. All suggestions welcome; and more
>>> importantly, all volunteers welcome.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>>> Behalf Of Martin Packer
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:31 PM
>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>> Subject: Re: [xmca] What gets noticed at AERA
>>>
>>> Can't we get some live blogging of AERA, as it unfolds?
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On Apr 14, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Helena Worthen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello --
>>>>
>>>> It sounds as if AERA is happening right now; if so, could someone keep an
>>> ear open and see if anyone has noticed what's going on in Michigan -- some
>>> language that's being attached to the higher ed appropriations bill that
>>> attempts to prevent universities from placing students in any
>>> non-profit/civic, religious, etc organization that engages in "protest,
>>> demonstration or organization against a Michigan business." This was sent
>>> to me by a colleague.
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious to see if this item came up in any discussions.
>>>>
>>>> Helena
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Colleague,
>>>>>
>>>>> We write to seek your support in averting an imminent threat against the
>>> academic freedom of Michigan's public universities.
>>>>>
>>>>> When the Michigan legislature returns from recess next week, it will be
>>> voting on appropriations for state colleges and universities. Recently, the
>>> following language was added to the higher education appropriations bill:
>>>>>
>>>>> Sec. 273a. It is the intent of the legislature that a public university
>>> that receives funds in section 236 shall not collaborate in any manner with
>>> a nonprofit worker center whose documented activities include coercion
>>> through protest, demonstration, or organization against a Michigan business.
>>>>>
>>>>> As described in a recent front-page story in the Lansing State Journal,
>>> this disturbing language seems to have been the result of a field placement
>>> by a University of Michigan social work student with the Restaurant
>>> Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-Michigan). ROC is a non-profit
>>> organization dedicated to improving working conditions and opportunities for
>>> advancement in the restaurant industry. Among many other projects furthering
>>> fair and effective economic development in Michigan, ROC has articulated
>>> demands for fair treatment of workers in Michigan restaurants. It has been
>>> suggested that the Michigan Restaurant Association suggested the language
>>> above as a retaliatory move against ROC, its interns and their faculty
>>> advisors.
>>>>>
>>>>> This language is so broad that it could potentially prevent public
>>> universities from forming partnerships or placing students with virtually
>>> any civic, religious, or other non-profit organization that engages in
>>> public outreach. It represents direct interference by the legislature in the
>>> university curriculum, and thereby curtails the academic freedom of the
>>> universities, their faculty members, and students. It is essential that the
>>> fundamental academic freedom and citizen engagement that are at the heart of
>>> our universities' mission not be held hostage to their budgetary needs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We are collecting individual and organizational endorsements to include
>>> on the letter which has been cut and pasted as well as attached to this
>>> document, to Michigan legislators in the appropriations and conference
>>> committees. The legislature is moving quickly, and it is critical that you
>>> respond as soon as possible.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please respond to the Intercollegiate Community Engagement Working Group
>>> at intercollegiatecommunity@gmail.com to indicate your willingness to sign
>>> on to this letter as an individual or as an organization, and please include
>>> your title and organizational position for identification purposes only. If
>>> you have any questions, please contact Ian Robinson
>>> (e.ian.robinson@gmail.com) or Michelle Kaminski (michellekaminsk@gmail.com)
>>> two members of the committee who are academic professionals.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Helena Worthen
>>>> helena.worthen@berkeley.edu
>>>> 21 San Mateo Road
>>>> Berkeley, CA 94707
>>>> Visiting Scholar, UCB Center for Labor Research and Education
>>>> 510-828-2745
>>>>
>>>>
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