Re: [xmca] Re: [Fwd: AERA Professional Development Course]

From: Mike Cole <lchcmike who-is-at gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 16 2007 - 12:57:06 PST

What ? No CERTIFICATE??? You MUST be joking, Lois. Hell, we could make up a
certificate that would turn up 100 years from now on Antiques Roadshow and
make our
great grand children proud.

Hmph. Imagine. No certificate! What will they think of next??
:-))
mike

On Nov 16, 2007 11:32 AM, Wolff-Michael Roth <mroth@uvic.ca> wrote:

> Hi , I meant Anna S. at CUNY. Michael
>
>
> On 16-Nov-07, at 11:31 AM, Wolff-Michael Roth wrote:
>
> I know some people at CUNY, who are into CHAT and cultural sociology,
> and who have lots of grad students who might be interested in, if we
> so advertise------Ana, you know, Ken's students. . . .
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
>
> On 16-Nov-07, at 11:26 AM, Lois Holzman wrote:
>
> Day Before Sounds Great.
>
> Space and Money: My space would be free, and I suspect the other offered
> spaces would also be free. We NYers could decide which might be best and
> easiest to obtain, unless others want to get involved. Ana and Elina,
> you
> know the Institute space and it has the advantage (?) of not being a
> university-looking environment. I see no reason to charge but we
> could put a
> nominal fee of $10-$15 to cover refreshments.
> Advertising: It's likely we could post the announcement on some
> listserves
> that we belong to. In addition, if we don't go through AERA bureaucracy,
> then we could announce wider and, for example, have grad students and
> professor who might not be going to AERA participate.
>
> This would take us on the route of a different kind of offering...no
> certificate, no strict enrollment...unless we wanted one of our
> institutions
> to sponsor it and get CEUs. What do we think?
> Lois
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: Ana Marjanovic-Shane <ana@zmajcenter.org>
> > Reply-To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:14:19 -0500
> > To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Cc: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: [Fwd: AERA Professional Development Course]
> >
> > HI,
> > Day before AERA is good for avoiding conflicts in scheduling.
> > If others think that is good and can do it, we only need to figure out
> > advertising and enrollment.
> > We need to spread the news and have people come! Although we could
> > exchange ideas with ourselves, too! :-)
> >
> > Ana
> >
> >
> > Mike Cole wrote:
> >> OK, so lots of space options. how about this happening the day before
> >> AERA starts?
> >>
> >> Money? I have no idea. Bring your own cookies and water?
> >> Its the exchange of ideas that seem important.
> >> mike
> >>
> >> On Nov 16, 2007 10:58 AM, Ana Marjanovic-Shane <ana@zmajcenter.org
> >> <mailto:ana@zmajcenter.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> HI all,
> >> In my previous e-mail (that missed these) I wrote: " This is
> >> not a
> >> bad idea. It only depends on the time (space, we can probably
> >> find), that it would take from people being at the conference.
> >> Four hours away from the conference venues is a long time for
> >> everyone, and since AERA is not organizing it we do not know
> >> people's schedules and conflicts. Another thing to consider is
> >> advertising and getting people to enroll. We would also need to
> >> decide if we would charge for it or not, how much, and how to
> >> handle the money if any -- since all our accounting goes through
> >> AERA at the moment. etc. -- The whole enrollment process would
> >> need to be worked out in detail.
> >>
> >> But I am open to the idea and wonder what do others think"
> >>
> >> I knew that the space would not be the problem.
> >> What do you think about other issues: time, scheduling conflicts,
> >> advertising and enrollment, charges (obviously we would have to
> >> pay something for the space and probably refreshments)?
> >> Ana
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Cole wrote:
> >>> Hi Lois-- Sounds good.
> >>> So, Anna, if you have a space is there something more needed?
> >>> mike
> >>>
> >>> On Nov 16, 2007 10:39 AM, Lois Holzman
> >>> <lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org>
> >>> <mailto:lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I gladly offer space if we decide that we want to go ahead
> >>>> with it. We
> >>>> have
> >>>> room to accommodate the group size we typically get.
> >>>> Lois
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> >>>>> <mailto:lchcmike@gmail.com>
> >>>>> Reply-To: <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >>>>> <mailto:mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>,
> >>>>> "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
> >>>>> <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu> <mailto:xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >>>>> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:28:51 -0800
> >>>>> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >>>>> <mailto:xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >>>>> Subject: [xmca] Re: [Fwd: AERA Professional Development
> >>>>> Course]
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I wonder if perhaps one or our New York colleagues with
> >>>>> access to
> >>>>> space
> >>>>> might arrange to house at workshop? Why does it have to
> >>>>> have the
> >>>>>
> >>>> imprimatur
> >>>>
> >>>>> to AERA? Anyone have
> >>>>> some space for a few hours or so not to far from the AERA
> >>>>> hotel(s)?
> >>>>> mike
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Nov 16, 2007 10:07 AM, Ana Marjanovic-Shane
> >>>>> <anamshane@speakeasy.net> <mailto:anamshane@speakeasy.net>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear Martin and all,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I just sent you all the reviews and grades that the mini-
> >>>>>> course had
> >>>>>> received in another e-mail. They do not look worse than
> >>>>>> last year,
> >>>>>>
> >>>> actually
> >>>>
> >>>>>> two out of three reviewers gave us mostly great grades. I
> >>>>>> really
> >>>>>> don't
> >>>>>> understand the criteria of acceptance in the AERA program
> >>>>>> this year.
> >>>>>> Ana
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Martin Packer wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ana,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm quite disappointed; I was looking forward to this!
> >>>>>> Are the
> >>>>>>
> >>>> reviewers'
> >>>>
> >>>>>> comments available?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But I expect to see you all in New York regardless.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Martin
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 11/16/07 6:27 AM, "Ana Marjanovic-Shane"
> >>>>>> <anamshane@speakeasy.net>
> >>>>>> <mailto:anamshane@speakeasy.net><anamshane@speakeasy.net>
> >>>>>> <mailto:anamshane@speakeasy.net>wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear all,
> >>>>>> Unfortunately our proposal for a mini course was rejected
> >>>>>> by AERA
> >>>>>> this
> >>>>>> year -- first time after many years!
> >>>>>> Ana
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
> >>>>>> Subject: AERA Professional Development Course
> >>>>>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:52:21 -0800 (PST)
> >>>>>> From: DO_NO_REPLY@allacademic.com
> >>>>>> <mailto:DO_NO_REPLY@allacademic.com>
> >>>>>> Reply-To: profdevel@aera.net <mailto:profdevel@aera.net>
> >>>>>> To: anamshane@speakeasy.net
> >>>>>> <mailto:anamshane@speakeasy.net>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear Ana Marjanovic-Shane,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thank you for proposing a professional development course
> >>>>>> for the
> >>>>>>
> >>>> American
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Educational Research Association
> >>>>>> (AERA) 2008 Annual Meeting. Unfortunately, we are limited
> >>>>>> by the
> >>>>>> type
> >>>>>>
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>>>> number of courses that we can offer
> >>>>>> and we are unable to include your course, Cultural
> >>>>>> Historical
> >>>>>> Activity
> >>>>>> Theory Perspective on education in
> >>>>>> specific social circumstances.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This course was among several potentially strong and quality
> >>>>>> proposals
> >>>>>> AERA received. The AERA Professional Development and
> >>>>>> Training
> >>>>>>
> >>>> Committee
> >>>>
> >>>>>> selected courses that were most salient to current
> >>>>>> education research
> >>>>>>
> >>>> needs
> >>>>
> >>>>>> and strengthened the professional capacity of researchers.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> AERA values the commitment to professional development and
> >>>>>> training
> >>>>>> reflected in your course proposal. We hope that you will
> >>>>>> continue to
> >>>>>> participate in AERA activities and contribute to education
> >>>>>> research.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Lyle F. Bachman
> >>>>>> Chair, Professional Development and Training Committee
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> George L. Wimberly
> >>>>>> Director, Social Justice and Professional Development
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> profdevel@aera.net <mailto:profdevel@aera.net>
> >>>>>> 202-238-3200
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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