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[xmca] anyone need a room in Vancouver 4/16?
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
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Jenna McWilliams
Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University
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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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