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Re: [xmca] anyone need a room in Vancouver 4/16?



Quite to the contrary, Martin! This year's meeting is the best I've been to so far, with a nice representation of the issues and researches that matter to me most. 

The early departure is a reflection of the precarious financial position of the Eager Graduate Student: I'm taking a redeye flight back to my home institution in order to avoid having to pay for a room on Monday night. Now in order to make this work, I need someone to take the room over for me.

Here's hoping!





On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Martin Packer wrote:

> Fair point! You've sold me on that one.
> 
> I hope your early leaving isn't a reflection of the dubious quality of AERA this year? Or are indigenous peoples running you off their land? (It seems a bit too late to recognize their territory, since the British started kicking them out in 1792.)
> 
> Martin
> 
> On Apr 15, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Jenna McWilliams wrote:
> 
>> 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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