Rick, the idea came from Theresa -- it suggests to me, if folks like it --
that we all should try to generate some questions around the theme for
next year, Literacy, Technology, Pedagogy, as I recall... before any call
goes out. Or, that the call would suggest that folks who propose papers
(rather than poster sessions) would be asked to work in the context of a
common question.
I want to thank Peter for his comments. I, too, think we need to re-think
how Inkshedding gets structured into the conference. It does seem to me
that when we are in a situation where we are sitting around tables more
Inksheds get read.
Leslie
Leslie Sanders
Humanities/Writing Programmes
706 Atkinson College
York University
(416) 736-2100 x66604
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On Tue, 22 May 2001, Theresa Hyland wrote:
> I would like to add my agreement to what Peter has said. I like the set-up
> for the Inkshed Conference very much and felt that I would have liked to
> spend more time reading others Inksheds and processing them a little. The
> conference was rich in ideas and I felt that I didn't think through these
> ideas as well as I could have. This process is aided, of course, by the
> Inkshedding but it would have been nice to have time for private freewriting
> too. As it was, I tried to keep two sets of notes -- one for distribution
> and one for my own records, but usually I ended up doing one or the other,
> or not having time to read other Inksheds.
>
> I also think that there are some innovative solutions to this problem. I
> have attended mini-conferences where people display their presentation on a
> flip chart or poster and then stand by it to answer questions from the other
> participants. The audience sees all presentations at their leisure. If we
> decided to do this, we could keep this small -- four presentations per
> one-hour poster session, and perhaps two poster-sessions per conference,
> with a 15-20 minute Inkshed at the end of each poster-session.
>
> I noticed that many of us were struggling with similar problems -- the
> creation of technical writing courses, or helping students develop reading
> strategies. Another format we could use would be to have three-member
> "panels" with a moderator discussing a topic. About three months before the
> conference, the moderator would pose questions which each member of the
> panel would consider in a short paper which would be sent to the others on
> the panel about one month before the conference. The presentation would
> include a ten-minute summary of each paper by the members of the panel,
> followed by a general discussion of the topic. This could take an hour,
> with a full half-hour set aside after it to do Inkshedding.
>
> In my university, I cannot get funding to attend a conference unless I
> present at it. However, I am sure that my Dean would accept that either of
> these formats would constitute a legitimate presentation and I would be
> willing to give a presentation in either format--poster or as a member or
> moderator of a panel. What do the others think?
>
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