Hi Julie-Ann et. al
I would prefer not to have writing centre presentations run concurrently
with curriculum or course development, because we wc-folk (okay, at
least here at StFX) want to stay in tune with professors' intentions.
Although the sessions were mentally exhausting, I quite enjoyed the idea
that they were consecutive - it takes the typical conference agony of
"what will I choose" and the mystery of "what did I miss" out of the
picture. Acknowledging the issue of time and space, I think I would
prefer the research works to be consecutive.
I am still processing my thoughts after such an intense conference...,
but I agree with Betsy (glad you are feeling better) that Inkshedding
was difficult after blocks of sessions. I don't feel I did the first
presenters justice. I too, would prefer to shed ink after each session -
the individual feedback is so valuable.
I appreciated the opportunity to meet you all for my first (but
certainly not my last) Inkshed!
Wendy
Wendy L. Kraglund-Gauthier
Academic Skills Instructor
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I would just like to add that Betsy's idea of a few concurrent sessions
makes a lot of sense if we want to avoid the reducing the number of
presentations accepted. Another potential example that might work well
would be writing centre presentations to run concurrently with
curriculum or course-development presentations. I know that this
example may not work quite as well as the research one, because some
writing centres run actual courses and many people both teach courses
and work in writing centres, but if we end up running a couple of
concurrent sessions, then this is a suggestion for something that may
not conflict as much as other topics.
Sincerely,
Julie-Ann
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Julie-Ann Stodolny
Director, The Writing Centre
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3
(902) 491-6201
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