Earlier I said I thought there was more I'd like to say about
the Inkshed community (as opposed to the practice of
inkshedding).
I think Stan's said it.
-- Russ
> I know I don't often contribute to the listserve, but I always keep
> abreast. This issue, though, seems an important one to me.
>
> Though there may be multiple umbrellas for "people concerned with
> writing" to come under, Inkshed is unique in that it invites English
> department people, writing center people, writing program people, even
> people from business and government, and /people from education/ to be a
> part if they choose. It is partly this cross-fertilization that makes
> Inkshed a community unlike others. Although CCCCs has an implicit
> invitation to educationalists (though we are all educationalists), I
> think Inkshed is more explicit (and smaller and Canadian - both good
> things). The name of the organization (Canadian Association for the
> Study of Language and /Learning/ - notice it's language, not writing)
> seems to me to capture the group because we are all interested in how
> are people learn and use language.
>
> I have always felt that stuff I wanted to present at Inkshed would be
> accepted, listened to seriously, even though it might be about
> Kindergarteners, or middle school children, or adults. Since the
> relative demise of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language
> Arts (or at least it's profile), there are few place where educators in
> Canada can discuss language learning.
>
> The numbers at the Manitoba conference were somewhat disappointing, but
> I think people see Manitoba as a "not very interesting place" to go
> (though I think that's not true). However, I don't see that as a trend -
> a glitch perhaps. I think Tanya is right, 195 people on the listserve
> indicates a lively community.
>
> Let's wait until the body is cold before we hold the funeral.
>
> Cheers
>
> stan
>
> --
> stan straw
> professor of language & literacy
> 270 education bldg
> university of manitoba
> winnipeg, manitoba R3T 2N2
> phone: 204-474-9074
> fax: 204-474-7550
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>
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