Dear Inkshedders:
My institutional affiliation, Capilano University, China Partnership
Program, Harbin, Black Dragon River Province, China means that timing will
always be an issue. In China, my semester ends in July and the two month
break that encompassed all of January and February is now only a distant
memory. Technology, specifically The Great Firewall of China, means I
cannot join an interactive electronic forum... perhaps not even access an
archive.
To the point; I apply the philosophy and principles of inkshedding in all
of my courses. Inkshedding *works* to facilitate student exchange of ideas
and improves student knowledge and ability. I am greatly indebted to all
inkshedders that I have met, either in person or through electronic
correspondence. Someday I hope to be able to show my appreciation through
some tangible contribution.
I wish you a great meeting in Montreal.
Michael J. Ryan
PS My conference season will most likely be restricted to Beijing once
again. If my paper is accepted, it treats the subject of inkshedding as an
important tool in accessing student opinion in teaching intercultural
awareness, situated in a Chinese classroom.
On 26 April 2010 22:34, Virginia Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, Roger.
>
> It was good to see you again in Louisville!
>
> I just wanted to let you know that I won't be in Montreal in June, so I
> can't add my name to those who want to have an Inkshed meeting, much as I
> would like to. I do hope it goes ahead, though - and if it does, I'll be
> there in spirit (although I know that spirits don't take up much room and
> aren't inclined to help pay for meeting rooms...)
>
> Ginny
>
>
> On 23/04/2010 8:24 PM, Roger Graves wrote:
>
>> Russ,
>>
>> I think the discussion archive may be an important historical resource for
>> future research, so it should be preserved some way. I can bring this up for
>> discussion at the CASDW Annual General Meeting to see if that group wants to
>> add it to the CASDW website/space (currently hosted by the University of
>> Manitoba; Christina Penner is the person responsible for this, so I've
>> copied her on this message). That meeting is June 1; is that within your
>> timeframe at UNB?
>>
>> Failing that, we could look into hosting it here at the U of Alberta. We
>> have an applications developer who works with Writing Studies, and I'm
>> pretty sure she would be able to do this.
>>
>> But your message opens up another point of discussion I had been meaning
>> to write about this week. Will there be an Inkshed meeting this year? At
>> CASDW last year, 18 people crowded into a small room and expressed quite a
>> bit of enthusiasm for such a meeting. This winter, ten people responded to
>> my email about meeting for a day at the end of the CASDW conference for an
>> Inkshed meeting. Two weeks ago, in response to an email to get started
>> planning that day, only one of those ten people responded. Today, I can't
>> see that there is any point in renting a room for an Inkshed meeting at
>> CASDW.
>>
>> Is this the consensus of the larger group on the CASLL list?
>>
>> Roger Graves
>>
>
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Michael J. Ryan, Professor
Capilano University, China Partnership Program
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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