Hey I just saw that there would be some as yet unnamed hackerspaces at this festival in Barcelona, is anyone from here going?<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hastac-web@duke.edu">hastac-web@duke.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:28 AM<br>Subject: [HASTAC Announcement] Breaking News: Two Save-the-Dates, a Deadline, and a Charming Story!<br>To: <a href="mailto:hastac-web@duke.edu">hastac-web@duke.edu</a><br><br><br><p><i>NancyKimberly has sent you a group e-mail from HASTAC.</i></p>
<p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>** Mozilla Drumbeat 2010: Learning, freedom and the
web</b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">HASTAC is
very pleased to announce its partnership with Mozilla Foundation on the
upcoming Drumbeat 2010 Festival, "Learning, Freedom, and the Web." Please
join us in Barcelona November 3-5 for what promises to be a truly inspiring
gathering!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Save the
date: November 3-5 2010, Barcelona</b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The web is changing *how we learn*. It
surrounds us with a massive and</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">remixable tapestry of
perspectives, facts and data. It gives us the</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">freedom to learn
whatever we want at our own speed and in our own way.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It
lets us become our own teachers. Fundamentally: the free and open</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">nature of the internet is revolutionizing learning.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Who among us has not fallen into a long journey
across the web on a</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">surprising topic? Or learned a new skill by
making, building or creating</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">something online? Or, for that matter, found a new mentor or
apprentice </span><span style="font-size: medium;">in a forum or on a
social network? More and more, this is how we learn.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The open technology and culture of
the web are at the heart of this</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">revolution. They give
us raw material to take control of our own</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">learning. Teachers and
learners around the world are experimenting,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">inventing, creating,
exploring and building in wonderful ways with this</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">raw
material. They are living at the intersection of learning,
freedom</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">and the web. Mozilla's 2010 Drumbeat Festival is a
gathering of these</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Sign up for
updates:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010</span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010" target="_blank"></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;">* What? Shaping the future of
learning right now.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drumbeat Festival 2010 will
showcase people, ideas and projects making</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">connections between learning, freedom and the web. Things
like:</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. A secure 'data backpack' where
students control their own learning</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">materials and
credentials;</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Libraries transformed into digital garages
where kids learn to make,</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">do and create with an agile, hacker
attitude;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Massively scaled apprenticeship,
we people learn by diving into the</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">world of open
source master craftspeople;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Hackerspaces
where people teach each other about everything from</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">robots to lasers to knitting;</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Alternative accreditation models based on web and open source
peer</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">review techniques.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The idea is to gather people with the puzzle
pieces needed to make ideas like</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">these real: data
portability; open educational resources; secure,</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">decentralized storage in the cloud; open content
licenses; agile</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">thinking; open, user controlled
online identity; massive, credible</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">informal learning
opportunities; passion.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Who? Inventors.
Learners. Hackers. Teachers. Artists. You!</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The good news: We have all these puzzle pieces in
our hands already. We</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">just need the right people to get
into a room and use them. That's the</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">spirit of the
Drumbeat Festival.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">People and orgs
we'll invite to Barcelona include: Web tech companies.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">P2P University course leaders. Digital learning
startups. Hackerspaces.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative Commoners. Online identity
experts. Wikipedians. Software</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">developers.
Filmmakers. Web standards nerds. Open web activists.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Artists. Web developers. Teachers. Foundations.
And, of course, learners</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of all stripes.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Why is Mozilla doing this?</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We believe that everyone has a role in keeping the
web open and vibrant.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That's why we started Mozilla
Drumbeat: a collection of practical</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">projects and
local events that gather smart, creative people around big</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ideas that improve the open web. The annual
Drumbeat Festival is a part</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of this, bringing
together people doing things at the intersection of</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the open web and other important aspects of our
society. The first</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Festival will focus on the
connection between learning, freedom and the web.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drumbeat Festival 2010 is being
organized in partnership with Creative</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Commons,
MacArthur Foundation, HASTAC and the Carnegie Foundation for
the</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Advancement of Teaching. If you are interested in
joining as a partner,</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">please email</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="mailto:drumbeat-events@mozilla.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">drumbeat-events@mozilla.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Festival will take place on November 4 + 5 in
Barcelona, with an</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">opening keynote and reception on
the evening of November 3.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sign up for updates:</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://drumbeat.org/drumbeat_festival_2010</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">*********************</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">**HASTAC WELCOMES NOMINATIONS FOR
THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOR 2010-2011</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The HASTAC Scholars program is
comprised of graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged with
innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media
& learning, 21st century education, the digital humanities, and
technology in the arts, humanities and sciences. We blog, host forums,
organize events and discuss new ideas, projects, experiments, and
technologies that reconceive teaching, learning, research, writing and
structuring knowledge. For more information and to see our discussion forums,
please see the <a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.hastac.org/scholars" target="_blank">HASTAC Scholars
website</a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">HASTAC Scholars are interested in questions such
as:<br></span></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">What kinds of projects and ideas
are included in the Digital Humanities, New Media Arts, or Science &
Technology Studies? What do these kinds of projects make possible and how do
they reimagine notions about culture, knowledge, aesthetics, science, the
body or communication?</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">What might our research,
technology design, and thinking look like if we took seriously the momentous
opportunities and challenges for learning posed by our digital era?</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">How do we use technologies in our
teaching & learning endeavors, not just to replace traditional media and
assignments, but to fundamentally address different student approaches,
needs, and possibilities afforded by new ways of thinking?</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">How do we work across and
transform our different disciplines and fields? We have Scholars working in a
huge array of projects: race and technology, equal access, architecture of
digital spaces, digital historiography, queer and feminist theory, science
studies, critical coding, education, nonprofit and government projects,
biotechnology & medicine, media studies & more!</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a Scholar you can participate in various
ways:</span></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Blog about your own work and
research projects, questions, ideas</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Host and comment in the energetic
discussion forums</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Report on activities at your
local institution and department</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Share insights from conferences
and performances</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Blog, tweet, podcast, or
participate on the wiki</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Network with other students,
professors, artists, scholars and researchers, both online and in local
meet-ups</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Conduct interviews, book reviews,
project reviews, etc.</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Your idea here we are
collaborative and rely on your ideas and feedback!</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Requirements for
Nominators:</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;">Any faculty or staff member at a post-secondary
institution may nominate an undergraduate or graduate student to be a HASTAC
Scholar. Making such a nomination puts you in the official category of
"mentor" and the Mentor will be responsible for the following:</p>
<ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Complete the online nomination
form by August 13, 2010.</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Subsidize each HASTAC Scholar
nominee with a $300 fellowship paid by the Mentor's institution. The
payment process is entirely decentralized; the Mentor and the Scholar need to
work out their own process. For participants outside the US, this $300
fellowship can be waived if necessary -- please email <a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:fiona.barnett@duke.edu" target="_blank">fiona.barnett@duke.edu</a> for more
information.</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Check in with your HASTAC
Scholar(s) throughout the year, suggest material/events to blog about or post
on the HASTAC website, and help to promote your HASTAC Scholar within your
institution.</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">We hope you will joins us too -
you're invited to blog, comment in the forums, or participate in any other
HASTAC activity.</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Requirements for HASTAC
Scholars:</span></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Blog within the first month
introducing yourself and your projects, interests & ideas!</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Report on at least ONE local
relevant event any conference, talk, art project, symposium, experiment or
collaboration during the year</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Introduce at least one other
technology project to the greater HASTAC community this could be a new
technology, a new coding language, a new use of technology in the non-profit
sector, a new game for learning, an interesting new book, etc. Share your
research or personal interests, and help other Scholars learn about a new
idea or implementation!</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Contribute to HASTAC Scholar
Discussion Forums, either by hosting or commenting. These very lively
discussions are part of the backbone of the HASTAC Scholars program. You will
be invited to propose topics for forums and to help facilitate forums, and
everyone is invited to join in the discussion. For previous forum examples,
see the HASTAC Scholars site:<a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://hastac.org/scholars" target="_blank">www.hastac.org/scholars</a></li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Build community and conversation
by commenting, tweeting, covering conferences, and helping organize local
meet-ups</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">FAQs</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><b>Q: Are previous Scholars eligible again?<br></b>A: Yes! Previous Scholars ARE eligible to be re-nominated through
this form. On the application form, the Scholar must mention their previous
HASTAC involvement and how they have participated in previous years.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><b>Q: Does HASTAC deal with the fellowship
process?<br></b>A: All fellowships are decentralized and provided by
the Mentor, the department, or local institution. HASTAC does not process or
arrange the payments; all financials are organized between the Scholar and
Mentor.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><b>Q: I'm not from the US - can I still be
nominated? How do fellowships work?<br></b>A: Absolutely! We have
Scholars from many countries, including Canada, UK, Germany & Spain and
we welcome you! Were happy to discuss the fellowship process for
international students please contact me at the email below.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;"><b>Q: I'm not a student - can I be a HASTAC
Scholar?<br></b>A: We are generally keeping the program limited to
current students. However, if you have recently graduated and would like to
be nominated by your former institution as an alumni, get in touch with them
and see if its a possibility. Remember you can absolutely participate on the
HASTAC website even if youre not an official Scholar!</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nomination process:</span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;">Applications are due August 13. The application must be
completed by the Mentor. It requires the following information from both the
Scholar and the Mentor:</p>
<ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Name</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Title/Year (ex. Associate
Professor/4<sup>th</sup> Year Graduate Student/Senior)</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Program/Department</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Institution</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Preferred E-mail Address</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Mailing Address</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">Telephone Number</li>
<li style="margin: 0.15em 10px 0.15em 30px; list-style-type: disc;">HASTAC User Name</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;">Additionally, the nominee needs to provide
a <b>brief bio paragraph</b> of no more than 250 words
that mentions research projects and interests (including dissertation if
applicable) and their HASTAC-related interests and work. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>All nominations must be received
by August 13. </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dC13X1duUFpZU3Y2TzBOUlZmNEVDR3c6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">Click here to nominate a scholar now.</a></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">If you have any other questions, please email the
Director of HASTAC Scholars, Fiona Barnett: <a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:fiona.barnett@duke.edu" target="_blank">fiona.barnett@duke.edu</a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.6em 0px 1.2em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">Thank you! Please share with any interested students,
faculty, listservs & departments.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">*********************</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">**SAVE THE
DATE: </span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PLANNING AHEAD TO OUR 2011 HASTAC
INT'L CONFERENCE</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our HASTAC network
at the University of Michigan, led by our Steering Committee member Daniel
Herwitz, and with regional assistance from SC member Julie Klein (Wayne
State), is meeting to begin planning for next year's HASTAC
International Conference. It's still fourteen months away but they have
confirmed a date so you can mark your calendars: September 30-October 1,
2011. This conference promises to be bold, wide-ranging, and urgent. You
won't want to miss it! </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The event will be
held in the North Quadrangle at University of Michigan, a new center of
digitally and technologically-driven units at UM, from Screen Arts and
Cultures to the School of Information, including living-learning dorms,
classrooms, interactive meeting areas, and other innovative spaces. The
theme, Digital Scholarly Communication, will unfold in its most expansive
version, as a collaboration of various departments, the Sweetland Writing
Center, the Library, and the newly inaugurated digital press (hosted at the
Library), including DigitalCulture Books (and the HASTAC first-publication
prize too). The conference will feature many north-south international
projects (such as the Law and Slavery project), with a focus on issues of
changes in language and thinking in the internet-bred generation, issues
around innovation in the Ph.D. and graduate education more generally, issues
of equality, inequality, access (globally and nationally), circulation, and
representation, all of the broadest and most incisive issues of scholarly
communication (moral, social, legal, conceptual, and international in scope).
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the coming months, we will be
hearing much more about this conference, but we wanted to share this breaking
news with you now. Enormous thanks to all of those at the University of
Michigan who are already thinking ahead to make this our best HASTAC
conference ever. We'll all be hearing more over the months ahead. Stay
tuned!</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;">**Writing for Wikipedia and the Assignment that Keeps on
Giving</span></span></b></p>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">Cathy Davidson had her graduate
students in "The Early American Novel and Other Fictions" write and improve
Wikipedia entries on the topic in lieu of traditional term papers. One
student, Alexa Garoville, went on to teach at Durham School of the Arts, a
public magnet high school, and petitions to be able to use Wikipedia as the
basis for term paper assignments for 120 9th graders. Here's the result, as
reported on the HASTAC site and in the local newspaper, complete with Alexa's
exceptionally useful resource guide for anyone who wants to teach by using
Wikipedia: </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/what-can-high-school-students-contribute-wikipedia" target="_blank">http://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/what-can-high-school-students-contribute-wikipedia</a></span></div>
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