Carnal Constructions in Online Dating Communities
Collette Caton, Syracuse University
Intro video, but had to stop since the noise was playing next door. Talked about why graduate students would use the site.
Romance, Religion, and the Writing of Identity in Online Dating
T J Geiger, Syracuse University
Flattens faith along with other identity categories.
OkCupid’s (OkC)taxonomy of religion is […]

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Crafting Power: Writing and the Online D.I.Y. Movement
Antonia Massa-MacLeod, University of Wisconsin Madison
Sadly missed the first part. An analysis of Etsy.

Many people on Etsy are learning techniques bring people together, creating a rhetoric. DIY rhetoric includes support, substantially, and connections.
DIY rhetoric is overall good, but promotes economic citizenship, dividing people into producing and consuming classes
Ave […]

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F1.1 - Panel
One Piece at a Time: A Web Design Pedagogy of the Gradual Growth
Lars Soderlund, Purdue University
Lively and engaging presentation.
Guns Ruin Picnics (guides, regularity, and product)

Made a compromises between code and WYSIWYG: gave them templates, have some stability while allowing code learning. Often end up going into deep code
Wanted an emergent system: […]

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Great session. Informative, thought provoking, and even emotional.
It’s Not Just Piracy, Porn, Pedophilia, or Power; Or, How the Internet
Saved My Family
Marc C. Santos, University of South Florida
Touching and informative mix of personal and academic where he talks about how social media use saved is daughter’s life. Nice to see good stories of how the […]

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I am off to Computers and Writing 2010 today. Tomorrow I am part of the Graduate Research Network (as a discussion leader), then 2.5 days of sessions, panels, and networking with those of the cutting and bleeding edge of digital media, technology, and writing. Always a good time.
I will be blogging the experience, so […]

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My panel for C&W 2008 was I.4; Recasting Writing: Teaching, Learning, and Support in Databases, Wikis, and Video . However, the two other speakers did not show up. So, it was just me.
My paper title was “The Five Canons, Audience, and Earbuds: Adding Podcasting to the Computers and Writing Classroom”. I did the […]

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Panel E.6; Portfolio and Assessment Strategies: Putting New Media to Work
SLC 251
Moderator: Carrie Lamanna, Colorado State University
Speaker #1, “Assessment of New Media Composition”; Michael Neal, Florida State University
Three approaches: (came in late and was getting ready during this)
-Apply old print assessment
-Not doing it at all
-Go beyond “waiting to see what they do”, try to develop […]

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Panel C.1; Fair Use and Fair Play: Copyright and Legality Issues in the Classroom
Speaker #1, “Am I Going to Get Sued For This?” Fair Use and Fear in the Digital Classroom”; Quinn Warnick, Iowa State University
Starts w/ three scenarios
States that educators are particularity vulnerable to the law
Law is woefully inadequate
Goes into w/ the code: […]

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Panel B.7; New media Scholarship Stakeholders: Departmental, Editorial, and Authorial
Speaker #1: Catherine C. Braun, Ohio State University at Marion
Talk about tenure and promotion committee and how they evaluate digital scholarship
Question: how well do existing criteria work for evaluating digital scholarship

Method: evaluating people who are already tenured and asking about the process and criteria
One case study […]

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Yes, I am attempting to blog another conference. I’m at Computers & Writing 2008 in Athens, GA. Conference session post forthcoming.

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