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Community Media “Vox Pop” Workshop
I am writing to announce an upcoming community media workshop for anyone who is interested in learning about creating and editing content for radio broadcasts:
The Capital Area Community Media Center (CACMC) continues its community workshop series by facilitating a free session on vox pop radio. The workshop will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2007 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Participants will meet at the WKAR station in 283 Communication Arts Bldg. on the Michigan State University campus. Latin for “voice of the people”, vox pop refers to the person-on-the-street, collage style segments that participants will be creating. The workshop will cover techniques of interviewing, using audio equipment including minidisc recorders and microphones, writing for radio, voicing, and working with digital editing software.
This workshop is free and open to all area residents, with a limit of 12 participants. To reserve your spot, contact Kendall at (517) 353-9170, or kendallleon@gmail.com. Stay tuned for more information regarding upcoming CACMC community media workshops.
The workshop series is a collaboration between WIDE and the Capital Area Community Media Center. The vox pop workshop will be facilitated by WKAR staff.
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Upcoming presentations at ATTW & CCCC 2007
Check out some of the presentations at the upcoming ATTW and CCCC conferences (March 21-24, 2007 in New York, NY) by WIDE affiliated faculty and graduate students that address issues relevant to digital writing, intellectual property, and professional communication.
Some highlights include:
At the ATTW conference:
Poster Session One 10:30-10:55
Report of a
'Literacy Research Exchange' designed by Technical Writers for use in Teacher
Education Programs
Douglas Eyman, Jim Fredricksen, Kendall Leon, Michael McLeod
Poster Session 2 3:05-3:50
Rules or Tools?
Copyright Law as Mediational Means
Martine Rife
At the CCCC:
Thursday, March 22
Session B 11 12:15-1:30
Visualizing Writing Processes: Writing as Coordination of Culture and
Technology
Stewart Whittemore (Chair)
Jeffrey Grabill, Where Has Process Gone? Looking for
Research Farther Afield
William Hart-Davidson, Using Time-Use Diaries to Study the
Composing Process
Julie Lindquist, Communication and Emotion Work in Changing
Institutional Cultures
Computer Connection C 2:35-3:00
Following Digital Texts: Ecologies and Economies of Digital Circulation
Doug Eyman
Saturday, March 24
Session N27 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Is There a Chilling of Digital Communication?Exploring How Knowledge and
Understanding of the Fair Use Doctrine May Influence Web Composing
Martine Courant Rife
And many more! Other presentations by WIDE affiliated
faculty and students is available here to download.
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March 16 Brown Bag Seminar on Evaluating and Documenting Online Sources
The brown bag session will take place at 12:30 in 132 Erickson Hall, Michigan State University.
In this session we will examine a number of different approaches for teaching the evaluation of online source in Tier 1 writing.Specifically, we will look at a number of external approaches to evaluating the institutional relationship of websites, teaching toward and for the development of a literacy of networked environments as sites with identifiable institutional and economic identities.
This session will be extremely useful for anyone looking to develop strategies for helping students learn how to evaluate online sources
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Sid Dobrin to speak about his book _Post Composition_
Sidney Dobrin, Associate Professor and Director of Writing Programs in the Department of English at the University of Florida, will be speaking as part of the Rhetoric and Writing program's Distinguished Speakers Series, on Thursday, April 12, 2007. His talk will take place at the MSU Writing Center at 5:30 pm, following a reception starting at 5 pm.
Dobrin will draw from his latest book _Post-Composition_, which argues for a new vision of writing theory that moves beyond the boundaries imposed by Composition as a discipline. Questioning the ways in which Composition has been limited in its intellectual endeavor by its focus on subjects (students) and administration of those subjects, this first-glimpse of Dobrin's post-composition work will argue that Composition has shifted its focus from writing to student (or the teaching of students) in ways that have serious implications for the future of the field.
This talk will be of interest to people concerned with the future of Composition as a discipline marked by its concerns and approaches to teaching and learning.
For more information, check out the attached flier.
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Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) and Modern, Accessible Web Design
This workshop, hosted by the Society for Technical Communication (Southestern Michigan Chapter), should be of interest to Professional Writing Folks
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 24, 2007.Hors d'oeuvres and Networking begin at 6:30 p.m. / Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
(Business Education Building...BE158)
Directions and Parking Details are on the chapter website (www.stc-sm.org/program.htm)
SPEAKER:
Jason Withrow, Washtenaw Community College
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:
Technical communicators are frequently involved in designing and writing content for the Web. In this presentation, Jason Withrow, Instructor at Washtenaw Community College, will describe positioning and floats and explain when to use each. He'll also detail the best practices for coding, such as separating structure, presentation, and behavior to achieve the following:
- Enhance accessibility
- Reduce maintenance costs
- Simplify the redesign process
Come join us in Rm. BE158 (Business Education Building) at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor to hear more.
SPEAKER BIO:
Jason Withrow has worked in the web development industry for more than six years, in roles such as information architect, usability engineer, and business analyst. He has been an instructor in the Internet Professional Program at Washtenaw Community College for a number of years, teaching classes in user experience, web coding, project management, professional practices, and web design. Jason holds a master's degree in both psychology and information.
REGISTRATION:
If your registration and payment is postmarked by Friday, April 20, you qualify for the following rates. After April 20, (including walk-ins), add $5.00 to these rates:
$15– STC Members
$10– STC Student Members
$20– Non-members
$12– Student Non-members
QUESTIONS?:
Send an e-mail to Anthony Viviano at programs@stc-sm.org or call Mary Jo David at 734-392-0019.
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SIGDOC 2007 Submission Deadline: June 1, 2007
The 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication will be held in El Paso, TX on Oct. 22-24, 2007. Participants are encouraged to submit research papers, workshop proposals, and experience reports concerning processes, methods, and technologies for communicating and designing communication artifacts such as printed documents, online text, and hypermedia applications.
The SIGDOC is accepting complete drafts of technical papers and experience reports, of no more than 5,000 words. Deadline for submission is June 1, 2007. To review the submission guidelines and procedures, visit the submission page at: http://www.sigdoc2007.org/index.cfm
If you have questions about SIGDOC, or the ACM Conference, email program chair Clay Spinuzzi , University of Texas at Austin.
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