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Rhetoric RSS FeedsTeaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act - Please consider signing the "PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THE TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS ACT." This bill would "amend the National Labor Relations Act to restore collective bargaining rights to teaching and research assistants at private universities and colleges." Further, this is a public bill and petitions so anyone, non-teachers and students, programmers, anyone, can sign this petition.read more...Feed Source: kairosnews.org Books, Books, Books - The Chronicle of Higher Education this week announced that HathiTrust is now open. HathiTrust is composed of a large group of several universities interested in preserving the work Google has done with digitalizing hundreds of thousands of books. HathiTrust, working to become the biggest library in the world, with Google's help has currently digitized "2,108,109" volumes. Other stats include:
Currently Digitized
2,108,109 volumesread more... CFP: Edited Collection on Educational Gaming - Design and Implementation of Educational Games: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives
Call for Chapters
a book edited by: Pavel Zemliansky, Ph.D and Diane Wilcox, Ph.D
both James Madison University)
Proposal Due Date: December 15, 2008
To be Published by IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=524
Introduction to the Subject Arearead more... CFP on e-learning (final Call) - CALL FOR CASES
Proposal Submission Deadline: October 15, 2008
Notification of Proposal Acceptance: October 20, 2008
Cases on Successful E-Learning Practices in the Developed and Developing World: Methods for the Global Information Economy.
A book edited by Bolanle A. Olaniran, Texas Tech University, USA
Introductionread more... Job: IT Support for New Instructional Technology / Recreational Gaming Facility near Pittsburgh - My school, Seton Hill University, recently won a multimillion dollar instruction technology grant, part of which includes funding for a new technology specialist (which will become a permanent job when the grant ends).
In helping to write the job notice, I drafted the "you-attitude" paragraphs, with the references to Bioshock and lolcats.read more... access delayed is access denied - InsideHigherEd.com reports that American Anthropology Association is making digital material free, if you can wait 35 years for the latest bits.
The American Anthropological Association [is making] ?a groundbreaking move? that would provide ?greater access for the global social science and anthropological communities to 86 years of classic, historic research articles.? The problem, critics say, is that the emphasis should have been on the word ?historic,? because those 86 years worth of articles aren?t the most recent 86 years. Rather the association will apply its new policy for its flagship journal, American Anthropologist, only 35 years after material was published. The association has created open access to the scholarship of the ?50s and ?60s.
Kinda dulls the notions of being on the cutting edge of things.
Read the full story... The Puzzle Box, Chapter 9 - read more... Free Alternatives to Word - One of my students this semester has hair longer than mine. Maybe that's why he's been writing such great blog posts! Anyway, I thought you might enjoy or profit from his review of free alternatives to Microsoft Word. It's fairly comprehensive and even has screenshots. Check it out!... CCCCs' Use of the Web - t's a little late to try to circulate this ad (deadline is tomorrow), but I'm going to do it anyway. CCCC is looking for a web editor:
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is seeking applications from CCCC members for a new position as CCCC Web Editor (to be distinguished from CCC Online Archivist). The CCCC Web Editor?s term will be three years (non-renewable) beginning as soon as possible after the application deadline and ending in December of 2011. This is a volunteer position.
Actual programming or Web building is not required. Instead, the CCCC Web Editor will have the responsibility of orchestrating uses of new Web building structures made available in the coming months (e.g., blogs, Wikis, Face Book and so on), moderating new community spaces, publishing relevant information, and working with NCTE/CCCC to develop a stronger Website with new features. We antici... CFP: 4Cs Computer Connection (November 1, 2008) - The Computer Connection, a project of the CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition (7Cs), seeks submissions for short presentations and workshops to be delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in San Francisco, CA, March 11-14, 2009. The CC presentations will be offered during sessions A-D on Thursday, March 12, and sessions F-H on the morning of Friday, March 13.read more... Feminisms and Rhetorics 2009 - I'm being asked by a few folks to circulate the following call for proposals for the next Feminisms and Rhetorics conference, which follows below. Bravo to Michigan State for taking out the parentheses -- as in feminism(s), rhetoric(s). If we're going to use the plural, let's use the plural.
One bit of criticism I have, which isn't necessarily directed toward Michigan State's department, or even the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference, is that I wish we could start putting conference sites in ONE place, like all FemRhet conference sites could be on the Coalition's site. We tried to do that with Computers and Writing, but it didn't catch on, as Stanford did their own site for 2005's conference, Texas Tech did their own for 2006, Wayne State did the same ... Resurrection - Enculturation and The Writing Instructor, two journals that had gone a few years without publishing, are back online. I'm happy to see them.
... CCCCs' Use of the Web - It's a little late to try to circulate this ad (deadline is tomorrow), but I'm going to do it anyway. CCCC is looking for a web editor:
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is seeking applications from CCCC members for a new position as CCCC Web Editor (to be distinguished from CCC Online Archivist). The CCCC Web Editor?s term will be three years (non-renewable) beginning as soon as possible after the application deadline and ending in December of 2011. This is a volunteer position.
Actual programming or Web building is not required. Instead, the CCCC Web Editor will have the responsibility of orchestrating uses of new Web building structures made available in the coming months (e.g., blogs, Wikis, Face Book and so on), moderating new community spaces, publishing relevant information, and working with NCTE/CCCC to develop a stronger Website with new features. We antic... I want your teeth for the Federal Reserve - It's starting to feel that way, isn't it? I dread seeing our next TIAA-CREF statements, ugh.
... No! Not that face! - is what we say when he makes the following face:
... Market, Schmarket - I am thrilled to be NOT on the job market this year, and I hope I never have to do that again. I do have to chair a search committee (again, sigh), this time for a Writing Center director. Please don't hesitate to apply if you have some interest in this area and Writing Center experience.
Also, I've been asked to help circulate these two ads -- I'm happy to do my part. One for the University of Texas:
The Department of Rhetoric & Writing (DRW) at The University of Texas at Austin is accepting applications for an assistant professor position in emerging communication technologies and digital media, including video and gaming, and with emphasis on production.
DRW faculty members have the opportunity to teach a wide array of courses designed to contribute to the undergraduate major in Rhetoric and Writing and the graduate concentration in Digital Literacies and Literatures -- all with the support of our nationally renowned Computer Writing ... sarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalin - sarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalinsarahpalin
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One unfortunate and very minor side effect of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike: I have the cloyingly sentimental song "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" in my mind and have for weeks. It's by Tanya Tucker; I had thought it was by Lorrie Morgan.
During the many hours I was half-asleep, half-awake last night, I thought about an assignment one could give in a Classical rhetoric course. In my class, we've been talking about the rhetorical excesses of some sophists, the ones criticized by Plato and Isocrates. I thought it might be fun to do a "sophists travel through time" kind of assignment. Here goes: "you're one of those shady sophists who make big promises for what you can teach students. You can make ANYONE a great speaker who can use the power of rhetoric to make an audience do whatever you say. Who cares if that's the right thing or not? Make a video commercial advertising your services." What I saw in my head was a cheesy commercial after the fashion of for-profit colleges, bu... The Baby Meme - I figured I'd create one of those survey/meme things for us babies as a way for us to get to know each other better. Remember, it's what YOU like, not what your parents like.
1. Cloth or disposable? Both, I don't have a preference.
2. Breast or bottle? Breast, unless I'm starving
3. Eczema or reflux? Eczema, but it isn't too bad.
4. Jumparoo or play mat? Jumparoo, I guess, but I'm not that into either of them.
5. Mommy or Daddy? I like them both about the same, but if I have to pick one: Mommy.
6. Sling, front carrier, or stroller? Front carrier
7. Pacifier or thumb? Thumb all the way
8. Bumbo seat or bouncy seat? Bumbo
9. White noise or silence while sleeping? White noise, LOUD -- and ceiling fan
10. Crib, Pack'n'Play, or parents' bed? Pack'n'Play, sometimes bed
I tag: Chico, AndyZ,, and ... My First Hurricane - Someone at work today remarked that I'd experienced my first hurricane (Gustav). We left Lafayette on Friday and were in Florence, AL for a week. Luckily our house didn't suffer damage. I really want Ike to stay away
Now back to playing catch-up.
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