We’ve recently heard that we could have been a bit more clear about who exactly is organizing TCSE. Who are these people behind the veil of secrecy that is thatcamp.southeast [at] gmail [dut] com? In the interest of transparency, then, we’ve decided to come clean. You can read all about the chief shenanigan-ers on our updated About page.
THATCamp SE Organizers
Feb 17
THATCamp Schedule
Feb 16
Believe it or not, we’ve been discovering that an unconference takes a lot of organizing. We mention this as a sort of mea culpa to acknowledge that we have not been as fast as getting information out to our Campers as we would like to be. So look for a flurry of posts in the next few days with as many details as we can get out to you.
First things first: the schedule for BootCamp and THATCamp Southeast!
BootCamp
Friday, March 4
8:30-9:00 breakfast
9:00-1:00 Sessions 1 and 2
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-5:00 Sessions 3 and 4
THATCamp
Saturday, March 5
8:30-9:30 breakfast, session organizing
9:30-10:15 Welcome, Logistics, etc.
10:30-11:45 Session 1
12:00-1:00 Lunch/dork shorts
1:00-2:15 Session 2
2:30-3:45 Session 3
4:00-5:15 Session 4
Sunday, March 6
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15-10:30 Session 5
10:45-12:00 Session 6
12:15-12:30 Goodbyes
Look for more details very shortly.
Roommate Possibility
Feb 15
I have a reservation at Emory Inn for the nights of 3-5 March. Please contact me if you would like to share.
Best wishes,
Leah
Learn how to create a design (almost) from scratch for your Drupal 7 web site using base themes, grids, CSS, accessibility tips, and a tiny bit of PHP. If this session is chosen, the most important thing you can bring is a sketch of your user-friendly web design idea.
BootCamp SE Sessions
Feb 11
We’re pleased to announce that we have all but finished the scheduling for BootCamp SE. Barring any unforeseen difficulties, we plan to offer the following sessions on Friday, 4 March:
- Intro to Content Management Systems (CMS): WP, Drupal, Omeka
- Intro to Programming I with Python
- Intro to Programming II, using Python with Django
- Intro to Text Encoding
- Intro to GIS
- Building a Collection (and its Metadata!) in Omeka
- Creating a Web Presence for Yourself or Your Projects
- Visualizing Time and Space with Simile Widgets and Google
Early next week we will provide the schedule of the sessions as well as full descriptions.
Would anyone like to share a room and gas cost from the Columbia, SC area? I am willing to drive my car.
Have a reservation at the Inn for Friday and Saturday.
Gypsye
I guess I’m the first THATCamp SE camper who’s posting. First, the room-share offer. I have a room Friday and Saturday at the Emory Inn with two beds, and I’ll be happy to share it with a male non-smoker with a strong preference for someone who’s willing to trade some quick-and-dirty Ruby or other DUP (damned useful programming) tutorial for the room-share. (As in, I want to learn for a specific project and have some structured [procedural] programming in my head but no OOP or current-language skills. You teach me a bit, you get a place to crash. Contact me by email.)
Now, for the random thoughts on sessions:
- This hasn’t interested many at other THATCamps, but I’m going to float it in case it sparks conversation: DH perspectives on humanities assessment. Right now, higher-ed is facing enormous pressure on “outcomes,” by which many of us fear reductionist assessment. The Lumina Foundation got people interested in liberal-arts and higher ed policy together to create its Degree Qualifications description, which is far more friendly to liberal arts than other possibilities. But there are two reasons to look for humanities “native” assessment research: 1) there will STILL be national political pressures to demonstrate what students learn, and 2) regional accreditors (including SACS) are looking for assessments, and a lot of faculty at schools in the Southeast will be pressured towards the reductionist assessments they hate unless they have alternative tools.
- The Skill Set: What set of skills are likely employers of DH students/graduates going to reward (and hire people for!)? For example, a university library department head told me in the last year that she expects ALL new university librarians will need some familiarity with programming, quasi-programming (WordPress theme hacking?), or something to climb the learning curves as university library software systems evolve. We shouldn’t gear what we do as students, faculty, and professionals entirely to the job market, but especially if someone’s spending money and time on a graduate degree, thinking about this would be appropriate.
- Games, gamification, game development for the humanities. Instructional design issues, development kits, CubePoints, ChoreWars, etc. (Gain experience points in the session if you protect session attendees from the Ice Boss.)
We just wanted to remind everyone that our special rate on hotel rooms is set to expire tomorrow, February 10. We’ve been hearing chatter on Twitter and elsewhere that people would like a forum to find roommates for TCSE (given that whole price-of-the-hotel-rooms-going-up-on-10-February thing). Since we’ve added all the Campers to the site, you can now log in and begin posting content, including calls for roommates. If you’re new to WordPress, just look for “Posts” on the left-hand column, click “Add new,” write your post, and then click the big blue “publish” button on the right.
Of course, you don’t need to use the website for organizing roommates, but it’s there for you if you’d like–this is your THATCamp, after all. Twitter works too, of course; but don’t forget the #thatcamp hashtag!
THATCamp SE Hotels announced
Jan 31
There are big things afoot here in the land of THATCamp Southeast planning, including the recent announcement of campers. Today brings news about the two THATCamp Southeast hotels.
We have reserved a limited number of rooms at a conference rate of $76.00 plus tax/night for single/double occupancy at the Emory Inn (not the Conference Center; scroll down to read about the Inn). Accepted campers will need to make hotel reservations no later than 10 February to guarantee they will get the conference rate. Additionally, we have secured a courtesy room rate of $139.00 plus tax/night for single/double occupancy at the Emory Conference Center.
You can make reservations at either hotel by calling (800) 933-6679 and mentioning that you are with “THATCamp.” Be sure to specify which property you want to reserve a room at.
Both properties are at 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329.
We fully encourage Campers to connect with each other via this space or Twitter to find potential roommates to save on costs!
Make sure you watch the Location and Logistics page for more updates!
