My HASTAC V Tweet Log

For the archives... My laptop battery kept dying, needs to be replaced, so I did more blogging than tweeting...

michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 iowa book proj: again the conversation goes back to questioning the relevance of the university and the legitimacy of tuition2 Dec Favorite Reply Delete  
  michacardenas micha cardenas  YES WE NEED MORE RT @HASTACscholars: Tech conferences need to pre-seed session rooms with many extension cords & power strips. #HASTAC20112 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 iowa author project looking for more engaging interface for students maybe newquill & audio is a good model is.gd/ug9cIt2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 iowa city author doc project: technology in classroom is nice but round tables are also huge for facilitating learning2 Dec  
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 RISE project invites incarcerated women to tell their story or any story they want, the content is totally determined by them2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 RISE digital divide must be a feminist issue, considering issues of access based on incarceration and hiv status2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @pfanderson but experiences of structural oppression are personal experiences I also worry about possible tokenization/spectacle2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 if RISE project is pedagogical for women in prison, why not discuss a prison abolitionist framework & point to structural causes2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 RISE project is SO inspiring, but i'm concerned why the narratives are all about individual acts and not systemic critiques?2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  @wewatchwatchers i also work on biometrics and am planning a performance project about checkpoints and internal borders! lets talk!2 Dec   
  tmcphers Tara McPherson  #HASTAC2011 hoping for an academy that rewards the work of groups like RISE more than narcissistic career tracks bit.ly/rX3H1T2 Dec Retweeted by michacardenas 
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 from the center: participatory action research, knowledge and skills shared and exchanged by all2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 from the center: advice for academics doing community based work, giving back outside of the academy is rewarding2 Dec 
 michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 RISE started with focus group in 2009 and began a year later w creative writing workshop and 3 day digital storytelling workshop2 Dec 
    michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 1st presented at black and latina studies conf in chicago, asks what would happen if women tell their own stories?2 Dec 
    michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 From the Center, RISE teaches incarcerated women in SF to analyze data and tell their stories using digital video2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 From the Center works with incarcerated women, starting from idea that they are experts on their own lives2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 feminist praxis workshop starting about From the Center story telling by incarcerated women about hiv/aids. I'm so thrilled!2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson Im with you i think grading is one of the most immoral things we do as academics so how can we stop? now?2 Dec  
   vszabo Victoria Szabo  Bubble Test innovation: Frederick J. Kelly, "lower order thinking for the lower orders," says @CathyNDavidson #hastac20112 Dec Retweeted by michacardenas
   alothian Alexis Lothian  RT @tmcphers: #hastac2011 new structures for learning via USC's Jeff Watson et al bit.ly/oKienW2 Dec Retweeted by michacardenas 
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 slides on live feed req RT @adarel We have a close-up of her face, which is nice, but some zoom action would be helpful. ;))2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: is constantly trying out other grading methods and getting in trouble 4 it because ppl think ABCD is "rigorous"2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: grading is a recent invention, even the USDA thought that ABCD was oversimplified 4 beef but it spread thru ed2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: @HASTACscholars "difference isn't our deficit it's our operating system"2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: 1st lesson in institutional change, if most people say theres no gorilla and 1 person sees it dont dismiss them2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: by 6 months of age japanese baby can't hear diff between sound of R and L, also notion of Han encourages collab2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: brain science of attention, neuroscience, discussing the basketball vid example about 60% of ppl dont c gorilla2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: popular books were thought to be distracting, corrupting, causing promiscuity, polluting the minds of youth2 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: secret pockets in dresses to keep books in, because preachers, teachers, parents thought books were dangerous2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: for her book Revolution of the Word, she looked in attics for cheap, pirated books that people could afford2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: availability heuristics mean that decisions often made based on biases and prejudices2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: trying to give a history of cognition and attention2 Dec 
    michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson: there's a relationship between our brains and cognition and how willing we are to accept institutional change2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 @CathyNDavidson proceeds from book sales today will go to a nonprofit: Greening Detroit2 Dec 
    michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 my reflection on #alt-ac last night: #OccupyHASTAChastac.org/blogs/michacar…2 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 can't wait to hear @CathyNDavidson 's keynote! just read her blog post on uc davis, brilliant! is.gd/RmrUbp2 Dec  
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 i guess i was an #alt-ac and didnt know it last year when i was interim associate dir of art & tech at ucsd cat.ucsd.edu1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac @briancroxall being an adjunct meant making $27k/yr and trying to feed a family of 5, driving 100mi to work, "i refuse"1 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac "tenure is a problematic model" ? hazing, hierarchies, incentive structure...1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 Can #alt-ac be part of a strategy of working in coalition to make the university what we envision it to be? (aka #occupyalt-ac)1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac director of library publishing says 1 way she filters out apps is by taking out apps w no specific tie in to institution1 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #alt-ac #hastac2011 scholars @nazcathemad and @alothian sitting in the front blogging in this "add techno environment"pic.twitter.com/7pvz2QYc1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #alt-ac #hastac2011 url's mentioned: Project Bamboo:projectbamboo.org and jean bauer jeanbauer.com1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #alt-ac #hastac2011 lets not forget that the cover letter we're looking at mentions that she's done amazing projects relevant to the job1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac cover letters are just to pique the interest of the reader and get an interview! should address specifics of job call1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac interesting that this job call we're looking @ included "Preserving virtual worlds", which seems possibly dated already1 Dec   
  michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac "i don't think i'm a failure, its the academy that thinks i'm a failure" makes me think of @Jhalberstam Embrace failure!1 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  @alothian my tenure dreams are still alive 2! but i also want to transform the university which is where #alt-ac makes sense 2me #hastac20111 Dec  
   michacardenas micha cardenas  #hastac2011 #alt-ac started with speaker frustrated with limited options available for phds, #alt-ac points to a larger crisis of academia