THATCamp SE Applications Open

[Brian Croxall]

Hi all,

Just a quick note to mention that the applications for THATCamp Southeast are now officially open at http://southeast2011.thatcamp.org/apply-to-attend. We're accepting applications until 9 January, but don't let that lead you to procrastinate!

Also, we have yet to receive any ideas or requests for BootCamp sessions. What would you like to see featured at TC SE?

Finally, we'll be asking all of you to help us with marketing of the Camp to your departments, campuses, and local libraries, museums, and arts/cultural heritage institutions. If you've got a hankering to make a flyer, go for it. Otherwise, we hope to have one to distribute very soon. (Hopefully before everyone is off for the winter holidays.)

Thanks!
Brian

[Katy Crowther]

Hey Brian I'll be applying asap.  Although I missed the planning meetings, I'd also be very willing to help with any planning/organizing/running of THATCamp if you need it.  If not, I'll just be a happy participant.  I'd also like to do the Boot camp, so I'll do some brainstorming on things I'd like to see. Oh, and I'd be happy to put up flyers at Tech.  You know you have a very interested and willing bunch of volunteers amongst the Brittain fellows... best Katy --- On Wed, 12/1/10, Brian Croxall <b.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Ted Friedman]

Hi Brian -

I just submitted my application, but I'm not sure it went through - after I clicked Submit the screen just went blank and the URL (http://southeast2011.thatcamp.org/apply-to-attend) didn't change. Did it go through?

Re: BootCamp: I'd love anything on game design. Specifically, what are the bare-bones tools that might make it possible for a non-programmer to put together a game - whether Mac, iPhone, browser-based, or via Facebook.

-- Ted Friedman

[Mark Sample]

Ted,

Game design a great idea for a bootcamp session. Maybe something with MIT's Scratch or Inform 7, both of which are relatively easy to get started with.

Mark

[Sherman Dorn]

As someone who was addicted to the Hitchhiker's Guide text game in its early incarnation, I definitely appreciate Inform 7 -- but I wouldn't exactly call it easy. I suspect CubePoints would be easier to dig into for someone thinking about "gamifying" a course or part of a course. 

Sherman

[Michael J. Altman]

As a newbie to a lot of the DH stuff I would definitely be interested in something on content management systems--Wordpress, Omeka, etc. I think such a session would be useful to a lot of people in the area who aren't quite sure how to use or incorporate digital technologies into their teaching/work.

-Mike

Michael J. Altman
PhD Student, American Religious Cultures
Graduate Division of Religion
Emory University

mja...@emory.edu
Twitter: @MichaelJAltman
http://michaelaltman.wordpress.com

[Susan Wells Parham]

Brian,

Do you want us to distribute info about THATCamp applications to various email lists?

Susan

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Susan Wells Parham
Research Data Librarian
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library & Information Center
404-894-4522
susan....@gatech.edu

[Miriam Posner]

Hi Susan, 

Yes, and thanks so much for asking! We're finalizing the flier as we speak and should get that and a suggested email to you very soon -- but feel free to spread the news however you'd like.

All best,

Miriam

[Miriam Posner]

One addendum: if you post info to a list, could you email me or Brian (bc.ro...@gmail.com) to let us know? We're trying to avoid double-emailing people.

Miriam

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Susan Wells Parham <susan....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Brian Croxall]

Hey Katy,

Thanks for the offer of help. We'll be sure to let you know if we need anything. We will certainly call on you to help spread the word at Tech and we're hoping, as Miriam indicated, to get that information out as soon as possible.

Brian

[Brian Croxall]

Hi Ted,

Thanks for your email. I can confirm that we've got your application in the spreadsheet. But thanks for letting us know about the screen going blank. The URL shouldn't change; instead, you should get a confirmation message after submitting. We actually got you twice in the spreadsheet, so maybe you saw that the second time?

Thanks,
Brian

[Brian Croxall]

I agree that game design would be something interesting for a discussion. The key would be to make sure that the conversation was introductory enough to make it fit the BootCamp paradigm.

Does anyone have the requisite skill set for such a class or can recommend someone who could tackle it?
Brian

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Sherman Dorn <sherma...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Brian Croxall]

Hi Mike,

We've been getting a lot of requests for the CMS workshop. I think we can say for sure that that one will happen.
Brian