Dear friends – the ASEH 2016 THATCamp is less than two weeks away, and I would like to encourage you all to begin brainstorming some session topics for the THATCamp.
We will be a relatively small group, so I think we’ll probably not have parallel sessions, but instead have four one-hour sessions. We will decide what those sessions will be at the beginning of the THATCamp, but that process goes much smoother if we have some material to work with. On our website you can find a guide on how to do this: aseh2016.thatcamp.org/propose/
If everyone can suggest one or two topics that they either want to learn more about or that they know a lot about and would like to share, we should be able to be quite efficient in the morning. Feel free to comment on others’ proposals. I’m thinking it would be good to have a balance between discussion sessions (sharing experience on a topic, showing examples, etc) and practical, workshopping sessions (trying out software tools, making something, doing something like a wikipedia edit-a-thon, etc). Ideally, themes should involve technology in one way or another and be relevant for environmental history in one way or another. And since we are so small, we have the opportunity to do something more focused. So be creative and ambitious!
Suggested schedule:
9am-9:30am introductions and schedule
9:30am – 10:30am first session
10:45am – 11:45am second session
11:45am – 12:45pm lunch
12:45pm – 1:45pm third session
2pm – 3pm fourth session
We will have internet access in the room, but no projector or large screen (the hotel charges a fortune for these). But we will have two whiteboards. You should bring laptops or tablets if possible.
We will go somewhere nearby for lunch – I will explore near the hotel before we meet. It could be best to find a place where we can take the food with us back to the meeting room, even.
Finally, we will be in the Vashon room at the Westin (the conference hotel). I don’t know exactly where that room is, but I trust we can all find it. I will be there from around 8:30am.
