Alex Juhasz has offered to host a session on FemTechNet and the feminist Distributed Online Collaborative Course. You can read more about the effort here as well.

I work with high school and early college students at an after-school non-profit, and one of the interesting aspects of my job is watching as students construct ad deconstruct themselves, particularly in terms of gender identity, online through sites like Tumblr and Facebook. I’d love to have a conversation about different trends others have noticed and to learn if anyone has put together, or knows of any, good resources to help guide these activities so that students don’t have a permanent digital record that negatively impacts their futures.

I also love the Intro to DH and the video game and gamefication sessions that have been proposed.

From a recent comment by Anne Harley: “Is gameification a dirty word in DH? Is the narrowing of experience and choice in games inherently a bad fit for the humanities? How have others (if they exist) implemented gameification in DH?

In some classes, I’ve encouraged students to use a wiki to facilitate project organisation, or to use a forum for pre-class discussion themes. This is particularly helpful, since some students who don’t speak up in class are comfortable writing and contribute to class that way. I’m interested in finding out if there are other ways I’m not aware of to improve class discussion, and to make learning addictive

I’d be very interested in the DH intro as well.”

From Amanda’s recent registration: “My particular specialties are in video game studies and the digital humanities, and would be happy to host sessions on either of those topics.”

This is my first THATCamp and I would definitely be interested in a workshop that serves as an introduction to DH. Thanks! -Genevieve Carpio (originally via comment).

Borrowing the idea from the many “community cycling centers” around the U.S., I’d like to develop a plan to establish either a virtual, traveling, or brick and mortar center that would offer free/low cost help with programming, database management, web development etc.

While there is something to be said for a “DIY” ethos in DH, I think this notion really limits the participation of a large portion of the possible community – especially those who don’t come to the table with technical expertise and/or local expert resources.