All:

I felt accepted as a woman.  The barriers that are usually present in a 
male dominated conference weren't  there. So how did this happen?

1)	Flowers, massage, great  food, live music.

2)	In the workshops I went to the  presenters  made it a point to have 
exercises which included all of  us.

3)	No female topics were off limits, I had the feeling that some of the 
workshop leaders had seen it all--they were very calm.  	Excellent role 
models.  I learned a lot about being a woman.

Andrea	
On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:27 AM, Ujwala Samant wrote:


>> From some of us who missed the conference (last year's

> was super), how about those who attended giving us the

> highlights?

> Thanks

> Ujwala

>

> --- Bertha Mo <bertiemo at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>> I work with students of color and female students

>> who have math phobia.  I'd like to know the contact

>> of the person who did the presentation on algebra

>> and manipulatives.

>>

>>   Best,

>>

>>   Bertie Mo, Ph.D., MPH

>>

>> Daphne Greenberg <ALCDGG at langate.gsu.edu> wrote:

>>   It is now about a week and a half since the WE

>> LEARN Conference and I know that a few of us on this

>> listserv were able to attend. I was thinking that it

>> may be helpful to those who did not know about this

>> conference, or could not attend to hear from those

>> of us who attended what they learned, why they

>> thought it was or was not worthwhile going, and

>> anything else.

>> For those of you not familiar with this conference,

>> it is an annual conference focusing on women and

>> literacy issues. Some examples of what I came back

>> with are a few tips about how to begin to talk about

>> racism in the classroom, how to stay safe while

>> using the Internet, and alternative ways to teach

>> algebra with manipulatives. My most enjoyable

>> session was one that was ran by the author Judith

>> Frank who read from and discussed her book Crybaby

>> Butch. I liked that session because I had read the

>> book (and highly recommend it) and it was great to

>> hear her perspectives of it.

>> Any one else interested in sharing?

>> Daphne

>>

>> Daphne Greenberg

>> Assistant Professor

>> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

>> Georgia State University

>> P.O. Box 3979

>> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979

>> phone: 404-651-0127

>> fax:404-651-4901

>> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>>

>> Daphne Greenberg

>> Associate Director

>> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

>> Georgia State University

>> P.O. Box 3977

>> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

>> phone: 404-651-0127

>> fax:404-651-4901

>> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>>

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