[ATTW-L] Only a few spaces left for iFixit's Technical Writing Symposium

[Brittany McCrigler]

Hello,

Due to cancellations, we have a few spaces left for our upcoming iFixit
Technical Writing Symposium on August 9-10th, including some travel
funding. The symposium is a fun event that brings together instructors from
all across the nation to get hands-on with the iFixit Technical Writing
Project and explore if it is a good fit for their classes. The symposium is
free to attend for instructors. For more details, see the original
announcement below.

If you are interested in attending, please reach out to education at ifixit.com
as soon as possible, or follow the link to register below.

Original announcement:



*iFixit Technical Writing Symposium 2018 Back by popular demand, iFixit
will be hosting its fifth annual workshop August 9-10th to train educators
who are interested in bringing iFixit’s Technical Writing Program to their
universities. The workshop is a great opportunity to connect with veteran
instructors, receive hands-on experience with the program, meet the folks
behind iFixit, and enjoy a few days on California’s Central Coast. The
workshop is free to attend, and all interested instructors are welcome, but
spaces are limited. To register, please fill out this registration form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK_3u0btZB6Sx_PQ6SNan5lp-ib-pYsOZpnZW3T1Tw4WizwA/viewform>.
Program
Details: Teaching technical communication to students—who often don’t see
the importance of writing in their future careers—can be a formidable
challenge. Finding ways to bring a sense of relevancy to the material is
one of the greatest difficulties that instructors face in the
classroom. Eight years ago, iFixit set out to engage students with a
hands-on, repair-focused technical writing project. Since the iFixit
Technical Writing Program’s inception in 2009, students from 70
universities have created 22,000 open-source repair guides, freely
available to anyone via the internet, which have helped over 47 million
people worldwide to fix their things. The program is a chance for students
to engage in technical writing that has real-world impact. Students work on
an actual device, author a complete repair manual, and gain experience
creating contemporary, wiki-based online documentation. More than just an
excellent learning experience, the program has roots in a deeper mission:
iFixit’s goal is to tackle the growing, global e-waste problem. The repair
guides that students produce are responsible for keeping more household
devices in use and out of landfills. For more information about the
program, please visit http://edu.ifixit.com/prospective-universities
<http://edu.ifixit.com/prospective-universities>. Travel Funding: iFixit
will also select candidates for iTRIP, iFixit’s Travel ReImbursement
Program, to help defray a portion of travel costs for the workshop. If you
are interested in applying for iTRIP, or have any questions about the
workshop or the program, please contact education at ifixit.com
<education at ifixit.com>. For more details about the symposium, including the
schedule, please visit: http://edu.ifixit.com/symposium
<http://edu.ifixit.com/symposium>Thanks, Brittany McCrigler Director of
Education Services, iFixit *
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