RTC Internship Retreat

Welcome to the page for the Research, Technology and Community Internship retreat at Create Caribbean Research Institute for the Academic Year 2021-2022. The internship will run for the following dates and times:

Wednesday January 5, 2022 – 9:00am – 4:00pm EC time (in-person at CCRI/DSC)

Thursday January 6, 2022 – 11:00am – 1:00pm EC time (Zoom)

Retreat Agenda

Wednesday, January 6

9:00 – 9:30 – Set up and introductions

9:30 – 10:00 – Team building exercise

10:00 – 11:15 – The RTC Internship redesigned: new structure, terms and contract (Morgan Reading)

11:15 – 11:30 – BREAK

11:30 – 1:00 – Caribbean Literary History overview (other readings)

1:00 – 1:30 – LUNCH

1:40 – 3:00 – Technology workshop

3:00 – 3:10 – STRETCH BREAK

3:10 – 4:00 – Technology workshop continued

4:00 – DISMISSAL

Thursday, January 6

10:00 – 12:00 – The Project: assignments and development

Prior Preparation

Please have prepared and available at the retreat a short 100-200 word biography (1st years only) and a 300-500 word blog post reflecting on your intern experience so far. Please review past intern blog posts at the Interns’ Blog.

Readings

Paige Morgan, The Values of Digital Scholarship

Technology Instructions