English 394: Syllaweb

Week 1

Class Discussion

Homework

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8/24

Introduction to English 394: course overview; get acquainted; in-class writing

Read: course policies, syllabus & examine course web pages; "The History of Blogs," "Use the Blog, Luke," and McAlpine, Chapters 1-2

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8/26

Virtual Class: discuss articles & blogs

Read: "The Art of Blogging" Part 1 and Part 2 & McApline, Chapters 3-4

Week 2

Class Discussion

Homework

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8/31

introduction to weblogs, setup of individual weblogs.

Read: Rebecca Blood's "Weblogs: a history and perspective" Julian Dibbell's "Portrait of the Blogger as a Young Man" & Dennis Mahoney's "How to Write a Better Weblog"

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9/2

Virtual Class: discuss reading

Read: Jill Walker and Torill Mortensen's "Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an Online Research Tool," Rebecca Blood's six rules of blogging ethics
Mark Bernstein's "Ten Tips on Writing the Living Web" & McApline, Chapters 5-6

Week 3

Class Discussion

Homework

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9/7

Due: post about your blog to me;
Discuss: readings

Read: "Weblogs and the Public Sphere," by Andrew Ó Baoil & "How Readers read on-line" from Wired

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9/9

Virtual Class: reading & commenting on blogs

Read: & The Internet at 35: Still evolving, CNN, Sunday, August 29, 2004, McAlpine, Ch 5-7 & CH 3, "From Tom Paine, to BLogs and Beyond"
Begin weeky blog posts

Week 4

Class Discussion

Homework

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9/14

Discuss: Project #2, McAlpine, Poster, the internet, and journalists who blog

Read: McAlpine, Ch 8 & Weinberger, Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web, Chapter one and Chapter Two

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9/16

Virtual Class: Zines, McAlpine & Weinberger

Read: Bill Joy, "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us." and Kaplan, "Literacy Beyond Books," in The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory (on e-reserve)

Week 5

Class Discussion

Homework

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9/21

Discuss: Literacy, Kaplan & Joy & workshop zine

Read: We the Media, Ch 3: "The Gates Come Down" & Ch 12: "Making Our Own News"

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9/23

Virtual Class:

Read:Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Week 6

Class Discussion

Homework

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9/28

Discuss: McLuhan & workshop zine

Read John Seely Brown, "Growing Up Digital: How the Web Changes Work, Education, and the Ways People Learn." USDLA Journal, 16:2, February 2002.

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9/30

Virtual Class: The New Media

Read: David Glenn, "Scholars Who Blog: The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics," John Unsworth, "The Scholar in the Digital Library," and Jeffery Young, "'Hybrid' Teaching Seeks to End the Divide Between Traditional and Online Instruction."

Week 7

Class Discussion

Homework

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10/5

Discuss: Proj #3 & readings; Intro to Dreamweaver and web design principles

Read: McAlpine, Ch 10 - 12 & Barrett "It's All About Your Audience"

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10/7

Virtual Class: Intro to Dreamweaver and web design principles

Continue working on your website

Week 8

Class Discussion

Homework

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10/12

dreamweaver workshop

Continue working on your website

Th
10/14

Virtual Class: dreamweaver workshop

Continue working on your website

Week 9

Class Discussion

Homework

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10/19

dreamweaver workshop
Due: Project #2

Read: McAlpine, Ch 13 - 15 & Continue working on your website

Th
10/21

Virtual Class: Discuss Alpine & web workshop

Continue working on your website

Week 10

Class Discussion

Homework

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10/26

dreamweaver workshop
Discuss Project #4

Continue working on your website

Th
10/28

Virtual Class: web workshop

Read: Poster, Postmodern Virtualities & Continue working on your website

Week 11

Class Discussion

Homework

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11/2

Discuss Poster

Read: Kress, Ch 1-3

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11/4

Virtual Class: Kress & Multimedia productions

Read: Kress, Chapters 4 - 5

Week 12

Class Discussion

Homework

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11/9

Discuss Kress
Website workshop

Read: Kress, Ch 6

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11/11

Veteran's Day: No Classes

We the Media, Ch 7: "The Former Audience Joins the Party"

Week 13

Class Discussion

Homework

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11/16

Due: Project #3
Discuss: Kress & We the Media, Ch 7

Read: Kress Ch 7 & 9

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11/18

Virtual Class: Kress & the New Media

Read: Kress, Ch 10

Week 14

Class Discussion

Homework

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11/23

Workshop

Develop: project #4

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11/25

No Class--Thanksgiving

Week 15

Class Discussion

Homework

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11/30

Workshop

revise multimedia project

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12/2

Virtual Class: Workshop

continue to revise multimedia project

Week 16

Class Discussion

Homework

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12/7

Due: Project #4

Compose & post reflection

Final
12/9
12:20 - 2:10

There is no in-class final exam in this class, but you are required to submit a reflection on the day scheduled for the exam. If you fail to post the reflection during the scheduled exam time, I cannot record your final course grade.