8/31: Discuss reading; propose presentation possibilities; post self-introduction to class discussion forum

9/2: Go over Virtual Community assignment, and spend the class period locating and joining the community you want to investigate

For 9/7: Chapter 2 in Smart Mobs

9/7: Discuss reading; continue virtual community explorations

9/9 - create a www folder in webspace and make course docs readable to public; virtual community research

For 9/14: Read Ch 3 in Smartmobs

Spend at least 3-4 hours in your virtual community getting acclimated, gathering info, and joining the conversation.  

9/14: Discuss reading; sign up for software or event presentations; upload a file to webspace; virtual community research

9/16 - Virtual community research

For 9/21: Read Ch 4in Smartmobs

Virtual community research

9/21: Discuss reading; Intro to Dreamweaver

9/23: Dreamweaver continued; virtual community research; meet with me individually to discuss where you are on your research/report

For 9/28: Read Ch 5 in Smartmobs

Post to the class forum anything interesting you've discovered so far in your community investigations.

Keep doing research--begin writing report

9/28: Discuss reading; continue virtual community research and/or begin preparing report

9/30: peer review virtual community reports

For 10/05: Read Ch 6 in Smartmobs

Prepare a full draft of your report for peer review

10/5: Discuss reading; in-class presentation #1 (Anish)

10/7: Virtual community reports due. Discuss website project

For 10/12: Read Ch 7 in Smartmobs

For 10/7: Complete virtual community reports

For 10/12: Post website project topic possibilities to the class forum; form collaborative groups

10/12: Discuss reading; in-class presentation #2 (Tatiana); meet with website groups

10/14: in-class presentation #3 (Allison); complete website proposals

For 10/19: Read Ch 8 in Smartmobs

For 10/19: Work on storyboards

10/19: Website proposals due; in-class presentation #4 (Neal); work on storyboards

10/21: Discuss reading, storyboards due; work on website projects

10/26: research on individual hypertext essays; group planning

10/28: discuss hypertextual structure; more dreamweaver; in-class presentation #5 (Kameco);

for 10/28: Hypertext "essay": Bernstein's "Chasing Our Tails"

for 11/2: Hypertext "essays": Paul Dyke's Hypertext Theory and Practice, and LOOK at Mark Amerika's Hypertextual Consciousness 1.0 (don't need to read this one; just note structure)

work on website projects and individual essays

11/2: discuss hypertextual structure; in-class presentation #6 & 7(John and Adam); more dreamweaver

11/4: more dreamweaver; inclass presentation #8&9 (Jeremy and Clifton)

11/9 inclass presentation #10 &11 (Katie and Cliff); work on hypertext essays

11/11: inclass presentation #12 &13 (Ryan and Morgan); work on website project

11/16: work on website projects--get it all pulled together

11/18: peer review hypertext essays

11/23: peer review websites

11/25 -- Thanksgiving Break

11/30: websites due; begin presentations

12/2: complete presentations; wrap up: peer evaluations, student evaluations

revise and finalize websites