Home | Description | Tentative Schedule
This is a tentative schedule, and it will likely change over
the course of the semester--consider it a rough draft that we'll be revising.
I will not print out changes to this syllabus, though I will try to tell you
about them in class. It's your job to visit this page each week to check assignments.
| Date | In class | Reading for next class | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|
| T 1/20 | Review of syllabus, course overview, explanation of assignments. Preferred email list for the Wiki. | HCE Ch 1 | Sign into Webspace just to make sure you can. |
| TH 1/22 | Discuss reading and reading notes. Basic intro to PK Wiki. (create new page, file in folder, etc) | HCE Ch 2-3 | Complete first Reading Notes on PkWiki. |
| T 1/27 | Discuss reading; basic intro to Dreamweaver (text, font, links, descriptive and file names, images) and webspace: create a webfolio page with a link to your first reading notes and upload; discuss questions about cyber-subculture assignment | HCE Ch 4-5 | Send your webfolio URL to me. Start looking for a virtual community to investigate. Reading Notes. |
| TH 1/29 | Discuss reading; set webfolio permissions; time to search for VC community; sign up for individual presentations | HCE: Ch 6-7 | Reading Notes ; keep searching for a VC |
| T 2/3 | Discuss reading and first S/R paper; make sure your name is on the student webfolio list; share VCs with each other. First individual presentations. | HCE: Ch 8-9 | join your VC and share your choice to the wiki; Reading Notes |
| TH 2/5 | Discuss reading; S/R questions; CWRL password setup; Individual presentations (3) | HCE: Ch 10-11 + Epilogue | write S/R paper #1; if you haven't already, post your VC to the wiki (Bring an electronic copy of your S/R paper to class.) |
| T 2/10 | S/R #1 presentations: orally in small groups, hard copy to me. Upload your S/R papers and link them to your webfolio. (15 minutes.) begin Neuromancer together (listen to Gibson read Chapter 1) |
Neuromancer, ch 1-5 |
Reading Notes; work on VC investigation |
| TH 2/12 | Discuss reading; Dreamweaver: inserting images, creating tables; redesign webolio in tables with image and upload. Individual presenation | Neuromancer, ch 6-9 | Reading Notes; work on VC investigation |
| T 2/17 | Discuss reading; VC investigation; individual presentations |
Neuromancer, ch 10-18 | Reading Notes; work on VC investigation; bring an electronic copy of S/R #1 |
| TH 2/19 | Discuss reading; using the "print screen" function; using Photoshop to shrink an image. Individual presenation : Caleb Braley, Dave Mauch | Neuromancer, ch 19-24 | Reading Notes; VC investigations |
| T 2/24 | Discuss reading; discuss S/R #2; individual presentation: Angela Moore, Chelsea Cunningham | work on VC report | |
| TH 2/26 | Begin eXistenZ |
prepare S/R #2 |
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| T 3/3 | Finsih eXistenZ; discuss film and VC report; ndividual presentations: Philip Edsel, Julissa Hemandez | upload S/R #2 and link to portfolio; work on VC report | |
| TH 3/5 | S/R #2: orally in small groups, plus hard copy to me. More VC report questions. | work on VC report | |
| T 3/10 | NO CLASS--4CS | work on VC Report | |
| TH 3/12 | work on VC report ; peek at peer review | ||
| T 3/17 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| TH 3/19 | SPRING BREAK | Prepare VC report for peer review | |
| T 3/24 |
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Revise VC report | |
| TH 3/26 | Discuss website project; layout and Navigation discussion; individual presentations : Chris Jordan, Nolan Raney | "Stitch Bitch" and "Of Dolls and Monsters" | Start thinking about a website topic; finish VC report |
| T 3/31 | VC Report due; discuss reading; intro to reading hypertexts and PWG; begin PWG together; Individual presentations: Erin Yousef |
Spend at least 3 hours with PWG (begin with Story or Journal) | |
| TH 4/2 | Discuss reading; share possible website topics in small groups; individual presentations: Miles Pequeno, Alle Crouch, Joaquin Casares |
Spend at least 2 hours with PWG | Reading Notes; propose website topics to class forum |
| T 4/7 | Indiv Pres: Alle Crouch; Discuss reading; discuss website proposals; in class storyboarding. If time: view youtube video: The Machine is Us/ing Us and Epic 2015 | Spend at least 2 hours with PWG | Reading Notes, complete storyboarding |
| TH 4/9 | Discuss reading; storyboards and/or work on website project; discuss S/R #3 and PWG Examples | Prepare S/R #3 | |
| T 4/14 | S/R #3 presentations: orally in small groups; hardcopy to me; individual presentations: Drew Carmichael, Mihir Parekh, Scott Standley | Upload S/R #3 and link to portfolio; prepare website for preliminary peer review | |
| TH 4/16 | Indv presentation: Nolan. Storyboards due; Website analysis; questions about documentation of sources; Dreamweaver layout discussion; website project workshop. Those who need to read S/R 3--read in a group during workshop. |
Work on websites | |
| T 4/21 | Preliminary website peer review and workshop; meet with me. (for those interested: CSS non-frame sites: this one, and this one. Or: a straight forward design option )
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Work on websites | |
| TH 4/23 | S/R 2 rewrites due. Dreamweaver questions; website workshop; meet with me; sign up for conferences with me | ||
| T 4/2428 | VC report rewrites due. Website workshop day | prepare websites for final peer review (must be uploaded and ready to share via URL); check your documentation | |
| TH 4/30 | Peer review websites | revise websites; link website to portfolio | |
| T 5/15 | Conferences with me (Monday and Tuesday) | Revise, get all rewrites together, complete webfolios: MAKE SURE YOUR WORK IS VIEWABLE WITHOUT BEING LOGGED INTO WEBSPACE | |
| TH 5/7 | S/R 3 rewrites due. Websites due; check each other's links; all rewrites due--must be accompanied by original; class evals |