8/21

Welcome & Intro

None

8/23

History of the Net & Copyright

-“As We May Think” Bush http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush
- Farkas “Appendix B: An Introduction to Copyright Law” (ERes)
-Pew Report on Internet, get the PDF file at http://www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r=148 (link to pdf at bottom of article)
-“History of the Internet” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

8/28

Netiquette, Email, Listservs, Newsgroups, & Chats

-“10 little Courtesies” (Netiquette 101):http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/netiquette_101.html
-Lannon pages 400-405 (starting with “Electronic Mail” halfway down page 400 and continuing through to the end of 405). (ERes)
-“Electronic mailing list”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_mailing_list
- “Newsgroup” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup

8/30

Blogs

-1st Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
-2nd Check out a Blog (see list on class website)
-Price pgs 395-399 (handed out 8/23 in class)
-Nardi et al. "Why we blog" (add to ERes)

-Also, choose at least 6 of the below readings:

-“HR Struggles With Employee Web Posts…” (ATutor under "File Storage" tab)

-“Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers” (ATutor under "File Storage" tab)

-“The virtual pen is not mightier than the ax, fired bloggers find.” (ATutor under "File Storage" tab)

-"My Blog, my self” http://news.com.com/2010-1071-897638.html

-“What We're Doing When We Blog” http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/2474

-“Ten Tips For A Better Weblog” http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/ten_tips.html

- “How To Blog For Fun & Profit!” http://blogforfunandprofit.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/12/28/218238.html

-“Bloggers' FAQ - Intellectual Property” (copyright issues and your blog) http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-ip.php

-“Blogs Make the Headlines” http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56978,00.html

- FAQ : Blogging on the job http://news.com.com/FAQ+Blogging+on+the+job/2100-1030_3-5597010.html?tag=st.num

9/4

The Web & Workshop

-Jeney Chapter 1
-Williams Chapter 1 (skim if already know)
-Skim pgs i-xiv and 1-8 in Hester

Intro Email

9/6

Beginning Web Design & Workshop

-Williams Chapters 3-4
-Skim 9-45 in Hester

9/11

Planning, Identity, Audience, and the Web
& Workshop

- Jeney Chapter 2
-Skim pgs 47-74 in Hester

Part 1 of Blog Project: email of blog URL & info

9/13

Web vs the Book, Searching for Info, & Workshop

- Williams Chapters 2 & 5
-Skim pgs 75-105 in Hester

9/18

Good & Bad Web Design Workshop

- Williams Chapter 6, 8, & 15
-Skim pgs 107-137 in Hester

Part 4 of Blog Project: comment to classmate's blog

9/20

Type & Color

-Williams 9 & 12

Mini-Web

9/25

Online Portfolios & Writing Your Résumé for the Net

-Smith & Haimes-Korn Chapter 1 & Chapter 5 (pgs 81-93 & 101-106)  (ERes)
- Price Chapter 16 (ERes)
-“Developing a Web-Based Portfolio” Kendus (ERes)
-Portfolio Outlines (handout in class 9/25)

9/27

Content, Navigation & the Interface
Workshop

- Jeney Chapter 3
- Williams Chapter 7
-“Guidelines for Designing…” Farkas & Farkas (ERes)

Mini Media Blog Proejct

10/2

Podcasting Guest Speaker Stephen Eley

-Meng "Podcasting & vodcasting" http://edmarketing.apple.com/adcinstitute/wp-content/Missouri_Podcasting_White_Paper.pdf
-Johnson, Tom. “Pod casting: A new layer of communication” (ERes)
-Affleck "Podcasting: the People’s Radio" http://db.tidbits.com/article/7986 (article shows up below the fold, so scroll down)
-Van Nuys, David. “Podcasting..." (ERes)

Listen to a podcst:

• The podcasts Eley is associated with Escape Pod and Pseudopod
• Grammar Girl (a fav of mine) or another Quick and Dirty Tips podcast:
  • Money Girl
  • Mighty Mommy: quick and dirty tips for practical parenting
  • Legal Lad: quick and dirty tips for a more lawful life
  • Traveling Avatar: quick and dirty tips for a better second life
  • Mr. Manners: quick and dirty tips for a more polite life
• TED Talks: From the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, these audio or video podcasts (most are available in both formats) include some of the world's "most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and geniuses" (ITunes). Available on iTune or http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/3120_F07/TED%20site:http://www.ted.com/talks
• I Should Be Writing: " A podcast by a wanna-be writer for wanna-be writers. Let my stack of rejection letters and battle scars benefit you." (Site) Available on http://shouldwrite.blogspot.com/or iTunes.
• Dragon Page: Cover to Cover: "Conversations with the creators of the best in science fiction and fantasy. If you love SF literature, are an author or aspire to become one, you'll enjoy this podcast." http://www.dragonpage.com/ or ITunes
• The Sci Phi Show: "The podcasts that deals with the big questions in Philosophy as found in Science Fiction" http://thesciphishow.com/
• Slacker Astronomy podcast: "Astronomy news as told by [professional Astronomy slackers Bad humor, sci-fi jokes, and clips are the norm." (iTunes) on iTunes or http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/index.php
• Boagworld.com web design podcast: ""This podcast aims to provide news and advice on website design and management without overwhelming you with techno babble! Hopefully it has something for everybody, whether you design, develop or run websites on a daily basis." (their website) Available on iTunes or http://www.boagworld.com/podcast/index.html
• Astronomy cast: (a very popular podcast): "Astronomy Cast takes a fact based journey through the cosmos as it offers listeners weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology." (their site) Available on iTunes or http://www.astronomycast.com/about/
• Tag in the Seam podcast: "Reality told from a real woman’s point of view." It won a parsec award. I've had problems getting it on iTunes, but you can listen from the site: http://www.tagintheseam.com/
• or one you enjoy!

10/4

Online Communities

-Rheingold, “The Heart of The Well” , http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/1.html
-“Virtual Communities” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_communities
- Gallant et al "Five heuristics..." http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/gallant/index.html (you may find the parts of the methodology section dense, but don't worry about it. Focus on the rest of the article)
-Horrigan "Online Communities..." pages 1-6 & 8-19 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/47/report_display.asp

Optional (good if doing the Online Communities Mini-media choice): "Chapter 1" Online Communities Preece (ATutor under the file storage tab)

10/9

E-Journals & Workshop

- “Kairos: Past, Present and Future(s)” Doherty & Salvo http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.x/binder.html?kairos/title.htm
-“Electronic Journals: Are They A Paradigm Shift?” http://nursingworld.org/mods/archive/mod210/ceelabs.htm

-Check out (examine) a journal (your choice):

• Kairos http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
• Lore http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lore/
• First Monday: Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet www.firstmonday.orghttp:///
• thirdspace http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal.htm
• Journal of Digital Information http://www.dirf.org/jdim/
• Currents in Electronic Literacy http://currents.cwrl.utexas.edu/
• Journal of Electronic Publishing http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org/
• Computers & Composition Onlinehttp://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/home.htm
• Postmodern Culture (been around since 1990!) http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/pmc/contents.all.html
• Online Journal of Issues in Nursing http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/
• THEN, the journal about technology, humanities, education and narrative http://thenjournal.org/
• Inventio creative thinking about learning and teachinghttp://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/inventio/
• Informing Science: (multidisciplinary journal on information technology) http://inform.nu/
• International Journal Of Progressive Educationhttp://inased.org/ijpe.htm
• Anthropoetics The Journal of  Generative Anthropologyhttp://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/home.html
• Electronic Journal of Sociology http://www.sociology.org/
• Evolutionary Psychology http://human-nature.com/ep/index.html

10/11

Electronic Help & Workshop
Discuss Group Project

All ERes:
-“Where is the Instruction…” Pratt
-“Embedded Help…” Ray & Ray
-“10 Design Principles…” Lancaster
-“Wizards” Allen

Portfolio Draft Due 11:59:59 pm

10/16

Genres and the Commercial Site

-Jeney Chapter 6
-Price Chapter 11

10/18

Proposals and Informative & Entertainment Sites

-Jeney Chapters 7-8
-Lannon (578-589, sections "Elements of a Persuasive Proposal" & "An Outline and Model for Proposals") (ERes)

10/23

Common Page types

Jeney Chapter 4

Mini-Media Choice:

• Online Communities
• Podcasting
• Online Help
• E-Journals

10/25

Writing Web Style

-Jeney Chapter 5
-Redish "Writing for the web" (ATutor)
-Garrand chapter 2 "Writing for many media" (ATutor)

10/30

Usability Testing

-"General Concepts of Usability Testing"  http://jthom.best.vwh.net/usability/general.htm -Baehr “Usability and Accessibility” (ATutor)
-Olive "Usability: Making the Web Work" (ATutor)

Optional:
-Usability Testing & Research Chapter 1 (can skip “Testing with a lab” and “Field testing” sections) (ERes)

11/1

Tricks, Fixes and Images  & Group Project Workshop

Williams 10, 11, 13 & 15

Final Project Proposal

11/6

Testing, Fixing, and Registering

Williams 14 & 16 & TBA

11/8

Workshop

11/9

Mini-mester II midpoint.

Last day to withdraw and possibly receive a "W".

11/13

Usability Testing Time

Draft Final Website

11/15

Workshop

11/20-11/22

Thanksgiving

Break (no classes)

11/27

Presentations

Final Project website, report, and presentation

11/29

Presentations & Workshop

Final Project Peer Evaluation

12/4

Workshop

12/6

Last Day of Class

Web Portfolio