8/21 |
Welcome & Intro |
None |
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8/28 |
History of Electronic Writing and Publishing and Hypertext |
-Bush, “As We May Think” <http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush>
-Porter, “Why Technology Matters to Writing” (ERes)
-Ferris, “Effects of Computers…” http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/08-01/ferris.html
-Bolter, chapters 1-3 |
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9/4 |
Hypertext in Practice |
-Bolter: chapters 4-7
-“The End of Books” <http://www.tnellen.com/ted/endofbooks.html>
-Spend ~45 minutes reading the HT of choice:
*Hegirascope <http://iat.ubalt.edu/moulthrop/hypertexts/hgs/>
*Lies <http://users.rcn.com/rick.interport/lies/lies.html>
*Sunshine ’69 <http://www.sunshine69.com/69_Start.html>
*Twelve Blue <http://www.eastgate.com/TwelveBlue/>
*Sister Stories<http://www.nyupress.org/sisterstories/index.html>
*Reach <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/hypermedia/michael_joyce/ReachTitle.html>
* The Company Therapist<http://www.thetherapist.com/>
*About Time <http://www.wordcircuits.com/gallery/abouttime>
* various works by Adrienne Eisen <http://www.adrienneeisen.com/>. Several Several options (many have adult material) |
Seminar Presentation email |
9/11 |
After Hypertext |
Bolter, chapter 8-10
-Douglas “’Nature’ Vs. ‘Nurture’..” (http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jdouglas/readerly.pdf) Readerly/Writerly Texts 3, no. 2 (1996): 185–207
- Johnson-Eiloa & Hea “After Hypertext…” (ERes) |
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9/18 |
Literacy, Digital Rhetoric & Media |
-Bolter & Grusin, Chapter 1 (ERes)
-Zappen, “Digital Rhetoric” (ERes)
-Warnick, “Looking to the Future” (ERes)
- Truscello, “Rhetorical Ecology…” (ERes)
Welch: Chapters 1-2 |
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9/25 |
Screen Literacy & Rhetoric |
Welch 3-6 |
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10/2 |
User as Producer: Blogs, Podcasting, & Media (Podcasting Guest Speaker Stephen Eley) |
-Pascu “The potential disruptive impact…” http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/pascu/index.html
-Miller, “Blogging as Social Action” http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogging_as_social_action_a_genre_analysis_of_the_weblog.html
-Nardi et al “Why we Blog" (ATutor/ERes)
-Krause “When Blogging Goes Bad…” http://english.ttu.edu/KAIROS/9.1/praxis/krause/index.html
-Lindgren “Blogging Places…” http://english.ttu.edu/Kairos/10.1/coverweb/lindgren/index.htm
-Dangler, et al. "Expanding Composition
Audiences with Podcasting" http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/podcasting/
-Ractham et al. "Podcasting in academia" (ATutor/ERes)
-Berry, Richard “Will the iPod Kill the Radio Star? (ATutor/ERes)
-Price, Aaron, et al. “A History and Assessment of the Slacker Astronomy Podcast.”(ATutor/ERes)
-Gay, Pamela., et al. “Astronomy Podcasting: a Low-cost Tool for Effecting Attitude in Diverse Audiences”(ATutor/ERes)
Check out a podcast:
- The podcasts Eley is associated with Escape Pod and Pseudopod
- Grammar Girl (a fav of mine) or another Quick and Dirty Tips podcast:
- 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.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
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10/9 |
-E-journals and e-publishing |
-Rao "Electronic books" (ERes/Atutor)
-Taylor “The Politics…”(ERes/Atutor)
- Sweeney, “Should you Publish in Electronic Journals” http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/06-02/sweeney.html
-Doherty & Salvo, “ Kairos : Past, Present and Future(s)” http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.x/ binder.html?kairos/title.htm
-McIntire-Strasburg "Modern Chivalry..." http://www.writinginstructor.com/essays/mcintirestrasburg.html
-Wittenberg "Beyond Google..." (ERes/Atutor)
-Flech "Young Adult Authors" (ERes/Atutor)
-Shaver & Shaver "Books and Digital Technology" (ERes/Atutor)
-Parker "E-Journals and citation patterns" (ERes/Atutor)
-“Electronic Journals: Are They A Paradigm Shift?” http://nursingworld.org/mods/archive/mod210/ceel08.htm (added 10/8, read it if you can get to it. You can probably skim this)
Check out a journal of your choice (optional):
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10/15 |
Full semester midpoint
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Last day to withdraw and possibly receive a "W". |
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10/16 |
Virtual Community & issues |
-Rheingold, “The Heart of The Well” , http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/1.html
- Gallant et al "Five heuristics..." http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/gallant/index.html
-Horrigan "Online Communities..."http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/47/report_display.asp
-de Souza & Preece "A framework for anlysizing..." (ERes)
-Lea et al. "'Flaming' in computer..." (handout)
-Laduc "From schoedinger's cat to flaming..." (ERes/ATutor)
-Woodland , “'I plan to be a 10”..” (ERes)
-Blank & Adams-Blodnieks, “The who and the what of usage” (ERes)
-“A Rape in Cyberspace” <http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html>
-Schoberth et al "Online Communities..."
(ATutor)
The next two were added 10/15, read them if you can get to it. Try to read at least one
-Barton "The future of rational-critical debate..."(ATutor)
-Hubler "Computer-mediated humor and ethos..."
(ATutor)
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10/23 |
Copyright/left & plagiarism |
All on ATutor:
-Herrington "Intellectual property..."
-Howard "Understanding 'Internet plagiarism'"
-DeVoss and Porter "Why Napster matters to writing..."
-Reyman "Copyright, Distance Education, and the TEACH
Act..."
-Lipinski "The Myth of Technological Neutrality in Copyright..."
-Metcalfe et al "Academe, technology, society, and the market..."
Also:
-Kranich "The Information Commons
..." read sections II & III (rest is optional) http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/infocommons.contentsexsum.html
Additional resources (should you be interested):
-Harper Copyright Endurance and Change http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-01/harper.html
-Krowne & Puzio "The Fog of Copyleft" http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_7/krowne/index.html
-Cedergren "Open content and value creation" http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_8/cedergren/index.html
-Ciffolilli "The economics of open source hijacking..." http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_9/ciffolilli/index.html
-Aigran "The Individual and the Collective..." (ATutor)
-Garlick "A Review of
Creative Commons
and Science Commons" (ATutor)
-Devoss & Rosati "“It wasn’t me, was it?” (ATutor)
- Intellectual Property & New Info Technology by Howard Besser http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Copyright/: Huge copyright and intellectual property resource.
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Mid-Semester Media Project |
10/30 |
Seminar Presentation
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Andrew MacKenzie "The role of technology in decentralizing education"
Meredith Morris "The Impact of Podcasting on Education" |
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11/6 |
Seminar Presentation/ Class Choice |
Catalin Gheorghe ethical/political implications of the world wide web with a particular focus on the concept of freedom of speech. Readings: http://www.mediamax.com/mihaic1/Hosted/8121 ("You will find there two chapters from Republic.com 2.0 and an article titled Who needs politics. They all deal with political implications of the internet.")
Brian Snead Sound Design on the Web |
email on final project due |
11/13 |
Cyborgs, Politics, and life on screen |
-Turkle 6-7 (Eres)
-Haraway "A Cyborg Manifesto..." (ATutor)
-Hayles 1 or 2 (ATutor)
-Selfe & Selfe "The Politics of the Interface..." (ATutor)
-Hawisher and Sullivan "Feminist Cyborgs Live on the World Wide Web..." (ATutor)
-Hocks "Feminist Interventions..." (ATutor)
MOO info:
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11/20 |
Thanksgiving |
No Classes |
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11/27 |
Accessibility, usability, design, and users |
-O'Hara “'Curb Cuts' on the Information Highway” (ATutor)
ERes:
-Amiel & Sargent, “Individual Differences...”
- Bowie , “Landmarks, Links, and Search Engines”
-Hunt, “Establishing a Presence”
- Jaeger, “Beyond Section 508”
-Barnum, Usability Testing and Research chapter 9 “Web Usability”
-Slatin, “The art of ALT”
- Martinez , “Using Learning Orientation…”
-St. Amant “A prototype theory approach...”
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12/4 |
Where we have been and where we are going
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-Hart-Davidson et al. “Re: The Future…” (ERes)
-Gerard "The evolution of the Computers and Writing Conference..." (ATutor)
-Gruber "The good, the bad, the complex: Computers and Composition in transition..." (ATutor)
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Final Project |
