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Schedule
This schedule may change. Please check the website for updates. Any readings without an URL and not in our books is available through the Atutor website http://courses.atutor.ca/login.php. Our class books are listed by the first author’s last and chanter numbers name except for Passion, Pedagogies…, which is listed as Passions.
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
Projects Due |
May 11 |
Welcome & Intro |
None |
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May 12 |
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”
-Ferris, “Effects of Computers…” http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0008.104
-Bolter, chapters 1-3 |
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May 13 |
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/ |
Seminar Presentation email by 9 am |
May 14 |
After Hypertext |
- Bolter, chapter 8-10
- Douglas “’Nature’ Vs. ‘Nurture’..”
- Johnson-Eiloa & Hea “After Hypertext…”
- White“Understanding hypertext cognition…” http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1425
-Joyce "Post Hypertext" |
Email on Mid-Semester Media Project idea |
May 15 |
Literacy, Digital Rhetoric & Media* |
- Bolter & Grusin, Chapter 1 (on Atutor)
- Zappen, “Digital Rhetoric”
- Warnick, “Looking to the Future”
- Truscello, “Rhetorical Ecology…”
- Welch: Chapters 1-2
- Grigar “What new media offers” |
Short Proposal for Final Project Topic |
May 18 |
Screen Literacy & Rhetoric*
(Kim Cochran) |
-Welch 3-6 (Kim is doing 5 & 6)
-Foertsch "Books as Broccoli..." (email)
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May 19 |
User as Producer: Blogs, Podcasting, & Media*
(Laurissa Wolfram) |
-Pascu “The potential disruptive impact…”
http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1630/1545
-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"
-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
-Ractham & Zhang “Podcasting in Academia…”
-Gay, Pamela., et al. “Astronomy Podcasting: a Low-cost Tool for Effecting Attitude in Diverse Audiences”
-Bowie “Shifting time…” (10 min podposter) http://www.screenspace.org/Podposter.html
- Evans, Chris. “The effectiveness of m-learning…”
Listen to another podcast:
- Like short stories? Consider Escape Pod (scifi including Hugo nominees each year), and Pseudopod (horror), and PodCastle (fantasy)
- 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.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
- 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/
- Talking Traffic: "Traffic, Transportation, and Mobility Issues for the Everyday Person"
- Screen Space (mine): A podcast about web, blog, and new media design for the everyday and non-expert user.
- Design Critique: Products for People: "Encouraging usable products for a better customer experience."
- By Women. For Women.: "These podcasts feature interviews with current Seal Press authors and the topics range from childbirth options to dealing with the death of a parent, from the issues facing transgender women today to training for a marathon."
- Virgin Worlds #70: http://www.virginworlds.com/podcast.php?show=1&ep=107: This is a great podcast on how to do podcasts. Normally the podcast is about gaming.
- Midwest Teen Sex Show: This is a video podcast with a large audience that looks at teen sexuality concerns with a light and humorous manner.
- Podictionary : "For word lovers - daily stories, trivia & dictionary etymology"
- 12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire: Limited series podcast of the soap opera-like Byzantine Rulers. Fun and educational.
Laurissa's readings:
Here are the links, listed in the order that they should be read:
1. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/my-blogged-blogging-paper.html
2. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-i.html
3. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-ii.html
4. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-iii-flu-wiki.html
5. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-iv-coffee.html
6. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-v-daily-kos_07.html
7. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-vi-once-more.html
8. http://nileblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/rhetoric-of-blogging-part-vii-closing.html
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May 20 |
Writing, Authorship, & Copyright* |
- Rife “The fair use doctrine…” (optional)
- Johnson-Eilola & Selber “Plagiarism, originality, assemblage”
- Lipinski "The Myth of Technological Neutrality in Copyright..."
- Crews @ Columbia “Fundamentals of Copyright” Podcast series: Eposides #1, 6, 8 (9 is optional) on iTunes http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Feed/columbia.edu.1821617328.01926137743
-Kranich "The Information Commons..." read sections II & III (rest is optional) http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/InformationCommons.pdf
- DigiRhet “Old+Old+Old=New”
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.3/topoi/digirhet/index.html
- DeVoss & Webb “Media Convergence…”
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..."
-Garlick "A Review of Creative Commons and Science Commons"
-Devoss & Rosati "“It wasn’t me, was it?”
-Intellectual Property & New Info Technology by Howard Besser http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Copyright/
Huge copyright and intellectual property resource.
-Reyman "Copyright, Distance Education, and the TEACH Act..."
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May 21 |
Feminist Cyborgs, politics, and life on screen*
(Oriana Gatta) |
-Turkle 6-7
-Haraway "A Cyborg Manifesto..."
-Hayles 2
-Selfe & Selfe "The Politics of the Interface..."
-Hawisher and Sullivan "Feminist Cyborgs Live on the World Wide Web..."
-Hocks "Feminist Interventions..."
-Fernandez & Wilding “Situating Cyberfeminisms”
-Oler "Of woman borg—Bionic betties, radical robots, and the evolution of the artificial woman." (email)
-Nakamura's "Alllooksame?" (email)
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Mid-Semester Media Project |
May 22 |
Accessibility Issues*
(Jin Zhao & Dave James) |
-O'Hara “'Curb Cuts' on the Information Highway”
- Harris Powell “Access(ing), habits, attitudes, and engagements”
-Faigley “Beyond Imagination…” (Passions, Chap 7)
-Moran “Access…” (Passions, Chap 11)
-Bruce “Response: Speaking the…”(Passions, Chap 12)
-Servon & Nelson Communicty Technology Centers (email)
- Jaeger, “Beyond Section 508”
- Slatin, “The art of ALT”
- Carter & Markel “Web accessibility for people with disabilities…”
- Stolley “The Lo-Fi Manifesto” http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.3/topoi/stolley/index.htm
- Ford “Technologizing Africa…” (optional) -Chisholm et al. Web Content
Accessibility
Guidelines 1.0 (email)
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May 25 |
No Class |
Memornial Day |
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May 26 |
Web Writing & Navigation*
(Deborah Carthon-Brown & Kyana Miner) |
- Hunt, “Establishing a Presence”
- Farkas & Farkas chapter 10
- Spyridakis “Guidelines for Authoring Comprehensible Web Pages”
- Nielsen & Hoa “Writing for the Web” & “Navigation and Information Architecture”
- Bowie “Web Writing 101” http://www.screenspace.org/?p=71
- Bowie “Design 101” http://www.screenspace.org/?p=80
- Farkas & Frakas “Guidelines for Designing Web Navigation” |
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May 27 |
Users & UCD* |
-Amiel & Sargent, “Individual Differences...”
- Bowie “Landmarks, Links, and Search Engines”
-Barnum, Usability Testing and Research chapter 9 “Web Usability”
- Martinez “Using Learning Orientation…”
- Gibbs “Examining Users on News…” http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2008may/JUS_Gibbs_May2008.pdf
- Johnson Chapter 2
-“Usability 101” http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html
Baehr “Usability and Accessibility” (optional) |
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May 28 |
Writing, Games, Theory, and Fun*
(Sean Fitzgerald) |
-Alberti “The Game of Reading and Writing…”
-Johnson “Public Writing in Gaming Spaces”
-Moberly “Composition, Computer Games…”
-Sheridan & Hart-Davidson “Just For Fun…”
-Robison “The Design is the Game”
-McGrady “Gaming against the greater good” http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2215
-Schmid “Real text virtual worlds”
- Prensky “Digital game-based learning”
- Murray “Toward a Cultural Theory of Gaming”
-Tavinor, Grant. “Bioshock and the Art of Rapture” (emailed)
-Atkins "More than a game" (emailed)
- Beavis “Reading, Writing, and…” (optional)
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May 29 |
Rhetoric & Other Writing Concerns in Rhetoric, Web 2.0 & Online Communities, *
(Jeannie Parker Beard & Makeisha Hinds) |
- Stroupe “Hacking the cool”
- Sorapure “Text, image, code, comment..”
- Cummings “Coding with power…”
-Warner “Constructing a Tool for Assessing Scholarly Webtexts” http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/binder.html?topoi/warner/index.html- - Racine et. al."Getting To Know Audiences in Cyperspace..." by (Makeisha's reading sent via email)
- Reid “Portable Composition: iTunes U”
- Racine, "Getting to Know Audiences in Cyberspace..." (emailed)
- Burbules “Web as rhetorical place”
- Et al. “Re-situating and re-mediating the canons” http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/11.3/binder.html?topoi/prior-et-al/index.html
- Lemke “metamedia Literacy…” (chapter 4 Visual)
- Barton “From Pencils to Pixels” (Passions chap 1)
- Vielstimmig “Petals on a Wet Black…” (Passions 5)
- Lunsford “Writing, technologies,…”
- Selfe "Theorizing email" (emailed)
- Self "Least we think..." (emailed)
The rest are optional:
- Kynard “Wanted: Some Black Long Distance [Writers]…”
- Walker “Narratives in the database…”
- Dadas “Inventing the Election…”
- Lee “Text-making practices beyond the classroom context…”
- Barton "The future of rational-critical debate..."
-Woodland , “'I plan to be a 10”..”
- Albrechtslund “Online Social Networking…” http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2142 |
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June 1 |
Where we have been and where we are going |
- Hart-Davidson et al. “Re: The Future…”
- Gerard "The evolution of the Computers and Writing Conference..."
- Gruber "The good, the bad, the complex: Computers and Composition in transition..."
- Joyce “Beyond Next Before” (Passions Chapter 22)
- Moulthrop “Everybody’s Elegies” (Passions Chapter 23) |
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June 2 |
Final Exam |
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Final Project |
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* Books are listed by the first author’s last name
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