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Topics and activities
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Readings
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Assignments Due
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| Jan |
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| 17 |
Course orientation:
Cyberspace, blog, wikis, RSS, delicious, and Citation
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| 22 |
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Email background survey (.doc) to instructor
Surf the web—observe the types or “genres” of sites you find, attempt to categorize them and list the reasons for making your categories. Be prepared to discuss your findings in class.
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| 24 |
Website design criteria
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Find well- and poorly designed websites, at least three examples of each, and be prepared to discuss your criteria and choices in class.
Post to your wiki your criteria for a well-designed website. For each criterion, link to a website that exemplifies ithat criterion.
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| 29 |
Creating a web page
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| 31 |
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| Feb |
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| 5 |
Cyberspace and Virtual Reality
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CyberReader (pp. 1-18)
Cyberspace (Wooley)
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Personal website with About Me and other pages, first version
Observations
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| 7 |
Blog design and content criteria
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Find well- and poorly designed and written blogs, at least three examples of each, and be prepared to discuss your criteria and choices in class.
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| 12 |
Virtual Identities
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CyberReader (pp. 55-76)
Identity Crisis (Turkle)
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Post blog design and content criteria to blog or wiki
Observations
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| 14 |
Workshop on blog direction/content/network
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| 19 |
Presidents' Day
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NO CLASSES
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Observations
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| 21 |
Peer critique of blogs
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| 26 |
Wikipedia
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| 28 |
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Personal website with About Me and other pages, second version
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| Mar |
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| 5 |
Generate Wikipedia Assignment and Article Criteria
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Wikipedia research reports on wikis
Observations
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| 7 |
Wikipedia article
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| 12-16 |
Spring Recess
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NO CLASSES
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| 19 |
Review of portfolio work and reflective analysis
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Learning Record
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| 21 |
Workshop
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| 26 |
Midterm portfolio critique
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Observations
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| 28 |
Workshop
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Wikipedia article draft on website or wiki
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| Apr |
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| 2 |
Wikipedia article critique
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Observations
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| 4 |
Workshop
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Wikipedia peer critique
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| 9 |
Digital Piracy
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Observations
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| 11 |
Wikipedia workshop
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| 16 |
Review and discussion of Wikipedia articles
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Wikipedia article published on Wikipedia and website
Observations
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| 18 |
Retrospection
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Chapter 5 (pp. 227-246) CyberReader
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| 23 |
Review of Portfolio and reflective analysis
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Observations
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| 25 |
Review continued
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| May |
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| 2 |
Class reports on Wikipedia revisit
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Wikipedia revisit/reflection report |
| 7 |
Workshop
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Final portfolios with reflective analysis due |