Week

Date

Description

 

1

T 1/5

Introduction to the course, course policies, Moodle, etc. For Thursday: make a record of everything you do online for period of 12 hours, and come to class with a hardcopy.

 

R 1/7

Discuss your surveys of online use, and discuss your attitudes toward digital culture. Introduction to rhetoric.

2

T 1/12

Discuss your attitudes toward digital culture. Introduction to the digital autobiography project. Introduction to digital tools: Oakshare and Dreamweaver. Here are the "boons and banes" notes (PDF) from today's class.

 

R 1/14

Online class #1.

3

T 1/19

Discuss strategies for your autobiographies. Introduction to Audacity (and LAME encoder, tutorial here) and Moviemaker (tutorial here).

 

R 1/21

Online class #2 and open lab hours.

4

T 1/26

Discuss identity and continue the production of your digital autobiographies.

 

R 1/28

Online class #3.

5

T 2/2

Online class #4 and open lab hours.

 

R 2/4

Peer review of digital autobiographies. Discuss reflective cover letters and project submission.

6

T 2/9

Present digital autobiographies.

 

R 2/11

 

Finish presenting digital autobiographies.

F 2/12

Final digital autobiographies due by 11:55 p.m.

7

T 2/16

Introduction to the Emerging Media project. Discuss research methods and technology. Project planning memo due by the end of class.

 

R 2/18

Online class #5 and open lab hours.

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Sa 2/20–2/28

Winter recess: no class.

 

8

T 3/2

Discuss presentation strategies, project evaluation, and reports. Continue work on the Emerging Media project.

 

R 3/4

 

Online class #6 and open lab hours.

9

M 3/8

Emerging media reports due to Moodle at 12 noon.

 

T 3/9

Begin the rhetorical analysis project. Discuss genre.

R 3/11

Emerging media presentations #1 and #2. Discuss rhetorical analysis. Work day.

10

T 3/16

CCCC Convention: no face-to-face class.

 

R 3/18

CCCC Convention: no face-to-face class.

11

T 3/23

Emerging media presentation #3 and #4. Work day.

 

R 3/25

Digital autobiography revision workshop and open lab hours.

12

T 3/30

Emerging media presentation #5. Begin digital ethnography project. Discuss research methods. Rhetorical analysis project due to Moodle by 5 p.m.

 

R 4/1

Online class #7 and open lab hours. Rhetorical analysis project participation reports and digital autobiography project revisions due to Moodle by 11:55 p.m.

13

T 4/6

Discuss digital ethnography project evaluation.

 

R 4/8

Online class and open lab hours.

14

T 4/13

Continue working on digital ethnographies.

 

R 4/15

Online class and open lab hours.

Ω

T 4/20

 

Digital Ethnography project due by 11:55 tonight.