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| Week 1 | Introduction & WordPress setup |
| 8/18 | Discussion: Intro to course and colleagues
Assigned: Create DropBox account (if you don’t already have one) and join “303_Readings” folder. You’ll receive an email invite. Assigned: A WordPress URL |
| 8/20 | Reading due: WPMM, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2 (pg. ~1-50)
Discussion: Creating your WP site Assigned: Your first post (quiz equivalent) Due: A WordPress URL |
| Week 2 | The Multiliterate Student & Cognitive Styles |
| 8/25 | Reading due: Selber, Multiliteracies for a Digital Age. Ch. 1 (DropBox)
Reading due: WPMM, Chapter 4: Creating PostsDiscussion: The Multi-Literate Student (3 parts) Due: A WordPress Test Post |
| 8/27 | Reading: DB, Hayles, “Hyper and Deep Attention”
Reading: WS, Chapter 13: Designing for the Web Assigned: Reflection #1 on Cognitive Styles |
| Week 3 | Cognitive Styles & Digital Abundance |
| 9/1 | Reading: DB, Carr, “The Juggler’s Brain” Ch. 7 from The Shallows
Reading: Shirky, “Why Abundance is Good: A Reply to Nick Carr” Reading: WPMM: Chapter 5: Themes Discussion: Researching the Cognitive Styles theme |
| 9/3 | Reading: Purdy, “Wikipedia is Good for You!?”
Reading: WPMM: Chapter 8: Comments |
| Week 4 | Privacy in a Digital Age |
| 9/8
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Reading: Manjoo, “Can We Get Some Privacy?”
Discussion: Ideas and findings from your Reflection #1 Discussion: What do we mean when we say, “Privacy?” Due: Reflection #1, posted online and hardcopy Assigned: Reflection #2 on Privacy |
| 9/10 | Lab Day: Work on WordPress sites & peer responses to Reflection #1 (See chapter 8 from 9/3 reading) |
| Week 5 | Privacy in a Digital Age |
| 9/15 | Reading: DB, Abelson, et al., Ch. 2, “Naked in the Sun: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned”
Reading: Farrell, “An Internet Where Everyone Knows You’re a Dog” Discussion: Researching the Privacy theme |
| 9/17 | Reading: Sheth, “You don’t ‘have nothing to hide’: How privacy breaches are quietly controlling you”
Reading: Madden, “Public Perceptions of Privacy and Security in the Post-Snowden Era” (9 pages) Reading: WPMM: Chapter 7: Adding Pages & Menus Discussion: Researching the Privacy theme |
| Week 6 | Privacy & Intellectual Property |
| 9/22 | Reading: WPMM: Chapter 6: Jazzing Up Your Posts
Due: Reflection #2, posted online and hardcopy |
| 9/24
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Reading: DB, Nard, et al., “The Law of Intellectual Property”
Reading: WPMM: [Skim] Chapter 9: Plug-Ins Discussion: Copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets |
| Week 7 | Intellectual Property |
| 9/29 | Reading: DB, Abelson, et al., Ch. 6, “Balance Toppled: Who Owns the Bits?”
Reading: Lessig, “Getting Our Values Around Copyright Right” Watching: Lessig, “How Creativity is Being Strangled by the Law” Discussion: Copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets Assigned: Reflection #3 on Intellectual Property |
| 10/1 | Ballentine away at conference: Work on WordPress site |
| Week 8 | Intellectual Property & Hackers |
| 10/6
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Reading: Raymond, “Hacker Dictionary” entries on ‘hacker’ & ‘hacker ethics’
Reading: Red Hat Security Guide on Hackers Reading: WPMM: Chapter 10: Adding Picture Galleries… Reading: WPMM: Chapter 12: Attracting a Crowd Discussion: Ethical implications of hacker definitions |
| 10/8 | Reading: McHugh, “Data Wars”
Reading: Visit Mozilla’s Add-Ons page and read about them Discussion: What constitutes a ‘hack’? Discussion/Activity: Using browser add-ons |
| Week 9 | Fall Break + Design |
| 10/13 | Fall Break |
| 10/15 | Reading: WS, Chapters 1, 2, & 3
Reading: The 960 Grid System Discussion: Photoshop Due: Reflection #3, posted online and hardcopy Assigned: Reflection #4 on Design |
| Week 10 | Design |
| 10/20 | Reading: WS, Chapters 4 & 5
Discussion: Photoshop |
| 10/22 | Reading: WS, Chapter 6
Reading: Wireframing Assigned: Photoshop Tutorial Discussion: Photoshop |
| Week 11 | Design |
| 10/27 | Reading: WS, Chapter 7
Assigned: Google Map Due: Reflection #4, posted online and hardcopy |
| 10/29 | Reading: WS, Chapters 8 & 9
Reading: O’Reilly, “What is Web 2.0?” Discussion: Characteristics of Web 2.0 and relationship to IP issues Assigned: Reflection #5 on Remix |
| Week 12 | Web 2.0, Remix, & Economies of the Web |
| 11/3
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Reading: WS, Chapter 12 Reading: Anderson, Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business Watching: Wesch, The Machine is Us/ing Us |
| 11/5
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Reading: Intro to Responsive Web Design
Reading: WS, Chapters 14 & 15 |
| Week 13 | Web 2.0 & Remix + CSS & HTML |
| 11/10
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Discussion: In-class workshops – revisiting Photoshop and Google Maps
Assigned: Final Reflection Due: Reflection #5, posted online and hardcopy |
| 11/12
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Reading: CSS/HTML Tutorial
Research: Final Reflection Topic |
| Week 14 | CSS and HTML Development & Peer Reviews |
| 11/17 | Reading: CSS/HTML Tutorial
Research: Final Reflection Topic |
| 11/19 | In-class workshops to finalize and polish online portfolios. Peer Review.
Due: DRAFT of Final Reflection Paper for Peer Review |
| Week 15 | Thanksgiving Break |
| 11/24 | No class |
| 11/26 | No class |
| Week 16 | Portfolio Reviews |
| 12/1 | Final Presentations: Part I |
| 12/3 | Final Presentations: Part II |
| 12/8 | Final Presentations: Part III
Course Evaluations & Closing Note: Your final Portfolio must be published online in final form by the end of class today – please email me your URL |
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