| COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION |
Course Calendar: This schedule is subject to change and will be updated on our course blog.
| T 8/28 | Introductions and Syllabus. | Get books and a notebook. Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| TH 8/30 | Course blog. Literacy Narratives. | Read Fredrick Douglass “Learning to Read and Write” and Kirschenbaum Intro. Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| T 9/4 | EXAMPLES – Douglass and Kirschenbaum. Draft Literacy Narratives | Read/listen to examples on http://daln.osu.edu/. Bring in two copies of your Literacy Narratives printed. |
| TH 9/6 | Bring in two copies of your Literacy Narratives printed. Peer review. | Post on Literacy Narrative on blog under tag “Narrative” by Monday at midnight. |
| T 9/11 | Present Literacy Narrative. | Read “The Deep Space of Digital Reading.” http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-deep-space-of-digital-reading. |
| TH 9/13 | Book Traces. Social Annotation.
Register for https://hypothes.is/ Join group https://hypothes.is/groups/XKx44yrn/eng-151-fall-18 |
Read “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains.” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/ and annotate using hypothes.is
NOTE! Hypothes.is may be down from 3-5pm on Saturday. |
| T 9/18 | Multitasking. Summary, Paraphrase, and quotation. | Read “The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens.” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/ and annotate using hypothes.is. |
| TH 9/20 | Rhetorical Analysis. | Draft Rhetorical Analysis. Bring in two copies for peer review. |
| T 9/25 | Reverse outlining/ Peer review. | Revise Rhetorical Analysis. |
| TH 9/27 | Class canceled. Edit and post rhetorical analysis. | Post rhetorical analysis. Read and reverse outline Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It (Introduction 1-21). http://raley.english.ucsb.edu/wp-content2/uploads/234/CDavidson.pdf . |
| T 10/2 | Thesis statements. Read and annotate “Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain.” | Read and annotate “Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain.” http://qz.com/722661/neuroscientists-say-multitasking-literally-drains-the-energy-reserves-of-your-brain/. Prepare for debate. |
| TH 10/4 | Debate. Comparison Assignment. | Work on draft. Sign up for conference: https://doodle.com/poll/cu98ppmdsetmixuu |
| T 10/9 | Fall Break. | Work on draft. Bring in a printed copy to your conference time. |
| TH 10/11 | Conferences (TH/F) | Revise and post your essay. |
| T 10/16 | Conferences (TU) | Post argument assignment by Thursday at noon. Read Ready Player One. Level One (NOT CHAPTER!) through page 167. |
| TH 10/18 | Live tweeting. Read and annotate (using hypothes.is) “Plagarism is Dead; Long Live the Retweet” http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/plagiarism-is-dead-long-live-the-retweet/ | Read Ready Player One. Level One (NOT CHAPTER!) through page 167. Live Tweet. Use #ENG151 and #ReadyPlayerOne. You must have 10 tweets or more per level, and two replies. |
| T 10/23 | Ready Player One. | Read Level One through page 267. Live Tweet. |
| TH 10/25 | Black Mirror Season 3 episode 4 | Read Level Two through page 267. Live Tweet. Bring in headphones and download NYTVR app on your smartphone. |
| T 10/30 | Ready Player One.
Avatars. |
Read Level Two through page 267. Live Tweet. Bring in headphones and download InMind app on your smartphone. |
| TH 11/1 | Virtual Reality. Bring in headphones.
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_milk_how_virtual_reality_can_create_the_ultimate_empathy_machine/transcript?language=en |
Read Level Three. Live Tweet. |
| T 11/6 | Social media analytics. Ready Player One.
Outlines. |
Finish Ready Player One. Prepare for essay. |
| TH 11/8 | In class essay. | |
| T 11/13 | Final Assignment. | Bring in journals and revised essay. Write 3 research questions for your pitch. |
| TH 11/15 | Finding reliable sources. Library visit. | Post elevator pitch under category “final” and tag “pitch.” |
| T 11/20 | Pitches! | |
| TH 11/22 | Happy Thanksgiving. | Research VR and education and post 3 sources to group doc by Monday. |
| T 11/27 | Work on Final. | Email contract to amanda.licastro@gmail.com. Research VR and education and post 2 sources to group doc. |
| TH 11/29 | Work on Final. Storyboards. | Work on Final. |
| T 12/4 | Work on Final. Complete storyboard. | Work on Final. Bring in draft. |
| TH 12/6 | CONFERENCES | Post final project, with link to presentation, under category “final” and tag “final.” |
| FINAL TBD. |
Tentative Final Presentation Schedule
| 151_OM14 | TH | 12/13/18 | 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| 151_OM15 | T | 12/11/18 | 10:45 AM | 12:45 PM |