| COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION |
Course Calendar: This schedule is subject to change.
| T
1/24 |
Introductions and Syllabus. | Get books and a notebook. |
| TH
1/26 |
Course blog. Literacy Narratives. | Work on Literacy Narratives. Read/listen to examples on http://daln.osu.edu/ |
| T
1/31 |
Literacy Narratives | Finish Literacy Narratives. Post on blog under tag “Narrative” by Wednesday at Midnight. |
| TH
2/2 |
Present Literacy Narratives | Comment on 3 Literacy Narratives on blog.
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/ |
| T
2/7 |
Digital Reading.
Annotating Texts. |
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/ |
| TH
2/9 |
Social Annotation.
Register for https://hypothes.is/ Join this group: https://hypothes.is/groups/zx6nj8kL/eng151-spring-17 |
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. |
| T
2/14 |
Read “The Deep Space of Digital Reading.” http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-deep-space-of-digital-reading. Reverse outlining. | Finish reading/outlining “The Deep Space of Digital Reading.” http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-deep-space-of-digital-reading. |
| TH 2/16 | Rhetorical analysis. | 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/ |
| T
2/21 |
Multitasking. Summary, Paraphrase, and quotation. | Prepare for debate. |
| TH
2/23 |
Debate. Midterm Assignment. | See The Nether. Brainstorm/Outline Midterm. |
| T
2/28 |
Thesis statements and transitions. | Midterm. Bring in two copies printed out of your midterm draft on Thursday.
See The Nether. |
| TH
3/2 |
Peer review midterm draft. | Finish midterm draft.
See The Nether. |
| T
3/7 |
Conferences (M/T/TH) | Finish midterm. |
| TH 3/9 | Conferences (M/T/TH) | Post midterm by Friday at noon. |
| T
3/14-16 |
Spring Break. | EXTRA CREDIT: See The Circle in theaters. |
| T 3/21 | Virtual Reality. | Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| TH 3/23 | Class cancelled. | Read Jennifer Haley’s The Nether. Finish through Scene 7. Group 1 post provocations using tag “group 1.” Group 2 post responses to 3-5 posts.
Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| T 3/28 | How to read a play. Guest speaker.
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Read Jennifer Haley’s The Nether. Finish entire play. Group 2 post provocations using tag “group 2.”
Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| TH
3/30 |
The Nether. Fishbowl. | Finish Reading The Nether. Group 1 post responses to 3-5 posts.
Finish “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
| T
4/4 |
Fishbowl.
The Nether. |
Read Ready Player One. Level One (NOT CHAPTER!) through page 167. |
| TH 4/6 | Terms and Conditions. https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/terms-and-conditions-may-apply | Read Level One through page 167. Live Tweet. Use #ENG151 and #ReadyPlayerOne. You must have 10 tweets or more per level, and two replies. |
| T
4/11 |
Ready Player One.
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Read Level Two through page 267.. Live Tweet. Use #ENG151 and #ReadyPlayerOne. You must have 10 tweets or more per level, and two replies. |
| TH
4/13 |
Ready Player One.
Avatars. http://avatarmaker.com/Post screenshot of your avatar in a post with a 3-5 sentence description of why you designed it that way under the tag “avatar.” |
Read Level Two through page 267. Live Tweet. Use #ENG151 and #ReadyPlayerOne. You must have 10 tweets or more per level, and two replies. |
| T
4/18 |
Ready Player One.
Social media analytics. Final Assignment. |
Ready Player One. Live Tweet. Use #ENG151 and #ReadyPlayerOne. You must have 10 tweets or more per level, and two replies. Finish book. |
| TH
4/20 |
Ready Player One.
In class essay. |
Post elevator pitch under category “final” and tag “pitch.” |
| T 4/25 | Elevator Pitch. | Brainstorm/outline final. |
| TH 4/27 | Group contracts. Finding reliable sources. | Find 3 sources for your group and bring them to class on Tuesday. |
| T
5/2 |
Group Work. Storyboards. | Work on Final. |
| TH
5/4 |
Work time/conferences. | Work on Final. Post final project, with link to presentation, under category “final” and tag “final.” |
| 5/11/17 8:30 AM to 10:00 SOD 123 |
Final presentations. Meet at 8:30am in SoD 123. | |