COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION |
Course Calendar: This schedule is subject to change and will be updated on our course blog.
M 8/28 | Introductions and Syllabus. | Get books and a notebook. Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
W 8/30 | Course blog. Literacy Narratives. | Read Fredrick Douglass “Learning to Read and Write”. Do “Literacy Modules” on Blackboard. |
M 9/4 | Labor Day. No classes. | Read/listen to examples on http://daln.osu.edu/. Draft Literacy Narratives. Bring in two copies of your Literacy Narratives printed. |
W 9/6 | Bring in two copies of your Literacy Narratives printed. Peer review. | Post on Literacy Narrative on blog under tag “Narrative” by Sunday at Midnight. |
M 9/11 | Present Literacy Narrative. | Read “The Deep Space of Digital Reading.” http://nautil.us/issue/32/space/the-deep-space-of-digital-reading. |
W 9/13 | Book Traces. Social Annotation.
Register for https://hypothes.is/ Join this group https://hypothes.is/groups/oX53G59B/eng-151-fall-17 |
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/ |
M 9/18 | 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. |
W 9/20 | Rhetorical Analysis. | Draft rhetorical analysis and bring in work in progress in digital form (USB, email, Google Drive, Dropbox). |
M 9/25 | Edit and post rhetorical analysis. | Read and annotate Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It (Introduction 1-21). http://raley.english.ucsb.edu/wp-content2/uploads/234/CDavidson.pdf . |
W 9/27 | Reverse outlining. Midterm Assignment. | Read and reverse outline “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/. |
M 10/2 | Thesis statements. | Prepare for debate. |
W10/4 | Debate. | Work on midterm draft. |
M 10/9 | Fall Break. | Finish midterm. |
W 10/11 | Conferences (W/TH) | Post midterm by Friday 10/13 at noon. |
M 10/16 | Black Mirror. | Read Ready Player One. Level One (NOT CHAPTER!) through page 167. |
W 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.
Bring in headphones and download NYTVR app on your smartphone. |
M 10/23 | Virtual Reality. Bring in headphones. | Read Level One through page 167. Live Tweet. Group 1 post provocations using category “blog” and tags “Ready Player One” and “Group 1” by Wednesday. Group 2 and 3 post responses to 2 posts by Friday.
Bring in headphones and download NYTVR and InMind app on your smartphone. |
W 10/25 | Fishbowl.
Virtual Reality. Bring in headphones.
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Read Level Two through page 267. Live Tweet. |
M 10/30 | Ready Player One.
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Read Level Two through page 267. Live Tweet. Group 2 post provocations using category “blog” and tags “Ready Player One” and “Group 2” by Wednesday. Group 1 and 3 post responses to 2 posts by Friday. |
W 11/1 | Ready Player One. Fishbowl.
Avatars. Post image of your avatar and a description of why you chose to design your gunter this way (with references to the text). Category “blog” tag “avatar.” |
Read Level Three. Live Tweet. |
M 11/6 | Social media analytics. Watch Terms and Conditions May Apply. | Read Level Three Live Tweet. Group 3 post provocations using category “blog” and tags “Ready Player One” and “Group 3” by Wednesday. Group 1 and 2 post responses to 2 posts. |
W 11/8 | Fishbowl. Transitions. | Finish Ready Player One. Live Tweet. Prepare for essay. BRING IN JOURNAL! |
M 11/13 | In class essay. Turn in journal. | |
W 11/15 | Final Assignment. Finding reliable sources. Library visit. | Post elevator pitch under category “final” and tag “pitch.” |
M 11/20 | Elevator Pitch. Group contract. | Email contract to amanda.licastro@gmail.com |
W 11/22 | Happy Thanksgiving. | Research VR and education and post 3 sources to group doc by Monday. |
M 11/27 | Work on Final. | Work on final. |
W 11/29 | Work on Final. Storyboards. Template. | Work on Final. Bring in draft. |
M 12/4 | Work on Final. Complete storyboard. | Work on Final. |
W 12/6 | CONFERENCES | Post final project, with link to presentation, under category “final” and tag “final.” |
FINAL TBD. CHECK SCHEDULE. |