| Sep 3 |
Introduction to the course
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| Sep 5 |
Introduction to Chapter 1 (1)
Woolley, “Cyberspace” (3) |
| Sep 8 |
Heim, “VR 101” (18) |
| Sep 10 |
Thieme, “Stalking the UFO Meme" (44) |
| Sep 12 |
Introduction to Chapter 2 (55)
Turkle, “Identity Crisis” (57) |
| Sep 15 |
Leary, “The Cyberpunk: The Individual as Reality Pilot” (77)
Leary, “Evolution of Countercultures” (87)
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| Sep 17 |
Rheingold, "Smart Mobs: The Power of the Mobile Many" (89) |
| Sep 19 |
Peer review workshop: draft of essay #1 due in class |
| Sep 22 |
Editing workshop: essay #1 due at the end of class period |
| Sep 24 |
Introduction to Chapter 3 (121)
Stone, "In Novel Conditions: The Cross-Dressing Psychiatrist" (123) |
| Sep 26 |
Nakamura, "Race In/For Cyberspace" (141) |
| Sep 29 |
Review of the first essay |
| Oct 1 |
Dibbell, “A Rape in Cyberspace” (155) |
| Oct 3 |
Introduction to Chapter 4 (178)
Barlow, "Crime and Puzzlement" (180) |
| Oct 6 |
Peer review workshop: draft of essay #2 due in class |
| Oct 8 |
Editing workshop: essay #2 due at the end of class period |
| Oct 10 |
Boynton, “The Tyranny of Copyright?” (207) |
| Oct 15 |
Kelly, “Where Music Will Be Coming From” (218) |
| Oct 17 |
Introduction to Chapter 5 (227)
Schwartz, "Sorting the Reality From the Virtual" (231) |
| Oct 20 |
Thompson, "Connected Again: Questions for Kevin Mitnick (235)
Van Buren, "Man's Virtual Cheating Does Real Damage to His Marriage (239) |
| Oct 22 |
Peer review workshop: draft of essay #3 due in class |
| Oct 24 |
Editing workshop: essay #3 due at the end of class period |
| Oct 27 |
Review of the readings |
| Oct 29 |
The Internet today—an overview |
| Oct 31 |
Research project proposal workshop: details about your topic, organization and sources due in class |
| Nov 3 |
Electronic research workshop (1)
Research paper proposal due |
| Nov 5 |
Electronic research workshop (2) |
| Nov 7 |
MLA documentation: the works-cited page (review
Handbook
,
Ch.
11b: 194-224) |
| Nov 10 |
MLA documentation: in-text citations (review
Handbook
,
Ch.
11a: 185-94) |
| Nov 12 |
Research paper workshop |
| Nov 14 |
Peer review workshop: complete draft of the research paper due in class |
| Nov 17 |
Peer review workshop (cont.) |
| Nov 19 |
Editing workshop: research paper (including a formal outline) due at the end of class period |
| Nov 21 |
Introduction to hypertext (1): document design and text formatting |
| Nov 24 |
Introduction to hypertext (2): linking documents |
| Nov 26 |
Introduction to hypertext (3): adding images |
| Dec 1 |
Introduction to hypertext (4): applying styles |
| Dec 3 |
Hypertext workshop: converting text to hypertext |
| Dec 5 |
Hypertext workshop (cont.) |
| Dec 8 |
Hypertext workshop (cont.) |
| Dec 10 |
Hypertext workshop (cont.) |
| Dec 12 |
Peer review of hypertext projects
Hypertext project due at the end of class period (accompanied by the graded research paper). |
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Final exam: Monday, December 15 at 12:00 (MJ-145)
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ENGL 201 Composition II: The Wired Society
