English 351 Fall 2003 Schedule

This schedule will change frequently, please check back regularly. The schedule at this website is the official course schedule. As of 8-18-03. The scheduled is grossly incomplete. Please check back for updates.

A note on new media reader assignments: Because the assignments are lengthy, I include here only the topic and a link to the New Media Reader web page with more details.

 Week 1
Aug. 18
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Introduce course.
Subscribe to our listserv and class community website.

Introduce Cool site of the week and sign up.
Introduce Dreamweaver
Create your first website.

Introduce Repurposing project and the cycle of projects and project reviews.

Week 2
Aug. 25
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Talk about ideas for repurposing projects

Repurposing proposal due today

Work on repurposing

Week 3
Sept. 1
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
No Class, Labor Day

Krug, Don't Make me Think Intro and Chapters 1-5 (pp 2-49)
Questions From:
Sheila
Han

Repurposing Prototype due today

Response team in class reviews of prototypes.

Week 4
Sept. 8
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Krug, Don't Make me Think Chapter 6 & 7 (pp 44- 129)
Questions From:
Lori
Farah

Introduce website critique.
Graphic headers

Repurposing Preview Due today.

Response team out of class reviews of preview drafts.

Work on Repurposing site.

Week 5
Sept. 15
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Krug, Don't Make me Think Chapter 8 - 11 (pp 130-181)
Questions From:
Alex
Cassie

Introduce Identity Site.

CL topic

Work on Repurposing site
Week 6
Sept. 22
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

No reading assignment.

First website critique due.

work on Repurposing site

Repurposing Rollout.

Week 7
Sept. 29
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Getting Started, The Intros and two pieces from the 40s that got people thinking about hypertext.

Questions from:Lori Leeann

CL
Identity Proposal due today.
Week 8
October 6
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Historical Articles: From The Machine to the Web

Questions from: sheila Christa

CL

Identity Prototype due today.

Response team in class reviews of prototypes.

Week 9
October 13
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Critiquing Media (the media is the massage)

Questions from: Brandon Aimee

CL

Identity Preview Draft due today. Response team out of class reviews of preview drafts.

Week 10
October 20
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Art and Technology

Questions from: Laine Han

Introduce final project.
Graduate Projects

Work on identity projects.
Week 11
October 27
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Planning Web sites. Troubleshooting websites
More on troubleshooting websites

Final Project Proposal due today.

If your project is done and you have talked with me about the site, you can skip class.

Indentity Project Rollout

Week 12
November 3
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Computers/The Human/Children/Games
/Theatre

Questions from: Aimee and Amy

second website critique due.

Using layers

Graduate students email me their ideas for papers this week.

Work on final project. I want to talk with everyone about their ideas for the final project today. If you want to skip class, you need to talk to me earlier in the week.

 

Week 13
November 10
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

New Media Reader
Theorizing Hypertext: The Cyborg in all of Us

Questions from: Jeff Farah

Requests? I can do literacy lessons on any of the following topics: using sound, html styles, the library, and commands and I am happy to consider others.
Final Project Prototype. Response team in class reviews of prototypes.
Week 14
November 17
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Introduce portfolio

No reading assignment.

Work time. You need to conference with the teacher at some point this week about your final project.

Final Project Preview Draft. Response team out of class reviews of preview drafts.

 

First draft of graduate paper due today. Very important. do not skip this draft.

Week 15
November 24
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
No Class, Thanksgiving

No Class, Thanksgiving

No Class, Thanksgiving
Week 16
December 1
Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Work on projects and portfolio.

Plan on attending class this week to work on your project. I want to again touch base with everyone about their project.

Work on projects and portfolio.

If possible you should meet with your group members to go over final projects this week.

 

Work on projects and portfolio.
Week 17
Finals Week
  • We will meet during the scheduled class final. Everyone will present their final project to the class.
  • Your portfolio is due by Wednesday of Finals week.
  • Graduate papers are due any time during finals week.

 


 

English 351: "Hypertext"
Jim Kalmbach
421H stv 438-7648
kalmbach@ilstu.edu