SCHEDULE OF READINGS & ASSIGNMENTS
Week One
Tuesday, January 31
- Introduction, Review of Syllabus
- Readings to Discuss: selections from The Machine is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan (handout)
- Writing Diagnostic
Thursday, February 2
- Readings to Discuss: “Diary” by Sherry Turkle (course site)
Week Two
Tuesday, February 7
- Readings to Discuss: The Shallows, Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2 (pages 1-35)
- Writing Due: Response Paper 1 (1-2 pages typed, to be handed in)
Thursday, February 9
- Readings to Discuss: The Shallows, digression and Chapter 3 (pages 36-57)
Week Three
Tuesday, February 14
- Readings to Discuss: The Shallows, Chapters 4 & 5 (pages 58-98)
- Writing Due: Blog (Free Choice/Reading Log)
Thursday, February 16
- Readings to Discuss: The Shallows, Chapters 6 & 7 (pages 99-143)
- Writing Due: Response Paper 2 (1-2 pages typed, to be handed in)
Week Four
Tuesday, February 21 NO CLASS (classes follow a Monday Schedule)
Thursday, February 23
- Readings to Discuss: The Shallows, Chapters 8 & 9, digression (pages 144-200); Poem Packet #1 (course site)
- Writing Due: Blog (Free Choice/Reading Log)
Week Five
Tuesday, February 28
- Readings to Discuss: Finish The Shallows, Chapter 10, Epilogue, Afterword (pages 201-228)
- Writing Due: ROUGH DRAFT, Paper #1 Due (3-5 pages typed, bring 3 COPIES to class)
- Peer Review/In-class Writing Workshop
Thursday, March 1 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES—NO REGULAR CLASS PERIOD—Please come to my “Office”—VC7-290K at your assigned time**
Bring a copy of your most recent draft of Paper #1!
Week Six
Tuesday, March 6
- Readings to Discuss: “Résumé” by Luc Sante (course site)
- Writing Due: FINAL DRAFT, Paper #1 Due (3-5 pages typed)
Thursday, March 8
- Readings to Discuss: “Learning to See” by Rebecca Brown, continue with “Résumé” by Luc Sante (course site)
Week Seven
Tuesday, March 13
- Readings to Discuss: Now You See It, Introduction and Chapter 1 (pages 1-43)
- Writing Due: Response Paper 3 (1-2 pages typed, to be handed in)
Thursday, March 15
- Readings to Discuss: Now You See It, Chapter 2 (pages 44-58)
- Writing Due: ROUGH DRAFT, Paper #2 Due (3-5 pages typed, bring 3 COPIES to class)
- Peer Review/In-class Writing Workshop
Week Eight
Tuesday, March 20
- Readings to Discuss: Now You See It, Chapter 3 (pages 61-104)
- Writing Due: Revision Plan/Map for Paper #2
Thursday, March 22 NO CLASS
Week Nine
Tuesday, March 27
- Film: TRON (1982)
- Readings to Discuss: Now You See It, Chapter 6 (pages 165-208)
- Writing Due: Blog (Reflective Writing Log)—Use this blog entry as your opportunity to post your questions, concerns, status, etc. with regards to Paper #2. How is your revising going? What are you struggling with? What are you excited about? This post should be at least two well-developed paragraphs. Please also try to comment on your classmates’ posts—the blog is here to help us with our writing processes!
Thursday, March 29
- Writing Due: Radical Revision ROUGH DRAFT, Paper #2 Due (3-5 pages typed, bring 2 COPIES to class)
- Peer Review/In-class Writing Workshop
Week Ten
Tuesday, April 3
- Readings to Discuss: Select one “work” from the Electronic Literature Collection
- Writing Due:
- PART ONE: Be prepared to “present” the work you chose. These presentations will be short (no more than 5 minutes). Please be sure that your presentations are interactive—do not just show and tell—ask the class questions—try to help your audience become enthused by the work you’ve chosen to present on.
- PART TWO: Post your “presentation notes” as well as a link to the work you chose from the Electronic Literature Collection to the class blog.
Thursday, April 5
- Readings to Discuss: Finish Electronic Literature Presentations
- “Catch Up” Day!
- Writing Due: FINAL DRAFT, Paper #2 Due (3-5 pages typed)
Week Eleven
Tuesday, April 10 NO CLASS—Spring Break!
Thursday, April 12 NO CLASS—Spring Break!
Week Twelve
Tuesday, April 17
- Readings to Discuss: Now You See It, Chapter 7 (pages 208-244)
- Writing Due: Blog (Free Choice)
Thursday, April 19
- Readings to Discuss: “Blogs vs. Term Papers” and Cathy Davidson’s response (course site); “Bartelby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville (course site)
- Writing Due: Response Paper 4 (Paper #3, Preparation 1)
Week Thirteen
Tuesday, April 24
- Readings to Discuss: Poem Packet #2 (course site)
- Writing Due: Response Paper 5 (Paper #3, Preparation 2)
Thursday, April 26
- Readings to Discuss: Poem Packet #2 (course site)
- Writing Due: Annotated Bibliography (Paper #3, Preparation 3)
Week Fourteen
Tuesday, May 1
- Readings to Discuss: “A Report to An Academy” by Franz Kafka (course site)
- Writing Due: ROUGH DRAFT, Paper #3 Due (5-7 pages typed, bring 3 COPIES to class)
- Peer Review/In-class Writing Workshop
Thursday, May 3 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES—NO REGULAR CLASS PERIOD— Please come to my “Office”—VC7-290K at your assigned time**
Bring a copy of your most recent draft of Paper #3!
Week Fifteen
Tuesday, May 8
- Readings to Discuss: “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster (course site)
- Writing Due: Blog (Reflective Writing Log)
Thursday, May 10
- Readings to Discuss: TBD
- Presentations of digital essays (part one)
- Writing Due: FINAL DRAFT PAPER #3 (5-7 pages typed)
Week Sixteen
Tuesday, May 15
- Readings to Discuss: TBD
- Presentations of digital essays (part two)
LAST CLASS/ Grades
Good Luck!