Anthony T. Atkins, PhD | English 314: Writing & Technology

 

 Schedule
Tentative Course Schedule-Subject to Change
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Dates

Assignments | Readings

 

WEEK 1

Thursday, May 15 Introduce course: syllabus, assignments, policies, evaluation, etc.
Syllabus (pdf)
Biography Document (word)
 

WEEK 2

Monday, May 19 Baron, Denis. "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies." Passions Pedagogies and 21st Century Technologies. Eds. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe. Logan, UT: USU P1999, 15-33. (online)
Stages of Technology Acceptance

One page, single-spaced, typed response to the reading in hardcopy.
(Homework 1)
Tuesday, May 20 More on Baron/Literacy
Chapter 0: Datacloud
Wednesday, May 21

No formal class
(Dr. Atkins in Athens, Georgia for the International Computers and Writing Conference)

Thursday, May 22 No formal class
(Dr. Atkins in Athens, Georgia for the International Computers and Writing Conference)
 

Week 3

Monday, May 26

No Class (state holiday)

Tuesday, May 27

Technology Research Essay
In-Class Assignment (searching for topics)
Quiz 1

Wednesday, May 28

Talking about PowerPoint
Article
PowerPoint Workshop
PowerPoint (in class assignment)
(time to work on essay in class)

Thursday, May 29

"Rearticulations: The Changing Shapes of Computer Spaces" from Datacloud (7-22)
One-page response due
(Homework 2)
MLA Reminder Workshop
(possible time to work on essay in class)

 

WEEK 4

Monday, June 2nd "Tendential Forces: A Brief Primer on Articulation Theory and Symbolic-Analytic Work" from Datacloud (23-32)
One-page response to reading due.
(
class time for essay)
(Homework 3)
Discuss/Introduce Web Essay Assignment
Tuesday, June 3

Grammar Workshop (MLA reminders)
Commas and Semicolons are fun.
Evaluating Internet Sources (Scholarly and Non-scholarly)
(Possible Dreamweaver Workshop)

Wednesday, June 4 Technology Essay Due
"Toward Flatness: Changing Articulations of Interface Design" from Datacloud (33-58)
One-page response to reading due.
(Homework 4)
Thursday, June 5

Remediation 1-15
Quiz 2

 

WEEK 5

Monday, June 9 Remediation 21-50
One-page response to reading due.
(Homework 5)
Web 2.0 Workshop
Wikispaces | Wordpress | Delicious
Myspace/Facebook
Web 2.0 chart | Web 2.0 information
Tuesday, June 10 Web Assignment
Dreamweaver
Wednesday, June 11

Web Assignment
Dreamweaver

Thursday, June 12 Remediation 105-112
 

Week 6

Monday, June 16
 

Last Formal class meeting
Web Assignment Due

Send link via email by 5:00pm
Quiz 3

Thursday, June 19 All Final Grades will be posted no later than Thursday, June 19