English 095: Digital Composing


30 August 2005

Course Schedule

FALL 2005 – Tentative Schedule
WHAT IS THIS… “BLOG”? August 30 In-Class:
September 1 Read:
In-Class: Form Blog Groups
DUE: WEEKLY BLOG POSTING BEGINS
September 6 Read: Jay David Bolter & Richard Grusin – Remediation: Understanding New Media
“Ch. 1: Immediacy, Hypermediacy, and Remediation”
September 8 Read:
Workshop: Blogs/Blog Posts
THE VISUAL & THE VERBAL September 13 Read: Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Chapters 1-4
September 15 Read: McCloud – Understanding Comics
Chapters 5-9
Workshop: Blog Intentions
September 20 Read:
  • Bolter & Grusin – Remediation
    “Ch. 12: The World Wide Web”
  • Nick Bantock’s Griffin & Sabine
DUE: BLOG INTENTIONS/PLANS
September 22 Read:
Workshop: Visual/Verbal Proposals
September 27 Read:
  • A Softer World
  • Bolter & Grusin – Remediation
  • “Ch. 2: Mediation & Remediation”
  • “Ch. 5: Digital Photography”
DUE: VISUAL/VERBAL PROPOSALS
September 29 Workshop: Draft Visual/Verbal Objects
October 4 Read:
October 6 Read: Copeland & Cornell (1 & 2), continued
Workshop: Visual/Verbal Analyses
DUE: DRAFT VISUAL/VERBAL OBJECTS
ABSOLUTE POWER(POINT)? October 11 Read:
October 13 Workshop: Blog Logging/Reflections-in-Progress
DUE: V/V ANALYSES & REVISED V/V OBJECTS
October 18 Read:
October 20 Workshop: PowerPoint Proposals & Schematics
DUE: BLOG LOGS/REFLECTIONS-IN-PROGRESS
October 25 Read:
DUE: PP PROPOSALS & SCHEMATICS
October 27 Workshop: Draft PowerPoint Presentations
October 28 LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES
November 1 In-Class: PowerPoint Presentations 1
DUE: DRAFT PP PRESENTATIONS (1)
DUE: REVISED VISUAL/VERBAL OBJECTS AND ANALYSES
May be turned in any time between Nov. 1 and Dec. 6
November 3 In-Class: PowerPoint Presentations 2
DUE: DRAFT PP PRESENTATIONS (2)
SPINNING NARRATIVE WEBS November 8 Read:
November 10 In-Class: Continue discussion of Lucky Ones and Jamie Kane
November 15 Read: Justin Hall – AutoBio
Gavin Inglis' Same Day Test
DUE: ANY TIME BETWEEN 11/15 AND 12/6
PP ANALYSES & REVISED PRESENTATION
November 17 In-Class: Methods and Media for Composing Narrative Webs
Workshop: Narrative Web Proposals & Schematics
November 22 Read: Bolter & Grusin – Remediation
  • “Ch. 17: The Networked Self”
  • “Ch. 18: Conclusion”
DUE: NARR. WEB PROPOSALS & SCHEMATICS
November 24 NO CLASSES -- THANKSGIVING
November 29 Read: BBC – Jamie Kane 1982-2005, continued
Workshop: Narrative Webs
December 1 In-Class: Narrative Web Presentations 1
DUE: DRAFT NARRATIVE WEBS (1)
DUE: BLOG ANALYSES & FINAL REFLECTIONS
December 6 In-Class: Narrative Web Presentations 2
DUE: DRAFT NARRATIVE WEBS (2)
Final Narrative Webs & Narrative Web Dream Project (Described) Due No Later Than 5pm Dec. 8