About the Schedule

All readings are to be completed before class. Responses are due by the Sunday evening following class discussion. The schedule is subject to change; please make sure you are checking it regularly.

September

Week 1: 9/12
Introductions, syllabus, Yancy, Bolter, Selfe, Rettberg

Week 2: 9/19
Winsor, Study Groups Announced; Plan the Study; set up Tumblr blog; Alexa; Movers 2.0
Discuss Semester-long Research Project
Hand out Tumblr assignment

Week 3: 9/26
Web 2.0 packet, part 1, “How did we get here?”; Set up Twitter accounts; discussion doc
Hand out Twitter Assignment

October

Week 4: 10/3
Web 2.0 packet, part 2, “Where are we now?”
Hand out the Filter Bubble assignment

Week 5: 10/10
Sunday, 10/9: Initial data due via email to BW by 11:00pm
Discuss the initial study results
f-l.xls, z-y-f.xls, y-g+-w.xls, w-s-t.xls, t-l-r.xls

Week 7: 10/17
Shipka Gee, Nardi & O’Day, Spinuzzi, Spinuzzi & Zachry, Syverson; web2.0-ecology-questions.pdf
big-group-t-l-r-s-w-f.xls, big-group-y-f-l-w-g-z.xls, overall combined findings.png
Hand out Observations (Web 2.0 Genre Ecologies) assignment

Week 8: 10/24
Vaidhyanathan Shipka
Gee, Nardi & O’Day, Spinuzzi, Spinuzzi & Zachry, Syverson; web2.0-ecology-questions.pdf (cont)

Week 9: 10/31
Research Week; Class Canceled

November

Week 10: 11/7
Sunday, 11/6: All data must be completed and emailed to BW by 11:00pm
Class meets online
Observations of subjects working in professional spaces due on Tumblr

Week 11: 11/14
Hayles, Chapters 1 – 3 Vaidhyanathan; Shipka
Hand out final essay assignment
Observations of subjects working in professional spaces due on Tumblr

Week 12: 11/21
Hayles, Chapters 1 and 2; Vaidhyanathan

Week 13: 11/28
Waldrip-Fruin and Harrington; Hayles, Chapters 1 and 2

December

Week 14: 12/5
Waldrip-Fruin and Harrington; Hayles, Chapter 3 and 4

Week 15: 12/12
Hayles, Chapter 5
Last day of class; last day of class dinner in class

Finals Week: 12/19
Final essay and reflections due