English 210 01PR Advanced Composition Fall 2013 Syllabus

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Contact/Course Information

The best times to reach me in my PRC office by phone or in person are during my MW or TuTh scheduled office hours. Otherwise, please contact me by email. Office Hours MW 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. TuTh 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Beth Bensen-Barber Course Time: TuTh 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Classroom: PRC, BH, Room 165 Email: ebensen-barber@reynolds.edu Office: PRC, BH, Room 220B Office Phone: 804.523.5754

Course Web site: Virtual Office Hours: I will respond to emails and voice mails as quickly as possible. If you do not receive a response from me within 24 hours during the work week (M-F), please send another email or call my office phone again.
http://bbensen-barber.com/2013falleng210/

******Eng 210 does not satisfy the 200-level literature requirement******

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Text Books and Purchase Materials

Required Purchase Textbook:

o o o No required purchase textbook. Assigned readings will be available by PDF in Blackboard or linked on the course schedule (see course schedule below). Print and read assigned digital texts before class time and bring these texts to class for in- class discussion. You may also use laptops or tablets to read articles.

Recommended Purchase Textbooks:

o Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009. o Hacker, Diane. A Writers Reference. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. o Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association, 2009. Additional Purchase Materials: o Required: (free) An open mind and willingness to take on new challenges. o Required: (free) A WordPress blog account. Sign up at the following URL: https://wordpress.com/ (Further instructions provided during class time and closer to submission of first blog entry) o Required: At least a 2GB flash drive or other plug-in device for saving documents regularly. Bring to class daily. o Required: 1 pair of headphones with microphone. Headphones can range in cost from as little as $5.00 to $40.00 or more. Earbuds are also fine. (More on this in class.)

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o Required: Reliable Internet connectivity outside of the college. o Required: Reliable access to Microsoft Office or equivalent technology. o Recommended: Smart phone with a combination of the following capabilities: audio recorder, digital camera, iVideo camera o Recommended: A collegiate dictionary and thesaurus. o Recommended: 3-ring binder or 2-pocket folder to file class handouts. MAC Users: Feel free to bring your Apple laptops to class and use them, but be aware of compatibility issues that often arise in a PC environment and when using Blackboard.

Course Description

Prerequisites: Successful completion of English 112 with a C or better. If you did not pass Eng 112 with a C or better, you must repeat the course before taking Eng 210.

Description: Eng 210 helps students refine skills in writing non-fiction prose; additionally, the course guides students in the development of individual voice and style. Eng 210 introduces procedures for publication in an electronic environment, composing and producing alphabetic, visual, aural, and/or digital texts. Additionally, Eng 210 will take you beyond the freshman writing experience by making you aware of your individual writing styles and processes, as they apply to a mediated classroom. Eng 210 will also ask you to reflect on your communication skills with a strong focus on the rhetorical process. The course will also focus on increased development of writing ability and facility in non-fiction prose, emphasizing critical thinking, observation, research, and sophisticated reading of selected texts. Placing emphasis on clarity, style, voice, and audience, Eng 210 will gently nudge you toward producing clearly articulated alphabetic texts as well as professionally designed multi-media projects. This means you will be composing in a mediated environment, composing and producing alphabetic, visual, aural, and digital texts. General Course Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, you will have developed and contributed to a course blog, created an audio narrative, created a group digital documentary, developed an annotated bibliography, written one eight- to ten-page researched essay, and composed one analytical review of a writing book in two modes: written and a second mode of your choice. The course will ask you to document sources in either APA or MLA documentation styles.

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General Course Objectives: o Develop a greater sense of the rhetorical situation, focusing on the development of style, purpose, voice, audience, and genre. o Develop library, field, and Web-based research skills, implementing the use of MLA or APA documentation style in various projects. o Produce researched and documented essays based on well-informed arguments and the reading of a diverse selection of texts. o Produce the equivalent of at least two researched and documented papers totaling 18 pages. o Participate in the writing process, composing multiple drafts, providing feedback on drafts, and editing drafts. o Participate professionally in interactive discussions, peer reviews, and one or more formal oral presentations. Digital Technology: (includes the following but not limited to this list) o Use the Internet to conduct digital research, using college library databases in a scholarly/academic manner to find credible and peer reviewed, books, journal articles, and Web sites. o Produce documents using a variety of electronic and digital media to include but not limited to blogs, videos, podcasts, and slide shows. o Use digital technologies to create an argumentative digital documentary. o Post responses and/or assignments in the course Blackboard site and/or class Blogs. o Communicate with classmates and instructor using email in a professional and polite manner.

Course Requirements

WARNING: This class is a reading-, writing-, thinking-, listening-, and speaking- intensive course that supports a cell-phone-free environment. Please review the JSRCC Student Handbook to familiarize yourselves with the college Learning Environment Principals. Eng 210 requires you to be present both in mind and body. Expect to participate in class discussion, collaborate with classmates, compose drafts in class, conduct freewriting, and share your writing with classmates. With this in mind, in order to keep up with the fast pace of this course, it is imperative that you attend class regularly and remain abreast of readings and assignments.

Electronic Learning Environments: We will be using a variety of technological, mostly webbased, applications in Eng 210 Advanced Composition this semester. Specifically, you will develop a blog to submit assignments and you will also create a YouTube account to post videos. By default, these technologies are open to the public for the purpose of sharing your work with

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the larger Internet community. To use the web-based application responsibly please observe all laws and JSRCC policies that are incorporated into policies concerning Student Conduct (Policy 1-35) and Academic Integrity (Academic Honesty). Some specific aspects of law and policy that might be well to remember are prohibitions against copyright infringement, plagiarism, harassment, or interferences with the underlying technical code of the software. As a student using the web-based applications certain rights accrue to you. Any original work that you make tangible belongs to you as a matter of copyright law. You also have a right to the privacy of your educational records as a matter of federal law and may choose to set your privacy settings to private and only share with the instructor and your classmates. Your contributions to the various web-based applications constitute educational records. By contributing to the web-based applications, and not taking other options available to you in this course equivalent to this assignment that would not be posted publicly on the Internet, you consent to the collaborative use of this material as well as to the disclosure of it in this course and potentially for the use of future courses. Attendance Policy: Attendance is included in your class participation grade, which is worth 5% of your semester grade. I do not calculate your attendance grade until the end of the semester. Please keep in mind that if the class meets for 45 sessions and you are absent ten times, you will receive 35 out of 45 points, which is equivalent to a C or 78%. As a conscientious student and as a student involved in a community of learners, you are required to attend class regularly. Arriving more than five (5) minutes late will result in a tardy; three (3) late arrivals will result in one (1) absence. Likewise, departing from class more than five minutes before dismissal will also result in a tardy. Do not use class time to notify me about absences, tardies, or early departures. Speak with me either before or after class, see me during my office hours, or send me an email. Excused vs. Unexcused Absences: I appreciate receiving emails concerning an absence; however, simply sending an email, presenting a note from your doctor or lawyer, or discussing your absence with me do not excuse missed classes. An absence is an absence. To be fair to all students, I do not differentiate between excused or unexcused absences. I do not have a maximum number of absences, but should you abuse this policy, you could jeopardize your final semester grade. Use your absences wisely.

Per JSRCCs College Attendance Policy 1-3 (found in the JSRCC Student Handbook), you will be involuntarily withdrawn from the course to receive a full refund for failure to attend class by the 15% attendance drop deadline (10 Sep 2013) if you have not participated in class activities at least once prior to this date. You will also be involuntarily withdrawn and receive a grade of W if you stop attending class for a period of two weeks by the final 60% attendance drop deadline (31 Oct 2013). If applicable, these actions could impact your financial aid. Should you need to miss an inordinate number of classes, you might consider withdrawing from the course or risk receiving a failing grade at the end of the semester.

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Withdrawal Policy: Before withdrawing from the course, please contact me to discuss your academic standing in the class. Also, prior to withdrawing, contact a financial aid specialist to discuss any potential impact a withdrawal may have on your eligibility for financial aid. Withdrawals also count as an attempt and may therefore impact your ability to take a repeated course (see Repeated Course Policy). After the add/drop period, a student may withdraw without academic penalty, and receive a grade of "W," if withdrawal is officially completed prior to the last date to withdraw listed on Course Schedule and in the Course Syllabus. Please refer to the Policy 1-10 Student Initiated Withdrawal for withdrawal procedures and specifics. Important: If you decide not to complete the course you must officially withdraw from the course by following the stated procedures in the College Catalogue. After the last date to withdraw, I will consider extenuating circumstances on a case by case basis. However, you must contact me within one week of circumstances. Repeated Course Policy: Students are normally limited to two (2) enrollments in the same course. Prior to registering to take a course for a third time, students must submit a completed Request to Repeat Course Form with all required approvals, and documentation of extenuating circumstances to a campus Student Success Center. Repeat approval is not required for certain exempted courses, and all attempted hours and grade points for these courses will be calculated in the GPA (College Catalogue). Student Conduct Policy: In order to achieve the best learning environment possible for this class, JSRCC administrators, faculty, and staff expect students to adhere to the highest behavioral standards. All forms of disruptive behavior will not be tolerated in this course. Disruptive Behavior can be defined as behavior that interferes with the teaching and learning process. As such, any disruptive behavior will be addressed by the instructor and/or reported to the Vice President of Student Affairs for judicial processing. Types of behavior viewed as disruptive in this class include but are not limited to the following: o o o o o o o talking during lectures; cell phones ringing in the middle of a lecture; exiting class to respond to a cell phone call; arriving to class late; departing class early; arguing with other students in the class; speaking rudely to instructor or classmates; sleeping in class; Computer classroom (unless required for in-class work): surfing the net for info not relevant to the days course work; checking email during class time; accessing and participating in activities on social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.).

In addition, please note that three (3) incidents of disruptive behavior may result in a zero for participation in your overall grade. Single incidents that are severe will result in the loss of participation credit for the course (i.e. earning a failing grade). Should your behavior become disruptive, I reserve the right to file a Behavior Intervention Referral Form in the Office of

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Student Affairs. Please review policy number 2-18 (Classroom Interruptions) in the JSRCC Student Handbook for further details. If you have any questions regarding the JSRCC Student Conduct policy (Policy 1-35), please refer to the JSRCC Student Handbook online, or contact the Office of Student Affairs at 804.523.5296. Electronic Devices Policy: Unless required for in-class work, any electronic sound devices, with or without earphones, such as iPods, laptops, pagers, cellular telephones, electronic games, portable televisions, radio/tape players, etc. are prohibited in classrooms, laboratories, and Learning Resource Centers and should be turned off. Please review the JSRCC Student Handbook, policy number 2-19 (Electronic Devices on Campus) for further details. Although this course welcomes and encourages the use of a variety of digital and electronic media, please refrain from using unless required for in-class work/projects.

Stow cell phones, laptops, and listening devices in purses or back packs. Should you forget to turn off your cell phone and it rings or vibrates, quickly turn it off without being disruptive to the class. Listening to portable iPods and/or answering your cell phone in class or walking out of class to answer your cell phone will result in the filing of a Behavior Intervention Referral Form. No exceptions. Academic Honesty Policy: Plagiarism is not acceptable. Students who plagiarize will either receive a failing grade on the assignment or fail the course; students may also be reported to the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Vice President of Student Affairs for disciplinary action and for the filing of a Behavior Intervention Referral Form. Per JSRCCs 2009-2010 JSRCC College Catalog, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College subscribes to the notion of academic honesty and integrity as it relates to students behavior within the classroom or with assignments and examinations. J. Sargeant Reynolds Policy 1-34, Academic Honesty, outlines those behaviors that are unacceptable at the institution, as well as procedures guiding the finding of fact. Any student who is found to have violated the policy will be subject to disciplinary action which could result in sanctions from a failing grade on the assignment or class, to expulsion from the institution (36). Please consult policy number 1-34 (Academic Honesty) in the JSRCC Student Handbook for complete details and definitions of academic dishonesty and plagiarism.

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SafeAssignment: Safe Assignment is a program designed to scan student documents for instances of plagiarism. I will be asking you to submit your work through SafeAssignment periodically during the semester. Occasionally, I will submit a document myself if I suspect questionable text. It is not my intent to catch students plagiarizing; however, because this is a 200 level course, I expect students to understand the conventions of documentation and citing. Should SafeAssignment identify violations of plagiarism, I will send you formal notification of a first violation before filing a Behavior Incident Referral Form. Please understand that if you do not contact me, I will make note of this on Behavior Incident Referral Form. In some instances I will offer you the opportunity to revise your work. Subsequent violations of plagiarism will result in automatic failure from the class and the filing of a Behavior Incident Referral Form with the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Vice President of Student Affairs. Email Policy: Per JSRCC Policy 1-8, email is the official method of communication. All faculty must communicate with their students using their college email accounts. Please develop a habit of checking your college accounts often, as I will communicate with you using only your JSRCC email addresses. Your email accounts became active when you were assigned a user name and password. Go to My JSRCC Log-in for access to your email account, Blackboard, etc. Students with Disabilities: Per JSRCCs college policy 1-15, Eligibility of Students with Disabilities to Receive Accommodations (found in the JSRCC Student Handbook), special services/accommodations are provided to assist students in accessing programs and activities offered by the college. Should you require special needs, please register with the Office of Student Accommodations (Downtown Campus 804.523.5628, or Parham Road Campus and Western Campus 804.523.5289). Please provide documentation of your disability. For further details go to the following URL: http://www.reynolds.edu/studentaffairs/accom.htm Peer Reviews: I will schedule periodic peer review workshops to improve your editing and proofreading skills. Failure to attend class on scheduled peer review days will result in an absence, a zero for the days assignment, and a decrease of one letter grade on your final paper grade. Bring a COMPLETE DRAFT on peer review days; arriving without a copy of your paper or with an incomplete draft will result in dismissal from class for the day, in turn resulting in an absence, a zero for the days assignment, and a decrease of one letter grade on your final paper grade (equivalent to 10% of your grade). Unless otherwise stated, peer reviews may not be accomplished outside of class. Conferences/Workshops: I will schedule periodic conferences/workshops to monitor your progress this semester. Failure to attend a conference/workshop will count as two (2) absences, as I will be canceling one weeks worth of classes during the week that I hold a conference/workshop. Arrive on time for your scheduled conference/workshop and bring a COMPLETED DRAFT of your project. Arriving without a copy of your project or with an incomplete draft will result in your final project grade being lowered by one letter grade (equivalent to 10% of your grade).

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If you have a legitimate, documented reason for not attending a peer review session, conference, or workshop, I will gladly make other arrangements to assist you with making up your missed participation. However, you must notify me at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled peer review, conference, or workshop date. An accepted substitution is for you to attend a documented and scheduled tutoring session in one of the Academic Support Centers at the Parham Road, Downtown, or Western campuses. Schedule and attend a tutoring session at the location most convenient for you. Blackboard: In addition to the course Web site, you will also access Blackboard, the online course management platform in use at JSRCC that will supplement Eng 210. In addition to accessing the course syllabus, assignments, and Grade Book, you may write in-class and out-ofclass responses to reading assignments, to handouts, to electronic reading assignments, etc. Responses may be in the form of freewriting sessions, journal topics (an e-journal), and out-ofclass writing assignments in Blackboard. Check Blackboard often for updates and changes to the schedule or to assignments. General Classroom Guidelines: Eng 210 is a course that requires A LOT of writing, reading, and researching. Please incorporate ample time into your schedules to complete assignments in a timely manner. Since this course is labor intensive, missed assignments will be difficult to make up. Contact a classmate or me for assignments missed due to absences. I will expect you to turn in homework assignments on time even if you are absent the day the class receives the assignment. You will not be able to make up any in-class assignments. Students who find they are falling behind or are having problems should contact me as soon as possible. Monitor your progress regularly to avoid any possible downfalls. Class Climate Survey: Reynolds uses Class Climate to collect student evaluations of faculty. Toward the end of the semester, expect an e-mail message, in your JSRCC e-mail account, from sender name "Class Climate Survey" inviting you to participate in an online survey to evaluate the effectiveness of your class. You will receive a separate e-mail message for each course section in which you are enrolled. Each e-mail message contains a password-protected link to the online survey. By clicking this link, your password is automatically recognized, and you are able to respond anonymously to the survey. After completing the survey, you will receive a confirmation message, via e-mail. Emergency Preparedness: (Program the numbers below into your cell phone) Campus Police: PRC 523-5219, DTC 523-5472, WC 523-5407 Chief of Police and Security Services: Garth Wheeler 523-5239 College Safety Manager: Pamela Hicks 523-5722 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 5911 (College Police Dispatcher) The 5911 number can be dialed directly from the Colleges IP phone system.

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Grading Posting of Grades to Blackboards Gradebook: I usually take two weeks to grade a batch of papers. I will post grades, commented papers, and rubrics (when required) when I complete grading an entire classes worth of an assignment. Grading Scale: Letter Grade A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF Projects: Projects eJournal created in WordPress.com for reflecting on the processes you use to produce communication and conduct research; you will spend 5-10 minutes most class sessions writing in your blogs. Digital Literacy Narrative: Written 5% / Audio 5% Percentages Due Dates 10 Most class sessions Percentages 99-100 94-98 90-93 89 84-88 80-83 79 74-78 70-73 69 64-68 60-63 59 and below

10

eBook Group Project: Project 10% / Reflection Essay 10%

20

Annotated Bibliography: 10-12 annotated sources for your research project. Research Paper: 8-10 page research paper

15 25

12 Sep (audio) 17 Sep (written) 19 Sep (final) 15 Oct (presentation and project) 17 Oct (reflection essay) 7 Nov (draft) 12 Nov (final) 14 Nov (draft 1) 18-21 Nov (draft 2) 3 Dec (final)

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Presentation: 10 minute oral presentation on research paper

Class Participation/Attendance (Includes attendance, inclass discussion, miscellaneous homework, in-class assignments, quizzes, etc. Smaller assignments not listed above will be calculated into your class participation grade.)

Total Percentage Points

100

Late Assignment Policy: Word process all assignments prepared outside of class time. Most assignments are due in your class blog or in Blackboard by midnight on the due date; otherwise, they are due at the beginning of class. I usually take two weeks to grade a batch of papers. You are allowed ONE late assignment during the semester; otherwise, I do not accept late assignments. I will not accept a late paper if you turn it in after I have returned graded papers. Technology problems are NOT an excuse for multiple late assignments! While I understand problems that occur when using technology, it is your responsibility to complete assignments well in advance of due dates to avoid last minute issues like malfunctioning printers or crashing computers that might prevent turning in assignments in a timely fashion. Save your work on disc, thumb drive, flash drive, etc. OFTEN. Should your home computers fail, you have access to the college computer labs. Do not assume that I will accept emailed attachments of your work due to technology problems or other reasons; contact me PRIOR to the due date and PRIOR to emailing a paper to me. Additionally, please do not use class time to print assignments on their due dates. Be prepared and print assignments prior to arriving to class. Follow the Schedule of Assignments carefully, and write down any assignments I announce in class to ensure adequate preparation for in-class assignments, as well as for your responsibilities outside of class. You are responsible for completing all reading assignments even if we do not discuss all of them in class, and bring assigned text(s) to class. It is probably a good idea to keep all graded and ungraded assignments in a folder on your desktop AND flash drive or in a physical folder or binder, as you will refer to returned assignments over the semester. Incomplete Policy: I will consider assigning incomplete (I) grades if students have a legitimate, documented reason. I will assign an incomplete (I) if students have less than four absences and have completed at least 75% of the course work. Revision Policy: I do allow revisions, provided you turn in assignments on the assigned due date, and provided you return revisions to me within two weeks after you receive the initial grade. If you submitted a hard copy, turn in revisions with the graded essay so that I can make a clear judgment about your revisions. If I received an electronic version of your work, do not resubmit the graded essay, as I will already have a copy. I will average the two grades; if you

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receive a 75% on the first essay and an 85% on the revision, your final essay grade will be an 80%.

Simply correcting errors I have pointed out in your projects does not count. Focus on content, organization, and style issues. Because you are in Advanced Composition, I do expect revisions to be quite substantial. Do not assume that I have identified all errors. For example, if I make note of a few fragments, be sure to proofread your paper carefully to edit out all fragments. Avoid correcting surface errors; focus on developing ideas or work on problem areas. Also, do not change your topic; changing to a new topic is not revising. Do not hesitate to talk to me about revisions. I am more than happy to schedule an appointment to meet with you to clarify my comments or provide assistance with grammar, development of ideas, technology, etc.

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Calendar/Schedule of Assignments (This schedule is subject to change.)

All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule below. We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing all assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is preceded by the word Read and appears in the Readings column. Also note that assignment due dates appear in the Assignments column.

Linked titles = electronic readings. Click on links to access and read essays.

PDF in BB = portable document format found in Readings/ Handouts button on Course Menu in Blackboard

Individual research assignments do not begin until midway through the semester. However, to ensure adequate preparation, start watching the news, reading the newspaper and favorite blogs to begin identifying research topics of interest to you. Review topics on the following links: (Keep Taboo Topics for this course in mind as you select a topic) http://libguides.reynolds.edu/content.php?pid=143803&sid=1277216 (JSRCC topic guide) http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/english/topicarg.html (excellent examples of thesis statements and research questions) http://www.idebate.org/index.php http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/ulib101/sampletopics.pdf http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018778.html (this is a list of very BROAD topics; you will need to narrow down by developing a more focused research question)

This schedule is subject to change.

Date Week 1 Th 22 Aug

Readings

Assignments

Introduction to Course; introduction to Blackboard

No assignments due this week

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Last day to add a class Read: Rhetoric Read: Rhetorical Situations View: Purdue OWL: Introduction to Rhetoric (Click on linked titles to access readings)

27 Aug: Three questions about the syllabus and course schedule 27 Aug: Academic Honesty Agreement in Blackboard by midnight 29 Aug: Individual blog by the end of class

Th 29 Aug

Read: Getting Started with WordPress (click on linked title to read chapter three, Starting a Free WordPress Blog; this link is to an eBook in the Safari database; if you access the book off campus, you will need your MYJSRCC username and password) Read: Baron, From Pencils to Pixels Read: Daley, Expanding the Concept of Literacy Read: Jones-Kavalier & Flannigan, Connecting the Digital Dots Read: Brandt, Accumulating Literacy (PDF in BB) Last day to drop a class with refund Read: Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola, Blinded by the Letter (PDF in BB) Read: Baron, Siri, Take a Sonnet

Week 3 Tu 3 Sep

Th 5 Sep

5 Sep: Audio recording device (digital recorder or use audio device on smart phones)

F 6 Sep Week 4 Tu 10 Sep

Th 12 Sep

12 Sep: draft of audio essay; studio day for working on audio narrative 17 Sep: Audio technology narrative and written text for in-class peer review 19 Sep: Final revision of audio technology narrative and written text in Blackboard by midnight

Week 5 Tu 17 Sep

No reading assigned; peer review (remember to bring headphones/earbuds to listen to audio narratives) Presentation of audio essays

Th 19 Sep

Week 6 Tu 24 Sep

Read: McLuhan, The Medium is the Message (PDF in BB) Read: Tharp, What It Is, Why It Matters, Why Its the Future (PDF in BB)

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Th 26 Sep

Read: Vega, Magazine Will Cater to Mobile (and Free Lancers) Read: Carmody, Making Disposable Dynamic Displays with Electronic Ink on Real Paper No reading assigned; library session Read: Slocum, What Publishers Can and Should Learn from The Elements Read: Johnson, Yes, People Still Read, But Now Its Social Read: Horrowitz, Will the Ebook Kill the Footnote? Read: Baron, The Last Print Dictionary Read: Pannapacker: Were Still in Love with Books Read: Gielen, Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship Report and Reader Survey Read: HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey No reading assigned; presentation of eBook projects Read: Alves, Unintentional Knowledge: What We Find When We are Not Looking 15 Oct: eBook Group Project in class and Blackboard 17 Oct: eBook reflection essay in Blackboard by midnight 17 Oct: Begin conducting preliminary research to write your Research Paper Topic Proposal

Week 7 Tu 1 Oct Th 3 Oct

Week 8 Tu 8 Oct

Th 10 Oct

Week 9 Tu 15 Oct

Th 17 Oct

Week 10 Tu 22 Oct

No reading assigned; developing your research question; research day

Th 24 Oct Week 11 Tu 29 Oct

No reading assigned; developing your thesis statement; research day Last day to withdraw from class w/grade of W No reading assigned; library session 29 Oct: Research Paper Topic Proposal in Blackboard by midnight

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Th 31 Oct

No reading assigned; research day

31 Oct: Research Question/Thesis/Abstract in Blackboard by midnight

Week 12 Tu 5 Nov Th 7 Nov Week 13 Tu 12 Nov

No reading assigned; research day No reading assigned; peer review of Annotated Bib Class Canceled: use this time to work on research paper 7 Nov: Draft of Annotated Bibliography 12 Nov: Ten to twelve source annotated bibliography in Blackboard by midnight 14 Nov: Draft of research paper at the beginning of class 19 Nov: Complete draft of research paper

Th 14 Nov Week 14 Tu 19 Nov

No reading assigned; peer review of research paper Class canceled; attend individual conference; check Blackboard for conference schedule Class canceled; attend individual conference; check Blackboard for conference schedule

Th 21 Nov

Fall Break 26 Nov 1 Dec

Week 15 Tu 3 Dec

Read: Childs, Revising a Paper to Deliver (click on link to access and read article) TBA Presentations

3 Dec: Final revision of research paper in Blackboard by midnight

Th 5 Dec Week 16 Tu 10 Dec Finals Wk Tu 17 Dec

10 Dec: Presentation of research paper 17 Dec: Presentation of research paper during final exam time (11:00 a.m. 1:40 p.m.)

Presentations