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 appear 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

Week 2 Tu 27 Aug

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)

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

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 18-21 Nov: Complete draft of research paper

Th 14 Nov Week 14 Tu 19 Nov Th 21 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

Fall Break 26 Nov 1 Dec

Week 15 Tu 3 Dec Th 5 Dec Week 16 Tu 10 Dec Finals Wk Tu 17 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

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