NEW MEDIA SCHEDULE, SPRING 1999
| Date | In class | Homework due today |
| Tues., 1/12 | Introduction | |
| Section 1: The Internet Thurs., 1/14 |
Online v. traditional media Links: American Journalism Review. This site contains lists of online newspapers and magazines. You can also check your home state to see what's available there. |
Auletta's article on Kinsley (handout). |
| Tues., 1/19 | Search techniques The Internet's most widely used search tool is Yahoo's search engine. There are some problems with this search engine, however, which we will discuss in class. Go to Turkle's homepage! |
Turkle, 9-73 |
| Thurs., 1/21 | Chat rooms Web Project (click here for details) |
Turkle, 77-124 |
| Tues., 1/26 | History of computers | Turkle, 125-174 |
| Thurs., 1/28 | 2001, HAL Room: TBA |
No reading for today. I'll show parts of 2001:
A Space Odyssey. Subscribe to a mailing list (Go to Liszt for more information) |
| Tues., 2/2 | Chatting / Homepages | Turkle, 177-232 |
| Thurs., 2/4 | Mailing lists | Turkle, 233-269 |
| Tues., 2/9 | Web
projects Blade Runner, Cheray 101, 6-8:30PM |
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| Thurs., 2/11 | Web projects | |
| Tues., 2/16 | First Test | |
| Section 2: Photoshop/FrontPage Thurs., 2/18 |
Introduction to Photoshop; short film | |
| Friday, 2/19 | Spring Break! | |
| Tues., 3/2 | Photoshop exercises | Work with handout |
| Thurs., 3/4 | Photoshop exercises Photoshop quiz |
Bricolage with Photoshop |
| Tues., 3/9 | Learning FrontPage... How to put Photoshop projects on the Web. | FrontPage/Photoshop project. (Please include an internal link, an external link, and a bookmark to your homepage). |
| Thurs., 3/11 | Printing in Photoshop | |
| Section 3: QuarkXPress Tues., 3/16 |
QuarkXPress Introduction | |
| Thurs., 3/18 | QuarkXPress | QuarkXPress page QXP book, 1-50; 95-120 |
| Thurs., 3/21 | QuarkXPress | Finish QXP book |
| Thurs., 3/23 | QuarkXPress Project (informal work) | |
| Thurs., 3/25 | QuarkXPress Project (informal work) | QuarkXPress Project due |
| Tues., 3/30 | Second Test | |
| Thurs., 4/1 | David
out; no class Easter Recess begins |
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| Section 4:
Final Project Tues., 4/6 |
Informal Presentations on Final Projects | Prepare Final Project presentation |
| Thurs., 4/8 | Informal work on Final Projects | |
| Tues., 4/13 | Under the hood: HTML and Java | |
| Thurs., 4/15 | Informal work on Final Projects | |
| Tues., 4/20 | Informal work on Final Projects | Final Project due |
| Thurs., 4/22 | Last Class; projects viewed Professor David’s scintillating conclusion evaluation |
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| Tues., 4/27 | Test Three | |
| Optional take home final exam: You may take an optional take-home final exam. A. If you choose this option, you must turn it in via e-mail by 5pm, Thursday, April 29. No extensions will be granted. B. If the URL you send me doesn't work, I'll try your default page in the hopes that it's linked there; if that doesn't work, I won't grade the optional final. C. You must inform me on the date of the third test, Tuesday, April 27, if you're going to do the optional final. |
Option A: Online Term Paper Write a (5-page equivalent) on-line paper involving any topic we've covered this semester. You must refer to class notes and readings at some point in your paper. The paper should be on-line and you should be creative with the medium. (must discuss with David on 4/27) |
Option B: Redesign the New Media syllabus Revise and improve upon the current New Media syllabus. You may change text, images, whatever. When you send me your URL (via e-mail), you must also include 100-200 words on your main changes. (must discuss with David on 4/27) |