Moorpark: English 1C Reading List

Required Texts

Lunsford, Andrea and John Ruszkiewicz. The Presence of Others: Voices that Call for Response 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1997.

Silverman, Hughes and Weinbroer.Rules of Thumb. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 1999.

Crump, Eric and Carbone, Nick. English Online: A Student's Guide to the Internet and the World Wide Web. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Online Site http://www.hmco.com/hmco/college/english/englishonline/EnglishOnline.html

Education: the Idea of a University

hooks, bell. "Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education."
Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary."
Spayde, Jon. "Learning in the Key of Life."
Student Choice Article

Science: O Brave New World

Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein."
Bishop, J. Michael. "Enemies of Promise."
Martin, Emily. "The Body at War: Media Views of the Immune System."
Student Choice Article

Techno-Rhetoric: Writing Goes Digital

Branham, Craig. "Student's Guide to Research with the WWW." Online. (1997) http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/ (Last visited January 20, 00). Readings from POO:

Samuelson
Oppenheimer
Turkle

The following are webbed articles that may be of interest. While you are not responsible for writing a summary and response on the readings below, they may prove helpful in understanding how and why teachers use internet technolgies for teaching. They pose some problems and solutions which may be helpful to you as you decide on your research topics.

Day, Michael. Fear and Loathing in Paradise: Making use of Dissensus, Disorientation, and Discouragement on the MOO (16 March 1996) http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/1.2/coverweb/dis.html (9 Oct 00).
Crump, Eric, Michael Day and Rebecca Rickley. Creating a Virtual Academic Community: Scholarship and Community in Wide Area Multiple-User Synchronous Discussions Online. (1996) http://www.missouri.edu/~wleric/cnsc21/index.html (Last visited January 20, 00).
Crump, Eric and Rebecca Rickly. It's Fun to Have Fun But You Have to Know How! or, How Cavorting on the Net Will Save the Academy *. in Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine Volume 2, Number 1 January 1, 1995. http://sunsite.unc.edu/cmc/mag/1995/jan/rickly_crump.html (Last visited January 20, 00).
Fanderclai, Tari. "Like Magic Only Real." Online. (1996) http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~tari/magic.html (January 20, 00).

Others readings will be assigned in class.

Last Revised 9 March 01