Moorpark English 1A: Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from all three texts:
- Composing Cyberspace AKA CC
- Rules of Thumb AKA ROT
- Writing Online AKA WO
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and response (online journal) of CC readings are due online before the day we are to discuss the reading in class. Readings from ROT and WO are given as background for that week's work.
Last revised 6 Jan 02.
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
- Mon 1/7 Syllabus/ phone/email list/ contract
- Wed 1/9 FAQs / surveys forms / interviews
- Fri 1/11 In class timed writing
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
- Mon 1/14 Intros
- Wed 1/16 Rubric / self evaluations /intros
- Fri 1/18 Lab -- (add deadline) / class mailing list
- Week 3: (Academic communities)
- Mon 1/21 MLK Holiday
- Wed 1/23 Bruckman (CC)
- Fri 1/25 Lab -- setting up personal spaces / descriptive writing
- Week 4 (Virtual Communities)
- Mon 1/28: Rheingold (CC)
- Wed 1/30: Global Village selection (CC) *OR* e-democracy selection (CC)
- Fri 2/1: Lab: MOO Discussion
(Last day to drop w/out a W)
- Week 5 (Global Village)
- Mon 2/4: Forster
- Wed 2/6: Media article or advert
- Fri 2/8: Lab -- discuss Shirley
- Week 6 (paper topics)
- Mon 2/11: Short Write / topic generation / heuristics
- Wed 2/13: Paper assignment / heuristics
- Fri 2/15: Holiday
- Week 7 (revision)
- Mon 2/18: Holiday
- Wed 2/20: Paper #1 Workshop organization and development
- Fri 2/22: lab: Discuss Gibson "Johnny Mnemonic." (CC) / genre features
- Week 8 (Revision)
- Mon 2/25: ROT: 19-25, Editing Workshop / vague pronoun usage ROT: review MLA format / proofreading
- Wed: 2/27: Paper #1 DUE in folder with all drafts / Identity selection (CC)
- Fri: 3/1 : Lab -- Small groups
- Week 9 (Identity)
- Mon 3/4: Card / discuss genre features of whole texts
- Wed 3/6: Platt (CC)
- Fri 3/8: Lab -- Boals (CC)
- Week 10 (Genre -- Utopias / Distopias)
- Mon 3/11: small groups /novels
- Wed 3/13: In-class, Timed writing
- Fri 3/15: Lab -- Web Project: Writing for the net: making and reading notes.
- Week 11
Mon 3/18: Paper Assignment / Brainstorm topic generation.
- Wed 3/20: Rough draft due: development workshop
- Fri 3/22: Flex day -- no classes
Spring Break March 22-31
- Week 12
- Mon 4/1: Organization workshop
- Wed 4/3: Proofreading workshop
- Fri 4/5: Lab: Branham "Student's Guide to the Internet." Annotated Bibliographies
- Week 13
- Mon 4/8: Editing final draft paper #2
- Wed 4/10: Papers Due/ Web Project Design / Barry (CC)
- Fri 4/12: Lab -- Anno bibs and web projects
- Week 14
- Mon 4/15: Reddy (CC)
- Wed 4/17: Laurel(CC) / Research paper assignment
- Fri 4/19: Lab -- Web Projects
- Week 15
- Mon 4/22: Research paper topics
- Wed 4/24: Section one research paper
- Fri 4/26: Lab -- I Search paper research
- Week 16
- Mon 4/29: Development workshop section I and II
- Wed: 5/1: Citing Online Sources: Annotated Bibs for Research paper
- Fri: 5/3: Lab -- Web projects
- Week 17
- Mon 5/6: Full drafts of research paper for editing workshop
- Wed: 5/8: Lab -- Web Projects
- Finals
- Fri: May 10 -- MP-1A-7: 7-9
- Mon: May 13 -- MP-1A-8: 8-10
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