Required Texts

Holeton, Richard. Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age. Boston: McGraw Hill, 1998.

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

Wings 8th edition, 2002.

Building Community in the Electronic Age

• Amy S. Bruckman. "Finding One's Own in Cyberspace."
• Howard Reingold. "The Heart of the WELL."
• E. M. Forster. "The Air Ship."
• Choose one reading from Electronic Democracy
• Choose one reading from The Global Village

Constructing Identity in the Computer Age

• Shirley, John. "Wolves of the Plateau."
• William Gibson. "Johnny Mnemonic."
• Choose one article from Identity section

Seeking Knowledge in the Information Age

• Craig Branham. "A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW." http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/
• Dave Barry. "Selected Web Sites: At Last, Proof That Civilization Is Doomed."
• Shymala Reddy. "The Once and Future Book."
• Brenda Laurel. "Virtual Reality: A New Opposable Thumb."
• students choose one article from each of the following sections from CC
  • Ownership and Sharing of Knowledge
  • The Classroom of the Future

Whole Text Booklist

Other readings will be announced in class.

Eng 155cmp Eng 155 Fall 2002 Index Spring 2003 Index

Policies Resources Web Project Online Journal

Janet Cross Jai

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