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. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005.

Wings

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

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Other readings will be announced in class.

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