Tentative Class Schedule
Our itinerary will shift according to the rhythm we establish as a class, but certain deadlines (major/formal/unit assignments, midterm portfolios, finals (showcase)) are set in stone. The best way to stay in tune with class is to check the wiki everyday, and write a little bit each time you visit. Our focus and the nature of the exercises we do will also depend on the critical needs we seek to address in our NOFOs.
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Date |
What’s Due this week? |
Class Activities |
For Next Time |
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WEEK 1
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Who are You? License Arguments, and Link Pile |
Introductions.
what is connectplus?
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Read: syllabus, handouts, Write: Who are You?, License Arguments, and Link Pile revisions;Writing to Explore process work |
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WEEK 2
civic engagement fair on wednesday, september 1st
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Journal: Where and When? License Arguments, and Link Pile revised. |
What is Rhetoric? |
Read: MGH, Earth Democracy, peer writing on the wiki Write: Script and perform (or direct) a happening; writing to explore process work |
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WEEK 3
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rough draft |
WTE workshop, Prose Activation Station
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Write: WTE final draft Read: wiki, Earth Democracy |
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WEEK 4
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Monday:WTE final draft Wednesday: WTE remix proposal |
WTE remix |
Read: “The Cut-Ups,” MHG, wiki Write: WTE remix |
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WEEK 5
23 September |
WTE Portfolios due |
Feedback, peer-calibrated grading |
Write: peer-calibrated grading Read: MGH, “Theory of the Derive,” wiki |
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WEEK 6
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Wiki practice |
Freesound, chat rhythms |
Read: “Blood in the Gutter,” MHG, wiki Write: freesound, chat rhythms, writing to explore 1st draft |
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WEEK 7
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Wiki practice |
Branding, analogy |
Read: handouts wiki Write: finding analogies in the field, reflections, writing to explore draft |
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WEEK 8
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visualizations and other representations of the writing process: drawings, images, and sounds;
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Read: wiki, handouts Write: Mixmaster blog, showcase environment mission statement |
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WEEK 9
21 October |
Wiki practice |
Skokie; prolepsis, counterargument, multiple perspectives/stakeholders |
Read: handouts, wiki, MHG Write: wiki practice |
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WEEK 10
26 October
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Wiki practice |
Causal argumentation: lurking variables |
Read: handouts, wiki, MHG Write: Writing to Evaluate draft |
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WEEK 11
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Writing to Evaluate Portfolios Due |
Prose Activation Station, Writing Evaluate Workshop |
Read: wiki, handouts, MHG |
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WEEK 12
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Wiki practice |
Intermedia, Showcase Environments (slight return) |
Read: wiki, handouts, Write: ReMEDIAtion |
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WEEK 13
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ReMEDIAtion Portfolios Due |
Happenings “crits” |
Read: wiki, handouts, MHG Write: Writing to Solve Problems 1st draft |
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WEEK 15
Thanksgiving |
Writing to Solve Problems Draft |
Presentations, Reflections, and Workshops |
Read: wiki Write: Writing to Solve Problems |
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WEEK 16
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Writing to Solve Problems Portfolios Due; Final Portfolios Due |
Presentations, Reflections, and Workshops |
Showcase Environments |