Tentative Class Schedule

And I do mean tentative! If we honor the due dates in bold (under “what's due this week?” column of Table 1.1, below, you will see a sequence of unit assignments segmenting our informal compositional flow) we will win the adaptability and flexibility required for our different projects to emerge and converge in one semester's time. Your projects and the very prose you compose will determine the precise nature of our classroom activities, as well as the sequence of common texts (electronic links and scanned electronic “handouts”) that we will read together each week as part of our compositional process.

Table 1.1

Date	What’s Due this week?	Class Activities	For Next Time
WEEK 1 24th August	License Arguments, LinkPile, autopoesis—or not (establish a composing space)	introductions. tropes of emergence	Read: syllabus, handouts, McCloud, Weston Write: License Arguments, LinkPile, autopoesis—or not (establish a composing space)
WEEK 2 31th August	Journaling as wiki practice: Where and When?	what is rhetoric?	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research Write: linking,community page, transitioning, compiling
WEEK 3 7th September	Wiki practice	definitions: one or several?	Write: the third mind Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research
WEEK 4 14th September	Emergence: rough draft	workshop, Prose Activation Station	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research Write: “draw a line and follow it”
WEEK 5 21st September	Portfolios of Emergence due	branding, analogy, feedback, peer-calibrated grading	Write: peer-calibrated grading, finding analogies in the field, remixing emergence Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research
WEEK 6 28th September	Wiki practice	freesound, chat rhythms	Write: Mixmaster blog, freesound, chat rhythms Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research
WEEK 7 5th October	Convergence draft due	Mapping the writing process: drawings, images, and sounds; Prose Activation Station; Audacity	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research Write: maps, reflections, freesound, chat rhythms
WEEK 8 12th October	Portfolios of Convergence Due	Causal argumentation: lurking variables	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research Write: “mission” statement, freesound, chat rhythms
WEEK 9 18th October 19th October	Wiki practice Edit: Class is canceled		Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research Write: Scope draft
WEEK 10 26th October	Scope Draft due		Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research Write: Scope
WEEK 11 2nd November	Scope Due	Prose Activation Station, Presentations	Read: wiki Write:
WEEK 12 9th November	Wiki practice	Media hopping	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research Write: ReMEDIAtion
WEEK 13 16th November	ReMEDIAtion Due	Collective presentation	Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research Write: putting it all together in a rough draft
WEEK 15 23rd November Thanksgiving	Final “Paper” Draft due
WEEK 16 30th November	Final “Paper” Due; Final Portfolios Due	Presentations, Reflections, and Workshops

Date

What’s Due this week?

Class Activities

For Next Time

WEEK 1

24th August

License Arguments, LinkPile, autopoesis—or not (establish a composing space)

introductions.

tropes of emergence

Read: syllabus, handouts, McCloud, Weston

Write: License Arguments, LinkPile, autopoesis—or not (establish a composing space)

WEEK 2

31th August

Journaling as wiki practice: Where and When?

what is rhetoric?

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

Write: linking,community page, transitioning, compiling

WEEK 3

7th September

Wiki practice

definitions: one or several?

Write: the third mind

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

WEEK 4

14th September

Emergence:

rough draft

workshop, Prose Activation Station

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

Write: “draw a line and follow it”

WEEK 5

21st September

Portfolios of Emergence due

branding, analogy,

feedback, peer-calibrated grading

Write: peer-calibrated grading, finding analogies in the field, remixing emergence

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

WEEK 6

28th September

Wiki practice

freesound, chat rhythms

Write: Mixmaster blog, freesound, chat rhythms

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

WEEK 7

5th October

Convergence draft due

Mapping the writing process: drawings, images, and sounds;

Prose Activation Station; Audacity

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, McCloud, Weston, Research

Write: maps, reflections, freesound, chat rhythms

WEEK 8

12th October

Portfolios of Convergence

Due

Causal argumentation: lurking variables

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research

Write: “mission” statement, freesound, chat rhythms

WEEK 9

18th October

19th October

Wiki practice

Edit: Class is canceled

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research

Write: Scope draft

WEEK 10

26th October

Scope Draft due

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research

Write: Scope

WEEK 11

2nd November

Scope Due

Prose Activation Station, Presentations

Read: wiki

Write:

WEEK 12

9th November

Wiki practice

Media hopping

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research

Write: ReMEDIAtion

WEEK 13

16th November

ReMEDIAtion

Due

Collective presentation

Read: peer writing on the wiki, handouts, Research

Write: putting it all together in a rough draft

WEEK 15

23rd November

Thanksgiving

Final “Paper” Draft due

WEEK 16

30th November

Final “Paper” Due;

Final Portfolios Due

Presentations, Reflections, and

Workshops

BONUS TRACK

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