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Week 1, Aug. 26, Intro to Course, Redefining Literacy

In class-reading

CCCC. Position Statement on Principles and Practices in Electronic Portfolios. http://www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/electronicportfolios. 2007

Course Accounts You will Need to Have for the Semester:

BGSU's personal server: Account sign-up via my.bgsu
Facebook: facebook.com
Google: google.com
Blog Account: http://blogs.bgsu.edu/kblair
YouTube: YouTube.com
English 728 Wiki: http://english728.wik.is (for group collaboration as needed)
Second Life: secondlife.com
Twitter: twitter.com

Please note that we will not use all of these tools with the same frequency, but will experiment periodically with options. You are free to use other tools for facilitations and blogging, but I have established groups on both Facebook and Google for most class communications.

Supplies you will need for the Semester:

• Core texts available at BGSU's University Bookstore.
• Additional readings will link from this page in .pdf form and will be distributed as hardcopy in class one week prior. Links to readings from online journals will not be provided in hardcopy, nor will links to optional readings. Other handouts or urls will be provided on google or in hardcopy when relevant.
• A flash drive specifically for this course.
• A packet of CD-Rs.
• A mini-dv tape

Week 2, Sept. 2, Redefining Literacy, con't.

Karla Kitalong, Tracey Bridgeford, Michael Moore, Dickie Selfe. "Variations on a Theme: The Technology Autobiography as a Versatile Writing Assignment." In In Teaching Writing with Computers: An Introduction (TWWC). Eds. Pamela Takayoshi and Brian Huot. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Stuart Selber. Multiliteracies for a Digital Age. Chapter 1. "Reimagining Computer Literacy." Carbondale: SIUP, 2004.

Pamela Takayoshi and Cynthia Selfe. "Thinking About Multimodality." Multimodal Composition. Ed. Cynthia Selfe. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2008.

Optional:

Kristine Blair. “Course Management Tools and Other ‘Gated Communities’: Expanding the Potential of Distance Learning Spaces through Multimodal Tools.” Chapter for Focus on Distance Education Developments. Nova Science Publishers. 2007.

Nicholas Carr. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Atlantic Monthly. July/August 2008.

Digital Identity Exercise

Dreamweaver and Photoshop Basics

Gail Hawisher, et al. Computers and The Teaching of Writing, Introduction. Stamford: Ablex, 1996.

Anne Wysocki, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Chapters 1 (Wysocki) and 2 (Selfe). Logan: Utah State Univ. Press, 2004.

Optional:

CCCC. Position Statement on Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Writing in Digital Environments. http://www.ncte.org/cccc/resources/positions/digitalenvironments. 2004

James Inman. Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, Chapter 1. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004.

Digital Identity Exercise Continued

Dreamweaver and Photoshop Basics Continued

Gail Hawisher, et al. Computers and the Teaching of Writing, Chapters 1-3.

Joan Huntley and Joan Latchaw. “The Seven Cs of Interactive Design.” The Dialogic Classroom. Eds. Jeff Galin and Joan Latchaw. Urbana: NCTE, 1998. pp. 106-131.

Optional:

James Inman. Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, Chapter 2.

Computer Literacy Draft Bios Due for Studio Review and Commentary

Accessing the Web Server: File Transfer Protocol (ftp)

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Facilitation:

Matt Barton. "The Future of Rational-Critical Debate in Online Public Spheres." Computers and Composition 22 (2005): 177-190.

Stephanie Vie. "Are We Truly Worlds Apart? Building Bridges Between Second Life and Secondary Education." Computers and Composition Online (Fall 2008): http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/gaming_issue_2008/Vie_Second_Life/index.html

Barbara Warnick. Rhetoric Online: Persuasion and Politics on the World Wide Web. Chapter 1. Peter Lang: 2007.

I-Movie Basics

Facilitation:

Valerie Balester. "The Evolving Computer Classroom for English Studies." Approaches to Computer Writing Classrooms: Learning from Practical Experience. Ed. Linda Myers. Albany: SUNY Press, 1993. 135-148.

Richard Selfe. "Sustaining Multimodal Composition." Multimodal Composition. 167-179.

Richard Selfe. Sustainable Computer Environments: Cultures of Support in English Studies and Language Arts. Chapter 3. "Planning Technology Rich Environments." Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2005.

Software Demo:

Exploration in Second Life

Kristine Blair and Cheryl Hoy. "Paying Attention to Adult Learners Online." Computers and Composition 23.1 (2006): 32-48.

Leslie Blair. "Teaching Composition Online: No Longer the Second Best Choice." Kairos 8.2 (2003): http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/8.2/binder.html?praxis/blair/index.html

Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch. Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments. Chapter 2. "Characteristics of Virtual Peer Review." SUNY Press, 2004.

Optional:

Beth Hewett and Christa Ehmann. Preparing Educators for Online Writing Instruction: Principles and Processes. Chapter 1. "The Online Training Spiral." Urbana, NCTE, 2004.

Facilitation:

DigiRhet.org. "Teaching Digital Rhetoric: Community, Critical Engagement, and Application." Pedagogy 6.2 (2006): 231-259.

Writing New Media, Sirc's "Box Logic."

Mickey Hess. "Composing Multimodal Assignments." Multimodal Composition. 29-37.

Optional:

Wide Research Center Collective. Why Teach Digital Writing? Kairos 10.1 (2005): http://english.ttu.edu/Kairos/10.1/binder2.html?coverweb/wide/index.html

Software Demo:

Garage Band/PodCasting

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Week 9, Oct. 21, History of Computers and Composition II

Gail Hawisher, et al. Computers and the Teaching of Writing , Chapters 4-5.

Cynthia Selfe, et al. "Words, Audio, and Video." Multimodal Composition. 13-28.

Optional:

James Inman. Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, Chapter 3.

Classroom Observations Due for Studio Review and Commentary (bring project footage on tape or firewire drive)

Begin Scheduling Post-Midterm Assessment Conferences w/Kris

Week 10, Oct. 28, Assessing Multimodal Texts

Facilitation:

Kara Poe Alexander. "More about Reading, Responding, and Revising." Multimodal Composition. 113-131.

Sonya Borton and Brian Huot. "Responding and Assessing." Multimodal Composition. 99-111.

Charles Moran and Anne Herrington. "Evaluating Academic Hypertexts." in TWWC

Optional:

Madeline Sorapure. "Between Modes: Assessing Students New Media Compositions." Kairos 10.2 (2006): http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/10.2/binder2.html?coverweb/sorapure/index.html

Software Demo:

Web-Authoring

Jay David Bolter. Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print. Chapters 1-3. Mahwah: Erbaum, 2001.

Reflective Essay Due (not a studio document)

Software Demo:

Photoshop

Week 12, Nov. 18, HyperMedia and Remediation

Facilitation:

Jay David Bolter. Writing Space, continued. Chapters 4-6.

Software Demo:

Flash

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Jonathan Alexander, with Mack McCoy and Carlos Velez. "'A Real Effect on the Gameplay': Computer Gaming, Sexuality, and Literacy." Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. Cynthia Selfe and Gail Hawisher. Palgrave: 2007. pp. 167-189.

Adam Banks. Selections from Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground. NCTE/Erlbaum, 2005.

Samantha Blackmon. "But I'm Just White" or How "Other" Pedagogies Can Benefit All Students." in TWWC

Shayla Marie Thiel. "'IM Me': Identity Construction and Gender Negotiation in the World of Adolescent Girls and Instant Messenging." Girl Wide Web. Ed. Sharon Mazzarella. Peter Lang: 2005. pp. 179-202.

Educational Philosophy and Teaching Units Due for Studio Review and Commentary

Last In-Class Day to Work on Portfolios

Show and Tell Celebration

Optional:

Amy Kimme Hea. “A Making: The Job Search & Our Work as Computer Compositionists.” Kairos 9.1 (2004): http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder.html?praxis/kimmehea/making.htm

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Week 15: Portfolios Due Wednesday, Dec. 16, by 5 p.m.