Writing in a Networked World
ENGL 527-000
Instructor: Christine Tracy
Contact: ctracy1@ninthmuse.org
Updated 2.13.06
527 Schedule
Updated 3.30.06
Week One-January 13
Course Introductions
Week Two-January 20
Reading Due: Kostlenick
Topic: Shifting conventions.
Week Three-January 27
Reading: Manovich
Topic: Navigating virtual spaces
Week Four-February 3
Reading: Hart
Topic: Rhetorical Analysis
Due: Proposals for RA Assignment
Week Five-February 9
Reading: van Dijk
Topic: Networks and Society
Week Six-February 16
Reading Due: Brown and Duguid
Topic: Writing practices and information design
Week Seven-February 23
Rhetorical Analysis Due in class, Feb. 23.
Week Eight-February 28-March 3
Spring Break-No class meeting.
Week Nine-March 9
Reading Due: Le Fevre
Topic: Rhetorical Invention
Analysis & Application presentations on theorist begin 3.9.06
Presentations: Jasmine: Kostelnick; and Bill: Manovich
Week Ten-March 16
Topic: Visual Language
Presentation: Cynthia
Week Eleven-March 23
Presentations: Kathy: van Dijk
Mike: McCloud
Week Twelve-March 30
Lisa: Hart
Heidi: Duguid&Brown
Week Thirteen-April 6
Scott McCloud visits class
All posts to class message board completed by 4.6.06.
Week Fourteen-April 13
Topic: Practical applications
Presentations: Donna: Horn
Scott: Manovich and Katie: Duguid&Brown
Week Fifteen-April 20
Last class meeting Thursday, April 20.
Informal discussion of reengineering projects.
Week Sixteen-April 27
Submission of re-engineering projects during final exam meeting 4.27