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Introduction to the Course

Discuss course technologies & introduce Technology Checklist (Word format). (WWWThreads, 680turnin and 680archive folders, PW Web, Parlor Press, TWI, WPA, C&W 2003, etc.)

Complete and email the Student Information Sheet (Word format) as a PDF document attachment to me at blakesle@purdue.edu.

Module: Making a PDF document on a Mac in Heav 227

Tours: IMP and Center for Digital Publication

Readings
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing: Chapter 1, "Scholarly Publishing" (digital packet; PDF file; password required).

Victor Vitanza, "The Shaping Force of Electronic Texts and Journals on Our Professional Work." 2001. The Writing Instructor.

TWI Beta 2.5, "Electronic Publication" (A Multi-Journal Release) (Read the Introduction: "Facing the Future of Electronic Publishing" by the all the editors, and then as many others as you can, but especially Cesarini's "eBooks: A Battle for Standards")

Stephen Greenblatt, "Call for Action on Problems in Scholarly Book Publishing" (MLA)

Make certain that you have your login and password for accessing ICS machines (a Career Account) and an email address that accommodates attachments. If you have questions about your accounts visit ICS in ENAD 426 or call 494-9944.

You also can visit the Instructional Computing Services web page for information about campus technologies.

Complete Technology Checklist.

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Technology Checklist due in printed form by the start of class.

Weekly Reading Response 1 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the end of class. (Procedures discussed in class; have a Word version of your reading response ready to work with.)

Technology Module: Annotating Acrobat Documents

Further discussion of course projects.

Discuss Reading

Review "Group Work and Collaborative Writing" manual for tips on successful strategies

Discussion of Group Work and Collaborative Writing

1. Define member roles
2. Discuss protocols for official communication and informal communication
3. Documenting your work

Team discussion, followed by Team Reports (Posted to WWWThreads and summarized in class)

Readings
Bolter and Grusin, Remediation (read through pp. 158, Introduction and chapters 1-8)

Read the Remediation Web site.

Read "The Future of Scholarly Publishing" (MLA Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Scholarly Publishing; PDF Format; password required to open)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 2 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
Bolter and Grusin, Remediation (chapters 9-18)

Review of Remediation (Blakesley) at Kairos

Web Style Guide, Frontmatter, Chapter 1 ("Process"), and Chapter 6 ("Editorial Style")

Review these "Notes on Process" (PDF) taken in response to Chapter 1 of Web Style Guide. These notes add details and questions to what's presented in the book.

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 3 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Technology Modules: Fireworks and Photoshop

Readings
David M. Levy, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (Chapters 1-5)

Work on Team Projects

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Friday

Feb. 14

Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 4 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
David M. Levy, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (Chapters 6-11)

Work on Team Projects

Review (and put to use) these newly updated directions for scanning journal issues to PDF format. There are two file formats: Acrobat Reader PDF (369 Kb) and Word (243 Kb; for editing and updating . . . please send needed revisions to DB!)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 5 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Discuss Interface Design (Web Style Guide Chapter 2)

Readings
Packer and Jordan, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. (Foreword, Overture, and Part 1, pp. 1-43)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 6 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Team Reports (Posted to WWWThreads and summarized in class)

Readings
Packer and Jordan, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. (Part II, III, and IV, pp. 47-300)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 7 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
Lupton and Miller, Design Writing Research (Introduction and pp. 1-72, "Theory")

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 8 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Spring Break on 3/21; Readings due on 3/28

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Spring Break

Readings
Lupton and Miller, Design Writing Research (Introduction and pp. 73-end, "Media")

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 9 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
Manovich, The Language of New Media (Introduction and Chapters 1-3)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Sample Covers for T (PDF Format)
Cover 1
Proposed
Cover 2
Final

Digital Portfolios (Samples)
David Blakesley
Anne Wysocki
Mark C. Taylor
Victoria Vesna
Victor Vitanza

Purdue English Grad Students Web Ring

Purdue (Current and Graduates) (Listing)
Jennie Blankert
Kristine Blair
Jeff Jablonski
Erin Karper
Jessie Moore Kapper
Mike Kapper
Paul Kei Matsuda
Karl Stolley

Discuss Posting to 680 Blog

Readings
Manovich, The Language of New Media (Introduction and Chapters 4-6)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 11 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
Wurman, Information Anxiety 2 (Introduction and Chapters 1-7)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 12 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

Readings
Wurman, Information Anxiety 2 (Chapters 8-17)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Weekly Reading Response 13 should be posted to the WWWThreads 680D forum by the beginning of class.

The class will make and publish an Acrobat eBook that collects all weekly reading responses.

Readings
Packer and Jordan, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. (Part V, pp. 303-424)

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Discuss Course Projects and Readings

Last Day of Class

Final Projects Due

Finals Week

May 5-9

Final Exam Week
All final projects are due by Friday, May 9.