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Infomatics 303: Writing Across Media
Spring 2011
Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45;
On Tuesdays, we will meet in the Oregon Computer Lab, 901 West Oregon;
On Thursdays, we will meet in the Nevada Lab,1203 1/2 West Nevada
http://patrickberry.com/wam11
course calendar
(all readings can be found on our class e-reserve site unless otherwise noted)
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Tuesday |
Thursday |
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at home: Read Bolter and Grusin’s introduction to Remediation: Understanding New Media. Create blog in WordPress and post link to class blog. |
at home: Read Harmon’s introduction to The Map as Art (to be provided), pp. 9–16, and Drucker’s “Language in the
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week 2 |
mapping the university at home: read selection from Turchi’s Maps
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mapping the university At home: read Jenkins’ “Why Heather Can Write: |
week 3 |
ways of seeing text at home: submit assignment #1: mapping.
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networking, production, and circulation at home: read Aoki, Boyle, and Jenkins’ Bound by Law?, pp.1–35. Available at: |
week 4 |
networking, production, and circulation at home: read Aoki, Boyle, and Jenkins’ Bound by Law?, pp.36–70. Available at:
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networking, production, and circulation at home: read Elkins' "How to Look at a Postage Stamp," pp. |
week 5 |
visual rhetoric at home: submit complete draft for assignment # 2: one-minute visual argument (see assignment prompt for dates and further instructions).
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no class
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week 6 |
aural/time-based (re)mediation at home: read McKee’s “Sound Matters: Notes Toward the Analysis and Design of Sound in Multimodal Webtexts," pp. 335-54. Create one-minute synthesis of article in podcast form. Upload mp3/mp4 to netfiles. Post link to your blog.
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aural/time-based (re)mediation at home: Bring proposal drafts to class. |
week 7 |
aural/time-based (re)mediation at home: continue working on your podcast; create sophisticated draft and post mp3 to your blog. |
aural/time-based (re)mediation at home: assignment #3 due: podcast
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week 8 |
aural/time-based (re)mediation at home: read Hampe’s “Making Analogs of Reality," pp. 1-9 ; proposals for video assignment due on 3/10 (anytime)
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No Class Meeting |
week 9 |
moving images at home: read “Hampe’s “Visual Evidence," pp. 49-68. |
moving images at home: collect footage |
week 10 |
Spring Break
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Spring Break |
week 11 |
moving images at home: post sophisticated draft of your movie (a .mov file) to: http://gallery.me.com/pb112233/100231 (This counts for 30% of grade.)
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at home: assignment #4 due: video project. Before class, post movie to http://gallery.me.com/pb112233/100246and post rationale to your blog (only one per group) anytime on 4/5. |
week 12 |
representing theory across media
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Write a 900-word synthesis and post to your blog anytime on 4/12. |
week 13 |
at home: Each group (per email/class discussion) will need to post a three-minute podcast to their blog that aims to further synthesize the Haraway reading. Must be posted before class on 4/14. |
at home: proposals are due on 4/18. |
week 14 |
Group Conferences (by appointment) |
Remediating Theory |
week 15 |
Presentations |
Presentations |
week 16 |
Presentations |
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Patrick W. Berry
pberry2@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: English 338
Office Phone: 244-1391
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-3, or by appointment