Calendar

  1. Welcome & Introductions Week One

    Tuesday, August 23

    1. Welcome & Introductions
    2. Course policies & calendar
    3. Introduce first project
    4. Complete course Contract and Survey (check your @hawk.iit.edu email)
    5. Create Basecamp account (invite will arrive after you submit the Contract and Survey)
    6. Set up and explore Basecamp

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Aristotle, On Rhetoric, Book I
      2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Aristotle's Rhetoric, sections 1-5
      3. Shirky, Why I Just Asked My Students to Put Their Laptops Away

    • To Do

      1. Submit COM 201 Contract and Survey (link in your @hawk.iit.edu inbox; email instructor at karl.stolley@gmail.com if you did not receive it)
      2. Find a Markdown editor for each device you use
      3. Work on Digital Literacy Narrative project proposal (due by Wednesday 8/31)

  2. Aristotelean Foundations of Rhetoric Week Two

    Tuesday, August 30

    1. Logging into the Linux machines
    2. Reading discussion
    3. A brief introduction to Markdown
    4. Workshopping time to talk about Digital Literacy Narrative projects

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Lupton, Graphic Design Thinking, Introduction, The Design Process, Part 02 (How to Get Ideas); How Designers Think
      2. Chimero, What Screens Want

    • To Do

      1. Digital Literacy Narrative project proposal emailed to instructor by Wednesday, 8/31
      2. Learn to master Markdown and start writing in it frequently
      3. Begin working on Digital Literacy Narrative draft; post to Basecamp by Wednesday, 9/7

  3. Digital Invention and Design Week Three

    Tuesday, September 6 Electronic Meeting

    1. Stolley’s Project 4
    2. Volunteers for Project 4 presentation dates
    3. Reading discussion
    4. Project 1 Q & A

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Eyman, Defining and Locating Digital Rhetoric
      2. Chimero, The Web’s Grain

    • To Do

      1. Digital Literacy Narrative draft; post to Basecamp by Wednesday, 9/7
      2. Respond to three other students’ drafts on Basecamp
      3. Work on and post second Digital Literacy Narrative draft, based on student and instructor feedback; post to Basecamp by Wednesday, 9/14

  4. Digital Rhetoric Week Four

    Tuesday, September 13

    1. Reading discussion
    2. Workshop time for Digital Literacy Narrative project

    Assigned Work

    • To Do

      1. Finish Digital Literacy Narrative project; due Wednesday, 9/21

  5. Project Presentations Week Five

    Tuesday, September 20

    1. Digital Literacy Narrative project presentations
    2. Introduce Project 2

    Assigned Work

  6. Digital Rhetoric: TheoryWeek Six

    Tuesday, September 27 Electronic Meeting

    1. Electronic Tuesday Soundtracks: SB, GM, SH
    2. Reading discussion

    Assigned Work

  7. Digital Rhetoric: Method Week Seven

    Tuesday, October 4

    1. Reading discussion

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Eyman, Digital Rhetoric: Practice
      2. Kaufer, Gunawardena, Tan, & Cheek, “Bringing Social Media to the Writing Classroom: Classroom Salon” (PDF in Basecamp)
      3. Lupton, Graphic Design Thinking, 01 How to Define Problems; 03 How to Create Form

    • To Do

      1. Post draft posts/updates for Project Two to Basecamp

  8. Digital Rhetoric: PracticeWeek Eight

    Tuesday, October 11 Electronic Meeting

    1. Electronic Tuesday Soundtracks: AJ, GW
    2. Reading discussion

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Lupton, Thinking with Type, Letter (all chapters); Text (all chapters)
      2. Lewis & Fabos, “Instant messaging, literacies, and social identities” (PDF in Basecamp)
      3. Navarro & Jasinski, “Why Girls? Using Routine Activities Theory to Predict Cyberbullying Experiences Between Girls and Boys” (PDF in Basecamp)

  9. Visual Design I Week Nine

    Tuesday, October 18 Electronic Meeting

    1. Introduce Project 3; form teams
    2. Reading discussion

    Assigned Work

    • To Read

      1. Lupton, Thinking with Type, Grid (all chapters)

    • To Do

      1. Post draft posts/updates for Project Two to Basecamp

  10. Visual Design II Week Ten

    Tuesday, October 25 Electronic Meeting

    1. Electronic Tuesday Soundtracks: FA, AK
    2. Reading discussion

    Assigned Work

    • To Do

      1. Prepare Project 2: Reflective Social Presence presentation

  11. Project Presentations Week Eleven

    Tuesday, November 1

    1. Reflective Social Presence presentations

    Assigned Work

  12. Soundtrack Presentations Week Twelve

    Tuesday, November 8 Electronic Meeting

    1. Electronic Tuesday Soundtracks: GC, PW

    Assigned Work

    • To Do

      1. Submit Project 2; due Wednesday, November 9 11:59pm CT

  13. HTML and CSS Week Thirteen

    Tuesday, November 15

    1. Reading discussion (Lo-Fi)
    2. HTML and CSS basics

    Assigned Work

    • To Do

      1. Prepare for Project 3 presentations on November 29

  14. Thanksgiving Break, NO CLASS Week Fourteen

  15. Project Presentations Week Fifteen

    Tuesday, November 29

    1. Teach Your Teachers project presentations

    Assigned Work

    • To Do

      1. Finish Final Project; Due December 7, 11:59pm