Fall 2009 Dynamic Course Outline - ADLER
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This Course Outline is DYNAMIC. Topics, etc. may change as we move through the semester.
Please remember to check this page frequently for updates.
NOTE: This is a "hybrid" course.
For all class dates labeled **WWWEB** students will work on the class materials online.
ALSO NOTE: Homework Due Dates are Final Dates. Many of these HW assignments take a while to do.
Please look ahead and start early.
| WEEK | DAY | TOPIC | READINGS | HW DUE TODAY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRI AUG 28 | BARUCH FIRST DAY OF CLASSES | |||
| 1 | TUE SEP 1 | Intro to New Media and this Course | ||
| 1 | THU SEP 3 | What is New Media? | NEW 1, 6, 7 | EMAIL ME 1 pt |
| MON SEP 7 | LABOR DAY - BARUCH CLOSED | |||
| 2 | TUE SEP 8 | Old Media, New Media
Doing Scholarly Research | OLD 1, 2, 5 | PROJ: Choose Topic 2 pts
BB: INTRO 3 pts |
| 2 | THU SEP 10 | History of New Media | HISTORY 1, 2, 5 | BB: Homepage 3 pts |
| 3 | TUE SEP 15 | The 5 C's
Communication - Blogs; Blogs vs. Wikis | FIVECS 1 | CREATE UR BLOG 3 pts
BLOG: What is NM? 3 pts |
| 3 | THU SEP 17 | **WWWEB** | PROJ: Description 3 pts | |
| F-SU SEP 18-20 | BARUCH - NO CLASSES | |||
| 4 | TUE SEP 22 | Collaboration - Wikis | WIKIS 1, 8, 9, 10 | BLOG: Old v New 3 pts |
| 4 | THU SEP 24 | Our Class Wiki - LAB | BLOG: Blog v Wiki 3 pts | |
| MON SEP 28 | BARUCH - NO CLASSES | |||
| TUE SEP 29 | BARUCH MONDAY | |||
| 5 | THU OCT 1 | Work on our Wiki - in CLASS | WIKI: Bio 3 pts | |
| 5 | TUE OCT 6 | Community - Social Networking | COMMUNITY 2, 3, 18 | BLOGROLL 3 pts |
| 6 | THU OCT 8 | **WWWEB** | BLOG: SN Sites 3 pts | |
| MON OCT 12 | BARUCH CLOSED | |||
| 6 | TUE OCT 13 | Community - Social Networking (continued) | TWITTER 2, 9, 11 | BLOG: Social Net'g 3 pts |
| 7 | THU OCT 15 | Modeling Reality: Virtual Worlds; SL; MMORPGs | VIRTUAL 2, 3, 5 | TWITR: Discussion 3 pts |
| 7 | TUE OCT20 | Creativity - User-Generated Content | CREATIVE 1, 2 | CRITIQ: Choose article 1 pt
BLOG: Virtual Worlds 3 pts |
| 8 | THU OCT 22 | Convergence - More than Just Mashups | CONVERGENCE 1, 3 | PROJ: Bibliography 5 pts |
| 8 | TUE OCT 27 | **WWWEB** | BLOG: NM Class So Far 3 pts | |
| 9 | THU OCT 29 | Work in LAB | CRITIQ: Final paper 5 pts | |
| 9 | TUE NOV 3 | The Open Source Community | OPENSRC 1.1, 3.2, | PROJ: Outline 3 pts |
| 10 | THU NOV 5 | P2P Filesharing and its Implications | P2P 1, 3, 6 | BLOG: Advice 3 pts |
| 10 | TUE NOV 10 | **WWWEB** | Comments on Blogs 5 pts | |
| 11 | THU NOV 12 | New Media & Society | SOCIETY 4, 6, 7, 9 | BLOG: Privacy + 3 pts |
| PRESENTATIONS SCHEDULE | DUE NOV 17:
DUE DAY OF YOUR PRESENTATION:
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| 11 | TUE NOV 17 | Presentations SCHEDULE | ||
| 12 | THU NOV 19 | Presentations SCHEDULE | BLOG: Next New 3 pts | |
| 12 | TUE NOV 24 | Presentations SCHEDULE | BLOG: Wiki So Far 3 pts | |
| TH-SU NOV 26-29 | BARUCH THANKSGIVING RECESS | |||
| 13 | TUE DEC 1 | Presentations SCHEDULE | BB: P2P 3 pts | |
| 13 | THU DEC 3 | **WWWEB** | Wiki 10 pts | |
| 14 | TUE DEC 8 | Experiment | BLOG: Someone Else's PROJ 3 pts | |
| 14 | THU DEC 10 | Review | ||
| SU DEC 13 | BARUCH LAST DAY OF CLASSES | |||
| TU-MO DEC 15-21 | BARUCH FINAL EXAMS | |||
| Tues Dec 15 | Our Final Exam 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
