Beth Bensen-Barber

Eng 210 01PR Spring 2014

Calendar/Schedule of Assignments (This schedule is subject to change.)

All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule below. We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing all assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is preceded by the word Read and appears in the Readings column. Also note that assignment due dates appear in the Assignments column.

Linked titles = electronic readings. Click on links to access and read essays.

PDF in BB = portable document format found in Readings/ Handouts button on Course Menu in Blackboard

Important Dates January 10, 2014 January 22, 2014 March 20, 2014 Last day to add a class Last day to drop a class with a refund Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W This schedule is subject to change. Week/Date Readings Week 1 Tu 7 Jan Th 9 Jan Assignments

Introduction to Course; introduction to Blackboard Read: Rhetoric Read: Rhetorical Situations View: Purdue OWL: Introduction to Rhetoric (Click on linked titles to access readings) 9 Jan: Academic Honesty Agreement in Blackboard by midnight

F 10 Jan

Last day to add a class

Beth Bensen-Barber Week/Date Readings Week 2 Tu 14 Jan

Eng 210 01PR Spring 2014 Assignments

Read: Getting Started with WordPress (click on linked title to read chapter three, Starting a Free WordPress Blog; this link is to an eBook in the Safari database; if you access the book off campus, you will need your MYJSRCC username and password) Read: Baron, From Pencils to Pixels Read: Daley, Expanding the Concept of Literacy Read: Jones-Kavalier & Flannigan, Connecting the Digital Dots Read: Brandt, Accumulating Literacy (PDF in BB) Last day to drop with a refund Read: Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola, Blinded by the Letter (PDF in BB) Read: Baron, Siri, Take a Sonnet

14 Jan: Individual blog by the end of class

Th 16 Jan Week 3 Tu 21 Jan

21 Jan: Audio recording device (digital recorder or use audio device on smart phones)

W 22 Jan Th 23 Jan Week 4 Tu 28 Jan

28 Jan: draft of audio essay; studio day for working on audio narrative 30 Jan: Audio technology narrative and written text for in-class peer review

Th 30 Jan

No reading assigned; peer review (remember to bring headphones/earbuds to listen to audio narratives)

Week 5 Tu 4 Feb

Presentation of audio essays

Th 6 Feb

Read: McLuhan, The Medium is the Message (PDF in BB) Read: Tharp, What It Is, Why It Matters, Why Its the Future (PDF in BB)

4 Feb: Final revision of audio technology narrative and written text in Blackboard by midnight

Beth Bensen-Barber Week/Date Readings Week 6 Tu 11 Feb

Eng 210 01PR Spring 2014 Assignments

Read: Vega, Magazine Will Cater to Mobile (and Free Lancers) Read: Carmody, Making Disposable Dynamic Displays with Electronic Ink on Real Paper No reading assigned; library session Read: Slocum, What Publishers Can and Should Learn from The Elements Read: Johnson, Yes, People Still Read, But Now Its Social Read: Horrowitz, Will the Ebook Kill the Footnote? Read: Baron, The Last Print Dictionary Read: Pannapacker: Were Still in Love with Books Read: Gielen, Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship Report and Reader Survey Read: HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey No reading assigned; presentation of eBook projects 27 Feb: eBook Group Project in class and Blackboard 4 Mar: eBook reflection essay in Blackboard by midnight 4 Mar: Begin conducting preliminary research to write your Research Paper Topic Proposal

Th 13 Feb Week 7 Tu 18 Feb

Th 21 Feb

Week 8 Tu 25 Feb

Th 27 Feb

Week 9 Tu 4 Mar

Read: Alves, Unintentional Knowledge: What We Find When We are Not Looking

Th 6 Mar

No reading assigned; developing your research question; research day ~~ Spring Break: classes not in session 10 -16 Mar ~~

Beth Bensen-Barber Week/Date Readings Week 10 Tu 18 Mar

Eng 210 01PR Spring 2014 Assignments

No reading assigned; developing your thesis statement; research day Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W No reading assigned; library session 20 Mar: Research Paper Topic Proposal in Blackboard by midnight 25 Mar: Research Question/Thesis/Abstract in Blackboard by midnight

Th 20 Mar

Week 11 Tu 25 Mar

No reading assigned; research day

Th 27 Mar Week 12 Tu 1 Apr

No reading assigned; research day No reading assigned; peer review of Annotated Bib 1 Apr: Draft of Annotated Bibliography 3 Apr: Ten to twelve source annotated bibliography in Blackboard by midnight 8 Apr: Draft of research paper at the beginning of class 10 Apr: Complete draft of research paper 15 Apr: Complete draft of research paper 17 Apr: Final revision of research paper in Blackboard by midnight 22 Apr: Presentation of research paper 24 Apr: Presentation of research paper 29 Apr: Presentation of research paper during final exam time (11:00 a.m.

Th 3 Apr

No reading assigned; use class time to work finalize annotated bib/work on research paper

Week 13 Tu 8 Apr

No reading assigned; peer review of research paper

Th 10 Apr Week 14 Tu 15 Apr

Class canceled; attend individual conference; check Blackboard for conference schedule Class canceled; attend individual conference; check Blackboard for conference schedule Read: Childs, Revising a Paper to Deliver (click on link to access and read article)

Th 17 Apr

Week 15 Tu 22 Apr

Presentations

Th 24 Apr Finals Wk Tu 29 Apr

Presentations Presentations

Beth Bensen-Barber Week/Date Readings

Eng 210 01PR Spring 2014 Assignments 1:40 p.m.)