January Topics Homework Terms, Ideas
WEEK 1
T 1/19
Syllabus    
R 1/21 What is "New Media"? What is "writing"?

Obtain all books, materials,

bring USB drive

Read Janet Murray, C3

"New Media"
WEEK 2
T 1/26
Photoshop and Dreamweaver

Bring the Chow book

Read "Whitsun Weddings" by Philip Larkin

Chow's Dreamweaver CS3
New Media tropes
R 1/28 Photoshop and Dreamweaver Complete the exercises in Chow's Chapter 4 (The Basics) and bring the results to class on your USB drive.  
February Topics Homework Terms, Ideas
WEEK 3
T 2/2
Photoshop and Dreamweaver Chow's Chapter 5 (Links)  
R 2/4 Photoshop and Dreamweaver Chow's Chapter 6 (CSS and Page Properties)  
WEEK 4
T 2/9
Photoshop and Dreamweaver Chow Chapter 7 (Typography)  
R 2/11

Discussion of New Media Writing Samples

Exercise: From Table-Based to CSS Page Design

Chow 8 (Tables)  
WEEK 5
T 2/16

Prospectus due

Exercise: CSS-Based Page Design

A prospectus of the New Media Writing Project  
R 2/18

Discuss Roth

Exercise: CSS Layout: New Page, Old Style Sheet

Phillip Roth's Chapter 1 of Goodbye, Columbus

 

 
WEEK 6
T 2/23

Discuss Didion

Exercise: "Banner Techniques" (Photoshop)

Joan Didion's "Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream"  
R 2/25 Exercise: "Banner Techniques" (Photoshop)

Work on NMW Project

 

 
March Topics Homework Terms, Ideas
WEEK 7
T 3/2
Exercise: "Banner Techniques" (Photoshop)

Work on NMW Project

 

 
R 3/4 Studio Session for "New Media Writing" Project (-1) Work on NMW Project  
WEEK 8
M 3/8
"New Media Writing" Project due by noon    
T 3/9 Introduce Parody (due 3/31)

Commentary on the NMW Project.

Come in with the URL of an example of an online parody

 
R 3/11

Discuss parody terms applied to your examples

(-4)

Parody terms applied assignment  
WEEK 9
T 3/16
SPRING BREAK    
R 3/18 SPRING BREAK    
WEEK 10
T 3/23

Exercise: "Mock-Up Page": Screen shots and tables

Parody prospectus due  
R 3/25

"My Last Duchess" (sliding on a detail)

Exercise: Image Maps (Hot Spots)

paragraphs on your facade and what you are intending to suggest and observe with that facade.  
WEEK 11
T 3/30
Discuss paragraphs: your facade, larger purpose, your image/commentary in character. In the voice/person of a character who is not you, write a commentary on an image that functions as a facade. Use the technique of "sliding" we learned from "My Last Duchess"  
R 3/31 Studio Session for the Parody Project    
April Topics Homework Terms, Ideas
WEEK 12
T 4/6

Introduce Essay (due 5/6)

Psycho and Manovich

Parody due by noon

Printed commentary on the Parody Project due at the beginning of class.  
R 4/8 Manovich

"Man with a Movie Camera"(online film)

Manovich "Prologue: Vertov's Dataset" (xv-xxxvi) and "How Media Became New" (pages 21-26)

 
WEEK 13
T 4/13
Manovich Manovich: Principles of New Media 27-48; "What New Media is Not" 49-61  
R 4/15 Manovich Manovich: The Operations, pages 117-145  
WEEK 14
T 4/20
Manovich 145-175: The Operations continued  
R 4/22 Manovich Manovich: "The Forms" 213-243  
WEEK 15
T 4/27
Manovich Manovich: "The Forms" continued 244-285  
R 4/29

The Essay and Manovich

Exercise: Child Windows

Bring in the old-media work you're using for the Navigable Remake  
May Topics Homework Terms, Ideas
WEEK 16
T 5/4
Exercise: Multi-Layer Image    
R 5/6

Studio Session for "Navigable Remake"

Course Evaluations

   
F 5/7 Navigable Remake posted to the Web by noon. Commmentary due to my box in 420 Humanities by 4:00 (office closing)

   
FINALS WEEK Exam Time: Essay due by Thursday, May 13, noon