DTC/English 375: Language, Texts, Technology

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Schedule

In the schedule, you will find the readings due for the day, links to readings, and due dates for assignments and homework.

Make sure you check the schedule frequently cause I'll change it.

 
Date

Reading/Activity
Due
1/9 (M) Introductions and what the heck are languages, texts, and technologies?

 
1/11 (W) Read: Ong
Read: Wikipedia (only read setting, dramatis personae, summary, and discussion of rhetoric and writing)
Read: Phaedrus


1/13 (F) Read: Ong (1-19)

Reading Response #1

1/16 (M) No Class. Martin Luther King Jr. Day-All University Holiday

 
1/18 (W) Read: Ong (19-40)

Comment #1


ACTIVITY-1
1/20 (F) Read: A final Ong

Reading Response #2
1/23 (M) Read: Kalmbach
Watch in class: The Writing Code and perfrom The Writing Code Activity

Comment #2


1/25 (W) Read: Counting Sheep

Writing Code Activity
1/27 (F) Read: Period Styles
Read in class or now: Sarcasm

Reading Response #3
1/30 (M) Read: Wikipedia on McLuhan
Read: The Medium is the Massage-pg. 1 until "When Information is brushed against information"

BRING TEXT TO CLASS!
McLuhan Activity.

Comment #3

2/1 (W) Read: The rest of The Medium is the Massage



2/3 (F) Read: Understanding McLuhan


Reading Response #4

2/6 (M) Read: Printing chapter 1 (Books)
Watch: Writing Code

Comment #4
McLuhan Activity Due

2/8 (W) Read: Printing chapter 2
Watch: Writing Code and perform Writing Code Activity

 
2/10 (F) Read: Printing chapter 3
MEET in West 252

Reading Respone #5
Writing Code Activity Due
2/13 (M) Read: Printing chapter 4 (Field Trip to Esprit--directions)

Comment #5
2/15 (W) Read and watch: Kindle; Kindle Fire; NY TIMES
MEET in West 224

 
2/17 (F) Read and watch: e-books and iBooks and Textbooks are History?
Reading Response #6


2/20 (M) No class. President's Day. All University Holiday


2/22 (W) Read and listen: disappearing books and privacy and kids books

Perform PREP-ACTIVITY

Comment #6

2/24 (F)

 
2/27 (M)

Assignment #1: A Book Predicting Itself

2/29 (W) Read: Harley Chapter 1


3/2 (F) Read: Harley Chapter 2
Reading Response #7

3/5 (M) Read: Harley Chapter 4

Comment #7
3/7 (W) Read: Harley Chapter 5

 
3/9 (F) Read: Harley Chapter 7

Reading Response #8
Spring BREAK!

3/19 (M) Read: Maps


 
3/21 (W) Read Maps

 
3/23 (F)
 
3/26 (M) Read: Baron (Preface and chapter 1)

 
3/28 (W) Read: Baron (chapter 2)

Reading Response #9
3/30 (F)

Assignment #2
4/2 (M) Read: Baron (chapter 3)

Comment #9
4/4 (W) Read: Baron (chapter 4)

 
4/6 (F)

Reading Response #10
4/9 (M) Read: Baron (chapter 5)

Comment #10
4/11 (W) Read: Baron (chapter 6)

 
4/13 (F)

 
4/16 (M) Read: Baron (chapter 7)

Reading Response #11
4/18 (W) Read: Baron (chapter 8)

 
4/20 (F)

 
4/23 (M) Read: Baron (chapter 9 & chapter 10)

 
4/25 (W)

 
4/27 (F)

Assignment #3
Have a great break!