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week 1 agenda for next time
Tuesday, August 26

introduction to the course and to each other

 

read jean baudrillard's simulacra and simulation p. 1 -86

Thursday, August 28

due: technology literacy narrative

discussion

 

read jean baudrillard's simulacra and simulation p. 87-164

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week 2 agenda for next time
Tuesday, September 2

discussion

 

read CP p. 1-21

Thursday, September 4

 

 

discussion

read CP p. 22-32 and cynthia selfe's technology and literacy in the twenty-first century p. ix-63

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week 3 agenda for next time

Tuesday, September 9

discussion read cynthia selfe's technology and literacy in the twenty-first century p. 64-161

Thursday, September 11

 

discussion

read howard rheingold's the virtual community intro & chapters 1 & 2

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week 4 agenda for next time

Tuesday, September 16

 

 

discussion

 

read howard rheingold's the virtual community chapters 3, 5, & 6

Thursday, September 18

 

 

discussion

read howard rheingold's the virtual community chapter 11 and CP p. 33-46

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week 5 agenda for next time
Tuesday, September 23

discussion

 

read CP p. 47-71

Thursday, September 25

 

discussion

read lisa nakamura's cybertypes intro and chapters 1 & 2

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week 6 agenda for next time

Tuesday, September 30

 

discussion read lisa nakamura's cybertypes chapters 3, 4, 5, and conclusion

Thursday, October 2


discussion

read CP p. 72-97

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week 7 agenda for next time

Tuesday, October 7

 

discussion read CP p. 98-129

Thursday, October 9

discussion

read CP p. 130-158

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week 8 agenda for next time

Tuesday, October 14

 

no class: October break  

Thursday, October 16

 

 discussion

read CP p. 159-177 and n. katherine hayles' how we became posthuman prologue and chap. 1

 

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week 9 agenda for next time
Tuesday, October 21 discussion read n. katherine hayles' how we became posthuman prologue and chaps. 2 & 3

Thursday, October 23

 

 

 

discussion

read n. katherine hayles' how we became posthuman prologue and chaps. 4 & 5

 

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week 10 agenda for next time
Tuesday, October 28 discussion read n. katherine hayles' how we became posthuman prologue and chaps. 6 & 8

Thursday, October 30

 

 

discussion

read n. katherine hayles' how we became posthuman prologue and chaps. 9, 10, & 11

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week 11 agenda for next time

Tuesday, November 4

discussion

read howard rheingold's smart mobs intro and chaps. 1-4

Thursday, November 6

discussion

read howard rheingold's smart mobs chaps. 5-8

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week 12 agenda for next time

Tuesday, November 11

due: seminar paper proposals

discussion read neal stephenson's the diamond age part one p. 1-229

Thursday, November 13

 

discussion

read neal stephenson's the diamond age part two p. 230 -455

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week 13 agenda for next time

Tuesday, November 18

 

discussion prepare for presentation of group projects 

Thursday, November 20

due: group projects

 

group project presentations

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week 14 agenda for next time

Tuesday, November 25

 

 

group project presentations

 

 

Thursday, November 27

 

 

no class: Thanksgiving

 

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week 15 agenda for next time

Tuesday, December 2

due: annotated bibliographies due

catch up day

 

Thursday, December 4

 

final paper presentations

 

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week 16 agenda for next time
Tuesday, December 9

final paper presentations

 

 

Thursday, December 11

 

final paper presentations

due (December 15): final projects

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