Week 1: Class Introductions
· Read Chapter One (excluding the Internet Nuts and Bolts section) as an introduction to the writing process
· Read Chapter Twelve (and the Internet Nuts and Bolts section on e-mail) to become familiar with e-mail and class discussion lists
· Set aside workshop time in class to set up e-mail accounts
Week 2: Rhetorical Foundations
· Read Chapter Two for a discussion of basic rhetorical principles.
· First Writing Assignment (2-3 pages): Analyze the Message, Speaker and Audience of an advertisement.
Week 3: Defining Argument
· First Writing Assignment DueFirst Draft
· Read Chapter Thirteen for more discussion of electronic communications forums and introduce class message forums in-class
· Read Chapter Three and begin discussing arguable positions
Week 4
· First Writing Assignment DueFinal Draft
· Read Chapter Four to introduce the idea of writing with a purpose
· Second Writing Assignment (2-3 pages): Write and develop an argument, in the form of a newspaper editorial or a letter to someone in a position of authority, which advocates for an issue that is important to you
· Read Chapter Five to discuss critical reading skills
· In-class workshop with small groups analyzing a current editorialwork on summary skills as a class
Week 5
· Second Writing Assignment DueFirst Draft
· Continue in-class work with critical reading
· Read Chapter Six as an introduction to researc
· Our the library with class and familiarize students with print-based research tools
Week 6
· Second Writing Assignment DueFinal Draft
· Read Chapter Seven on Web research
· Third Writing Assignment (2-3 pages): A critical reading of an article which uses research to support its claims
· Spend time in-class working on Internet research skills and helping students refine their paper topics
Week 7
· Read Chapter Eight on Newsgroup research
· Continue working on paper assignment in-class using small groups and instructor comments to make suggestions about topics
· Third Writing Assignment DueFirst Draft
· Read Chapter Fifteen as an Introduction to Design
Week 8
· Read Chapter Seventeen, and Eighteen and spend time in-class this week introducing the principles of HTML composition. Work on in-class exercises to get students started on Web building
Week 9
· Third Writing Assignment DueFinal Draft
· Read Chapter Nine on multi-staged Internet Research
· Introduce Final Web Project (modeled on the additional exercise in the Instructors' Manual about Third World problemsthroughout the next several weeks there will be extensive in-class workshop time devoted to this final project)
Week 10
· Students begin researching to find good topics
· Research groups should be formed and work divided among group members
· By the end of the week, issue overview and project proposals should be posted along with a list of a few useful sources
Week 11
· Annotated Bibliography Due.
· Basic structural map of group Web site Due: All of the major nodes should be described and decisions made about how the site will look and how the nodes will be linked
Week 12
· First Draft of Sites Due
· Continue working, particularly posting requests for comments on newsgroups and to relevant Web sites
Week 13
· In class work
· Final Draft of Web projects Due by the end of the week
Week 14
· Student Presentations
Week 15
· Student Presentations and course wrap-up