Week 1
· Chapter One including the Internet Nuts and Bolts
· Introduction to the Web (view the syllabus, basic web browsing)
· Set up Internet accounts
Week 2
· Chapter Two "Situating Communication: Rhetorical Foundations"
· Chapter Three "Defining Argument"
· Browse the Web to find an example argument
· Chapter Four "Considering Purpose"
Week 3
· Each student bring in an ad to analyze
· Forum analyzing an ad
· Chapter Five "The Importance of Critical Reading"
· Read Sample Essay to analyze
· Chapter Sixteen "The Writing Process and Principles of Design"
Week 4
· Project One Analysis of an Argument Draft Due
· End of Chapter Twelve "Reviewing the Work of Your Peers"
· Peer Review
· Introduction to HTML
· Have students create beginnings of a Home Page in class
Week 5
· Watch film to analyze
· Chapter Seventeen "Home (Page) Improvement", HTML continued
· Have Project One and Peer Review in HTML and linked off the home page by the end of Wednesday
· Study questions due, post to the forum to feed film discussion
· Further readings on issues in the film
Week 6
· Project One Final
· Final film discussion: communities, multiple perspectives, and argument
· Readings for Project Two: different perspectives on a local issue with national implications
· Work on Midterm Portfolio
Week 7
· Submit Midterm Portfolio of postings, large writings and Web work
· Chapter Six "On-Line Research and the Writing Process"
· Chapter Seven "Untangling the Internet: Researching with the Web"
· Research assignment for Project Two
· Chapter Nine "A Sample Research Session"
· Discussion of research on Project Two and workshop for finding sources
Week 8
· Project Two Draft
· In-class forum assignment on issues of analyzing arguments for Project Two
· Peer Review
· Chapter Eighteen "Considering Page Layout"
· Discuss ways to improve the design of Project Two
· Web-based readings and discussion for Project Two
Week 9
· Incorporating sources workshop
· Review Appendix Two "MLA-Style Guidelines for Citing Internet Sources"
· Read Appendix Three "Copyright and Fair Use"
· Chapter Nineteen "Web Building with Style"
Week 10
· Project Two Final
· Assign Project Three Alternate Exercise (p.59, Instructors' Manual)
· Readings for Project Three
Week 11
· Further readings for Project Three
· Introduction to Newsgroups in class
· Check out misc.activism.progressive to get ideas for your topic
· Browse list of selected newsgroups and perform keyword searches for issues and resources
· Forum to develop topics based on your newsgroup research
Week 12
· Chapter Eight "Casting a Wide Net: Researching with Discussion Lists and Newsgroups
· Post to a research query to an appropriate group
· Forum on newsgroup sources What have you found and how might you use those sources?
Week 13
· Project Three Draft
· Workshop
· Peer Review
· Check e-mail and newsgroups for responses to queries
Week 14
· Workshop
· Annotated Bibliography due
· Check e-mail and newsgroups for responses to queries
Week 15
· Workshop
· Project Three Final