Week One: Introductions
· Read Chapter One (including Internet Nuts and Bolts) as introduction to the book and the Internet
· Assign e-mail accounts
· Read Chapter Twelve as an introduction to e-mail logistics
Week Two: Researching the Net
· Read Chapters Six and Seven to stress the process of research and Web search strategies
· Project One assigned
· Research and take a stand on an Internet communications issue
· Read Chapter Five to stress critical reading
Week Three: Focusing the topic
· MU*, IRC, or local chat sessions for brainstorming
· Read Chapter Eleven for real-time skills
· Read transcripts of real-time sessions
· Read and discuss Chapters Two and Three as an introduction to audience and argument
Week Four: Joining the debate
· Read Chapter Eight as an introduction to newsgroups
· Developmental Assignment: Find a newsgroup or list appropriate for topics and characterize its membership and conventions then post a research query to the group
· Read Chapter Thirteen as an extension to newsgroup skills
Week Five
· Draft of Project One due
· Peer Review
· Workshop, Supplementary Internet research
Week Six: Introduction to HTML
· Revision of Project One due
· Read Chapters Fifteen and Seventeen as an introduction to HTML
· Project Two assigned: Create a Web site devoted to the issue treated in Project One
· HTML workshops
Week Seven
· Modified Exercise 17.1. Create and Index page and pages for various facets of the issue
· HTML workshop
· Read Appendix Three for information about copyright issues
Week Eight
· Draft of Project Two due
· Read Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen as an extension of HTML skills
· Workshop/ Peer Review
Week Nine: Issues of Communication
· Project Two due
· Extended postings to class lists/forums concerning hypertext composition and non traditional forms of writing
· Read Chapter Sixteen as an introduction to MU*s
· Project Three assigned: Critically read a MU* space
Week Ten: MU*s as writing spaces
· Class Meeting in MU*s to discuss and analyze spaces
· Supplemental readings concerning MU*s
· Draft of Project Three due
Week Eleven
· Workshop / Peer review
· Revisit MU* spaces and revise analyses
Week Twelve: Creating Digital Compositions
· Revision of Project Three due
· Read Chapters Fourteen and Twenty for information on Net communications
· Project Four assigned: In small groups, create an argumentative MU* space or Web site
Week Thirteen: Mapping an on-line composition
· Real-time brainstorming
· Workshop
· Supplemental readings on hypertext
Week Fourteen: Navigation and standardization
· Group workshop sessions
· Draft of Project Four due
Week Fifteen: Posting and Polishing
· Workshop / Peer review
· Final version of Project Four due for reposting