ABH = Allyn & Bacon Handbook
| Date | Readings |
Classroom
Activities |
Assignments & Important Dates |
| Technology
&
Human
Nature |
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| 8/25 | Gergen, "Saturated Self" [handout] In-class writing Critical Reading |
Introduction; overview of
my.iwu; tour of Writing Center |
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| 8/27 |
Gergen, "Saturated Self" [handout] Today's word: apropos Andrew Asher, Ames Library: Information Literacy |
Discussion, active reading discussion questions |
8.28: Last day to add a course 9.7: Labor Day, no school Turn in annotation of Gergen reading |
| 9/1 | Gergen, "Saturated Self" [handout] Today's word: conflate |
Discussion |
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| 9/3 | Rheingold,
Intro
to
The
Virtual Community [electronic reserve] Today's word: divestiture |
Discussion
Questions here Peer review, paper one |
Rough
draft, paper one due;don't forget to put a digital copy in our class folder
Peer review questions |
| 9/8 | Robins,
"Cyberspace
and
the
World
We Live In" [electronic
reserve] Today's word: enigma |
Discussion questions |
9.9: President's Convocation |
| 9/10 | Student drafts Today's word: garrulous |
Whole class workshop | Microessay on Robins due |
| 9/15 | Turkle,
excerpt
from
Life
on the Screen [electronic reserve] Today's word: atrophy |
Student-Led Discussions:
overview & team assignments Discussion questions on Turkle from message board |
In-class writing on Turkle |
| 9/16 |
Student Conferences in STV 10 |
9:40: Lorry Prophete 10:00 T.J. White 10:20: Frederick Tetteh 10:40 Maddie Cross 11:00 Brett Weiss 11:20 Jonathan Moos 11:40 Carter Halamka |
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| 9/17 | Student
Conferences
in
STV
10 Today's word: bellicose |
9:20 Colleen Dunn 9:40 Eryn Finet 10:00 Kristen Andersen 10:20 Qing Ding 10:40 Patrick O'Neill 11:00 Adam Unes 11:20 Nick Nichols 11:40 Ben Meaker |
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| Technology & Human Relationships | |||
| 9/22 | John A. Teske, "Cyberpsychology, Human Relationships, and Our Virtual Interiors" Zygon vol. 37, no. 3 (September 2002), pp. 677-700. [online through Ames: use Academic Search Premier]Today's word: calumny | Discussion Diana Hacker website Vocabulary from Teske article: obliterated, concomitant, scientism, enculturation, de-individuation, relational, terra incognita, empirical, augment, extrapolate, indices, extroversion, asynchronous, exponential, altruism, embodiment, autonomy, prosthetics, interiority, plethora, ontology, symbioses, nexus |
Final draft, paper one due |
| 9/24 |
Library session: meet in Ames Library computer
lab (SW corner on 1st floor) |
Microessay
on
Teske
due |
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| 9/29 |
Patricia
Wallace,
chapter
7
from
The
Psychology of the Internet
[electronic reserve] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP A Today's word: diaspora |
Discussion |
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| 10/1 |
Student drafts, paper two Today's word: egregious |
Small group peer review Integrating sources Testing Against the Middle Peer Review form, Paper 2 rough draft Diana Hacker website |
Rough draft, paper two due;don't forget to put a digital copy in our class folder & don't forget commentary |
| Representations
of
Technology
in
Pop
Culture |
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| 10/5 evening |
MOVIE: Blade Runner, Cartwright Room,
Memorial Center, 7:00-9:30 |
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| 10/6 | Douglas
Kellner,
Flo
Leibowitz,
and
Michael Ryan, "Blade Runner: A diagnostic
critique" [online article] |
Discussion Cyborg body language |
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| 10/7 |
Conferences: Meet in MY OFFICE, STV 10 I'll have your Paper 2 rough drafts with me. | 9:20 Frederick Tetteh 9:40 Lorry Prophete 10:00 TJ White 10:20 Jonathan Moos 10:40 Maddie Cross 11:00 Patrick O'Neill 11:20 Kristen Andersen 11:40 Carter Halamka |
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| 10/8 | Conferences: Meet in MY OFFICE, STV 10 I'll have your Paper 2 rough drafts with me. | 9:20
Colleen
Dunn 9:40 Eryn Finet 10:00 Brett Weiss 10:20 10:40 Nick Nichols 11:00 Qing Ding 11:20 Ben Meaker 11:40 Adam Unes |
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| 10/13 | Alison
Landsberg, "Prosthetic Memory: Total
Recall and Blade Runner"
[electronic
reserve] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP B Today's word: heuristic (adj) |
Script
of
Blade
Runner Scripts of SciFi movies |
10.16: Fall Break Day Due today: thesis statement for paper 3 |
| 10/15 | BEFORE CLASS read "workshopP2RDa.rft" and "workshopP2RDb.rtf"
in the Paper 2, Rough Draft folder on our myiwu course site. |
Please fill out the peer review
form below BEFORE class: Peer Review form, Paper 2 rough draft |
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| 10/20 | Forest
Pyle, "Making Cyborgs, Making Humans: Of Terminators
and Blade Runners" [electronic reserve] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP C Today's word: indigenous |
Breaking down concepts: Library of
Congress subject headings |
10:16: Last day to drop a class |
| 10/22 | Student drafts, paper three Today's word: jocose |
Discussion Review sheet |
Rough
draft, paper three due;
don't forget to put a digital copy in our class folder |
| 10/27 | Whole class workshop: rough drafts, Paper 3 | ||
| Cyborgs,
Avatars
&
Technology |
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| 10/29 | Library Session, our classroom Buck 204 | Final draft, paper two due |
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| 11/3 | Donna Haraway, "The Cyborg Manifesto" [online] Sherry Turkle, "How Computers Change the Way We Think" [electronic reserve] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP D Today's word: kafkaesque |
Discussion; time for brief conferences on paper 4 topic. | Microessay on Turkle due |
| 11/5 | Today's word: loquacity |
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| 11/10 | Ellen Ullman, "The Museum of Me" [electronic reserve] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP E Today's word: mendacious |
Peer Review Peer review form |
Rough draft, paper four due |
| 11/12 | Julian Dibbell, "A
Rape in Cyberspace" [online] Today's word: neologism STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP F |
Discussion questions | 11.14: Freshmen register for spring term Thesis statement for paper five due |
| Privacy,
Technology,
&
The
State |
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| 11/17 | Jay Stanley & Barry Steinhardt, "Bigger
Monster,
Weaker
Chains:
The
Growth of an American Survelliance Society."
[online] STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION: GROUP G Today's word:
opprobrius |
Discussion |
Final draft, paper three due |
| 11/19 |
Brief meetings with groups on
project 5; chance for groups to meet Today's word: perspicacious |
11.19-20: May Term registration 11.20-11.26: Thanksgiving recess |
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| 11/24 | Rand Corporation, "Biometrics:
Facing up to terrorism" [online] Today's
word: quotidian |
Discussion In-class writing |
First
draft, paper five due |
| THANKSGIVING
BREAK
TUES.,
NOV.
24
[6:00 PM] TO MON.,
NOV. 30 [8:00 AM] |
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| 12/1 |
Student conferences; APA style |
9:00: Brett, Jon 9:30: Kristen, Qing 10:00: Lorry, Nick 10:30: TJ, Ben, Adam 11:00: Pat, Maddie, Colleen 11:30: Eryn, Fred |
Error
Notebook due (total: 4 pages) Final draft, paper four due |
| 12/3 | Information Technology survey |
EVERYONE MUST ATTEND Prof. Haefner absent at father's memorial service Additional conferences will be scheduled for Mon., Nov. 30 and Tues., Dec. 1 |
12.4: Last day of classes |
| 12/7 | Reading Day Final draft, paper
five due |
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| 12/8-11 | Finals Week : Reflective essay on
your writing due by Friday, December 11, NOON. You may also
submit significant revisions of two earlier papers for a higher grade
with your reflective essay. |
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