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For 2017, we'll be using this wiki for drafting, and medium.com as a publishing platform. If you want to get a start on things, set up a twitter account and a medium.com account.Week of 12 Jan
The first course meeting is R, 12 Jan, 12:30 - 1:45, HS 229. New materials will come online each Thursday or Friday. We'll be using both a local wiki for some work and medium.org for other work. The wiki gives us a local area to draft in. Medium is a space to publish.- Introductions
- WCWStatement
- "A class in New Media Writing ... is a class largely concerned with how to talk about reading and creating digital texts." Craig Stroup, "The Rhetoric of Irritation."
- BootCamp assigned for Mon 16 Jan and Wed 18 Jan. You'll set up a Medium.com account, and then draft an short introduction, and share it so we can all see it. You'll also be emailing me your medium.com name so I can add it to this page.
in class
- Questions on WCWStatement
- Deadlines are firm.
- Late and slapdash work. 0 and negative points.
- Setting up Medium: Check if we can see each other's comments. See how comments and replys operate.
- First responses to introductions to self.
- Intro to the wiki. Set up to make notes in the wiki for week of 26 Jan.
- GettingStarted.
- SettingUpAWikiNamePage. Done in class on 19 Jan 2017
Miss class? Email me for the invitation code to register for the wiki.
- Use the tutorial Getting Started on the Wiki
- SettingUpAWikiNamePage. Done in class on 19 Jan 2017
- GettingStarted is a reference page for markup.
Due date for EditorialStyleAndOthers is midnight, Tues, 31 Jan.
- Add a link on the wiki to your medium account to your wiki name page, along with a link to your email.
- Get a copy of the handout for this week. There's a link to download it in the News section of d2l. The Fahnestock handout, "Language Varieties," is now available outside office in HS 314. Get it in print. It's easier to work with the ideas in the paper version.
- Work with the exercise EditorialStyleAndOthers. The exercise is bound to take 4 - 6 hours to do well, so get started early. Post your variations on a page you create on the wiki. You may post them to Medium. If you do, link to the draft and make it commentable.
- Deadline: Wed midnight 25 Jan, Tues, 31 Jan for discussion on Thu 2 Feb class.
2 Feb, in class
- Discussion on Editorial Style: examples, counter-examples
- After our discussion, choose one of the introductions you worked on for this exercise - or draft another. Add an image that works with the writer-audience relationship you're establishing in the written intro. Post this an an intro on Medium to replace the first one you posted. Due: Mon 6 Feb midnight
- Web Style Guide, Editorial Style
- A style guide for writing on Medium. Esp page on Online Style
for week of 9 Feb
- MakeMeThinkAboutLength
- Notes on the wiki due Wed 8 Feb midnight
9 Feb class meeting
- Check for materials submitted and comments: D2L > Assessments > User Progress > Grades
- House keeping: Linking to Medium. Revisions of profile on Medium. When to use which platform. Integrating the wiki and Medium. Whatever you post to Medium needs to be linked from your wiki name page.
- EmmaGuthrie - as a sample of how to integrate drafting and notes on the wiki with more polished versions on Medium.
- Discussing MakeMeThinkAboutLength
- examples, counter examples, complications, yes but ...
- Notes about notes
- not just copy paste
- a note drawn from a source is a starting point for your observations, remarks, extensions, testing, engagement.
- the extent to which your notes adds to the starting point is a measure of engagement
- NotesAboutLengthELG
for 15 Feb
16 Feb class meeting
- Look a drafts for MakeMeThinkAboutLengthWithAFolkTale
- Guiding questions for look at FolkTaleDrafts
- MakeMeThinkAboutLength
- Is it length or attention we should be talking about?
- Final drafts published on Medium by midnight Sun 19 Feb
Back pages for Organizing Project
for 23 Mar
- MakeMeThinkAboutOrganizingWithADialogue
- Draft on the wiki: due at classtime 23 Mar
23 Feb class meeting
- MakeMeThinkAboutOrganizingExercise
- Discussion on Lynch, chap 3
- Card sort
- Shopping lists and specification
for Mar 9
Have your map in hand for the class on Thursday!We're now meeting in HS 248A.
- Lynch, Chap 3: Information Architecture
- Lynch, Chap 4: Interface Design
- WayfindingExercise
- Some notes: WhatsInterestingAboutOrganizing
for Thu 30 Mar
This article is proving to be trickier than expected, so the deadline is extended to our next meeting:- final draft of MakeMeThinkAboutOrganizingWithADialogue due on Medium by classtime
- We'll review and discuss what we're seeing.
Back pages for Organizing
- MakeMeThinkAboutOrganizingExercise
- Lynch, Chap 3: Information Architecture
- Lynch, Chap 4: Interface Design
- WayfindingExercise
- Some notes: WhatsInterestingAboutOrganizing
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