English 102 Bridgewater State University Spring 2012 Schedule Week 1 Wed Jan 23 Discuss: Introductions, Syllabus, Expectations

Fri Jan 25 Discuss: Media and Technology in Society Week 2 Mon Jan 28 Read: p.3-11 Discuss: Identity, Essay 1, brainstorming Wed Jan 30 Read: p.15-20 High Schools Secret Life Discuss: reading and blogs Fri Feb 1 Due: blog Read: p.53-59 Alter Egos: Avatars and Their Creators, P.60-65 Facebook: Editing Myself Discuss: Social networking, Week 3 Mon Feb 4 Read p.73-76 September 11 Tattoos Discuss: Reading, Technology tools, design principles Wed Feb 6 Discuss: Reading, Technology tools, design principles Fri Feb 8 Snow Day Week 4 Mon Feb 11 Snow Day

Wed Feb 13 Due: Essay 1 for workshop, Blog Fri Feb 15 Due: Essay 1 (email collage and bring essay to class) Read: p.94-104 Discuss: essay 2, community, observations

Week 5 Mon Feb 18 Presidents Day- No class Wed Feb 20 (Monday Schedule of Classes) Due: Blog Read:119-124 It Takes a Tribe, p.125-129 Jon Stewart Commencement Address

Fri Feb 22 Discuss: Observations

Week 6 Mon Feb 25 Wed Feb 27 Read: p.158-161 MySpace Outage, p.162-166 Someone to Watch Over Me Discuss: Interview, reading Fri Mar 1 Due: Blog. Read: p.133-138 Found Notes Discuss: Thesis statements, drafting

Week 7 Mon Mar 4 Due: Essay #2 for workshop Discuss: midterm portfolio and presentations Wed Mar 6 Collaborative Presentation Workday and in class conferences Fri Mar 8 Due: Midterm Portfolios. Collaborative Presentation Workday Week 8 Spring Break March 11-15 Week 9 Mon Mar 18 Collaborative Presentation Workday Wed Mar 20 Due: Collaborative Presentations Fri Mar 22 Due: Due: Collaborative Presentations Week 10 Mon Mar 25 Read: p.418-429 Discuss: Essay 3, Entertainment Wed Mar 27 Read: p.493-495 Hip Hop Life, p.476-492 Pearls Before Breakfast Discuss: music Fri Mar 29 Due: Blog Read: p.459-468 Everything Bad is Good For You Discuss: Gaming, Essay #3

Week 11 Mon Apr 1 Due: Essay #3 for workshop Wed Apr 3 Due: Essay #3 Read: Technology and assumptions p.624-636 Discuss: Essay #4, brainstorming, proposals Fri Apr 5 Library day. Meet at Maxwell Library reference desk. Week 12 Mon Apr 8 Due: Proposals for Essay #4 Discuss: proposals, essay #4, finding sources

Wed Apr 10 Read: p.638-643 This is How We Live p.644-649, Technological Somnambulism, p.657663 Six Word Memoirs. Discuss: Technology as Advancement, Words as technology, Annotated Bibliography Fri Apr 12 Due: Blog

Week 13 Mon Apr 15 Patriots Day- No Class Wed Apr 17 Read: p.687690 The Psychology of People and Machines. P.703-710 What is Convergence Culture , p.711-712 New Technological Breakthrough Discuss: Technology , annotated bibliography Fri Apr 19 Due: Blog Week 14 Mon Apr 22 Due: Annotated Bibliography Discuss: Essay #4 Wed Apr 24 Discuss: Annotated Bibliographies and essay 4 drafts Fri Apr 26 Week 15 Mon Apr 29 Class Cancelled for Conferences- Essay #4 draft due Wed May 1 Class Cancelled for Conferences- Essay #4 draft due Fri May 3 Final Portfolio Workday Week 16 Mon May 6 Final Portfolio Workshop Final Exam: 10:10 class- Mon, May, 13 8:00-10:00 11:15 class- Fri, May, 10 11:00-1:00