Date  Topic In-class reading Homework assignment
Tuesday, 
31 August
History of the internet

Nerds 2.01 video 

internet timeline

On-line glossary of technical and literary terms 

Nerds study questions
details

Thursday, 
2 September

Ways of messaging

1. basic text e-mail 
2. html mail 

Short story on the letter 

find Griffin and Sabine on reserve 

e-mail: want to get me? don't hit that send key

a. write a postal letter 
b. send an e-mail 

details

Tuesday, 
7 September

Modalities of a text

Hamlet

Technology of the 
--folio 
--book 
--e-text 

guest: Prof. Roger Lathbury 

project gutenberg statement

shakespeare e-text resources

Walt Whitman HypertextArchive

Find one of your ENGL 201 texts 
a. at the library
b. amazon.com
c.  e-text 

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Thursday, 
9 September

More on modalities

movie clips
cd-rom 
web-sites

 

Fnd one of your ENGL 201 texts  (continued) 

d. web-site 
e. video 

Tuesday, 
14 September
Hypertext theory

Annnotation in print text

Stuart Moulthop

Deena Larson Hypertext

short hypertexted poem: 
H.D.'s Helen

Annotate a 201 essay 

details 

Thursday, 
16 September

Images

Politics of the internet I
access and ownership 

How to read a image

Capture an image 

details 

Tuesday, 
21 September

Politics of the internet II:

guest lecture by Prof. Alan Rossenblatt 

Evaluating web sites

Web Evaluation metric 

web pages that suck
 

Find good and bad site

details

Thursday, 
23 September
Web audio and video Visit to STAR

 EDiT project

details