Readings available on Sakai
1/18
In Class: Syllabus review, Lauren Paer guest presentation
1/23
Read: Lanham, "Digital Rhetoric and the Digital Arts"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
1/25
Read: Isaacson, "Ada, Countess of Lovelace"
optional reading: "Sketch of the Analytical Engine (Notes by the Translator)"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
1/30
Read: Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
2/1
Read: Tara McPherson, "U.S. Operating Systems at Mid-Century: The Intertwining of Race and UNIX"
In Class: Guest presentation about Jumpstart, lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
2/6
Read: Joseph Weizenbaum, "ELIZA - A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication between Man and Machine"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
2/8 [Lab Day]
Read: Review Weizenbaum
In Class: ELIZA lab
2/10
ELIZA lab report due by 5:00pm
2/13
Read: Mark Newman, "Networks: An Introduction"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion, visit from Rutgers-Camden Career Services
2/15
Read: Watts, Six Degrees, "The Origins of a "New" Science"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion, midterm exam prep
2/20
Read: Richard Granovetter, "The Strength of Weak Ties"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion, midterm exam prep
2/22 [Lab Day]
Read: Google Fusion Tables
In Class: Google Fusion Tables Lab
2/24
Google Fusion Tables lab report due by 5:00pm
2/27
MIDTERM EXAM
3/1
Alexander Galloway, Protocol (excerpt)
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/6
danah boyd, "White Flight in Networked Publics"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/8
danah boyd, "Hacking the Attention Economy"
Nsikan Akpan, "The very real consequences of fake news stories and why your brain can’t ignore them"
Filippo Menczer, Fake Online News Spreads Through Social Echo Chambers
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/13-3/15
SPRING BREAK
3/20
Read: Six Selections by the Oulipo
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/22
Read: 10 PRINT, "Introduction", "REM Variations in BASIC"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/27
Read: Levy, "The Hacker Ethic," Parrish "Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
3/29 [Lab Day]
Read: Montfort, Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities, "Introduction" and "Appendix: Why Program"
In Class: Exploratory Programming Lab
3/31
Montfort lab report due by 5:00pm
4/3
Read: Bogost, Procedural Rhetoric
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
4/5
Read: Brenda Laurel, "Computers as Theatre"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
4/10
Read: Wardrip-Fruin, Expressive Processing
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
4/12[Lab Day]
Read: Twine 2 Guide
In Class: Twine lab
4/14
Twine lab report due by 5:00pm
4/17
Read: Krueger, "Responsive Environments"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
4/19
No Class: Students are required to attend an R-CADE panel on 4/21 instead
(Students must notify Professor Brown by February 15 if they cannot attend the R-CADE Symposium)
4/24
Read: Igoe, Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers, "Introduction"
In Class: Lecture, write midterm/final questions, reading discussion
4/25
R-CADE Panel Report Due by 5:00pm
4/26 [Lab Day]
Read: "Really Getting Started with Arduino"
In Class: Arduino lab [LAB MATERIALS]
4/28
Arduino lab report due by 5:00pm
May 1
Read: Your notes
In Class: Review and exam prep
Monday, May 8
2:45pm-5:45pm