Part I - Writing Procedures
January 11
Introductions, Syllabus, Discuss Rushkoff
January 18
Read: Rushkoff, Chun; Murray and Manovich
Write: Short Response Paper #1 (posted to blog by 1/16 at midnight)
In class: Discuss Rushkoff, Chun, Murray, Manovich
January 25
Reading: Murray; Mateas and Stern; Bogost
Write: Short Response Paper #2 (posted to blog by 1/23 at midnight)
In class: Discuss readings, introduce Inform7
February 1
Snow Day
February 8
Read: Joyce, Aarseth
Write: Blog post (posted by 1/30 at midnight); comment on two other posts by Tuesday at 3:00pm
In class: Inform7 Workshop
February 15
No Class
Write: Inform7 Project 1.0 and 1-2 page (250-500 words) paper proposal uploaded to Dropbox by February 16 (midnight)
**Students can schedule a meeting with me (virtually or in person)
February 22
Write: Inform7 Project 2.0; Paper draft (saved to Dropbox prior to class)
In class: Inform7 Workshop (Game 2.0 user tests), Writing Workshop
Supplemental Readings: Hayles; Walker
March 1
Write: Inform7 Project 3.0 and Paper Due (saved to Dropbox prior to class)
In Class: Screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto, Ancient + Modern Mashup example (Jim) [Longinus+Booth]
Part II - Rhetoric: Ancient + Modern = ?
March 8
Read: Isocrates, Antidosis + Richards, The Philosophy of Rhetoric
Write: Mashup Paper 1 (posted to blog by 3/7 at midnight)
In class: Discuss readings, YouTube editor workshop
March 22
Read: Gorgias, Encomium of Helen + Derrida, Signature Event Context
Write: Mashup Paper 2 (posted to blog by 3/21 at midnight)
In class: Discuss readings, Myna workshop
March 29
Read: Aristotle, from Rhetoric + Burke, from A Rhetoric of Motives
Write: Mashup Paper 3 (posted to blog by 3/28 at midnight)
In class: Discuss readings, Jing workshop
April 5
Read: Erasmus, from Copia + Gates, from The Signifying Monkey
Write: Mashup Paper 5 (posted to blog by 4/4 at midnight)
In class: Discuss readings, open lab
April 12
Writing: Expanded Mashup Paper, Mashup (uploaded to Dropbox prior to class)
In class: Writing workshop, open lab
April 19
Final Paper and Mashup Due (uploaded to Dropbox prior to class)
Course evals, course wrap-up
