Course Calendar

[Tuesday, January 20]

-Introductions
-What is the LRO?
-What is a Wide Site? What is Mystory?
-Set up accounts for course web page
-Set up LRO accounts

[Thursday, January 22]

Read
-LRO information:
Peg Syverson's LRO page: http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~Syverson/olr/contents.html (focus on the "What Is the Learning Record?" section)
Frequently Asked Questions: http://instructors.cwrl.utexas.edu/jbrown/lro_faq

Write
-Post two questions you have about the LRO to the LRO Forum.

In Class
-Discuss LRO with guest speaker John Jones
-Create PBWiki for your Mystory
-Set up Twitter accounts for LRO Observations and make first observation

[Tuesday, January 27]

Read
Internet Invention: Preface (xii-xiv), pp. 1-10, and pp.17-23

Write
-Respond twice to the Internet Invention Forum:
1) Respond to the question Jim has posted
2) Respond to at least one comment written by a classmate (feel free to respond to more than one)

In Class
-Discuss LRO Questions
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, January 29]

Read
pp. 23-42

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Term Extensions (p.35)

In Class
-Discuss LRO
-Discuss reading
-Exercise: Counter-Dictionary (p. 40)

[Sunday, February 1]

Part A of the LRO Due

[Tuesday, February 3]

Read
pp. 43-58

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Continue work on Career Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, February 5]

Write
Exercise: Obtuse Meanings (p. 46)
Exercise: Haiku Design (p. 51)

In Class
-Photoshop Workshop

[Tuesday, February 10]

Read
pp. 58-69

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Illumination (p. 63)
-Continue work on Career Discourse page

In Class
-Windows Movie Maker Workshop

[Thursday, February 12]

Read
pp. 72-84

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Decision Scene (p. 76)
-Begin work on Family Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Sunday, February 15]

Career Discourse page Due

[Tuesday, February 17]

Read
pp. 84-95

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Continue work on Family Discourse page
-Exercise: Memory Glimpse (p.90)

In Class
-Discuss reading
-Exercise: Micro-Scene (p.92)

[Thursday, February 19]

Read
pp. 96-104

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Continue work on Family Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss Reading
-Practice with Google Maps

[Tuesday, February 24]

Read
pp. 104-114

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Mapping Home (p. 110) [using Google Maps]
-Continue work on Family Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss Reading
-Exercise: Cosmogram (p.109)

[Thursday, February 26]

Read
pp. 114-123

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Continue work on Family Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss Reading

[Sunday, March 1]

Family Discourse page Due

[Tuesday, March 3]

Read
pp. 125-137

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Begin work on Entertainment Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, March 5]

Read
pp. 137-154

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Continue work on Entertainment Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Sunday, March 8]

Midterm LRO Due

[Tuesday, March 10]

Read
pp. 155-166

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Fetishscreen (p. 165)
-Continue work on Entertainment Discourse page

In Class

-Discuss reading

[Thursday, March 12]

In Class
-Entertainment Discourse page Workshop

[Tuesday, March 24]

Read
pp.166-178

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Pidgin Signs (p. 168)
-Continue work on Entertainment Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, March 26]

Write
Entertainment Discourse page Due

In Class
-Discuss Community Discourse page

[Tuesday, March 31]

Read
pp.179-197

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: On the Premises (p. 191)
-Begin work on Community Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, April 2]

Read
pp. 197-209

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: High Concept (p. 198)
-Continue work on Community Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Tuesday, April 7]

Read
pp. 210-226

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Lyric Evaluation (p. 223)
-Continue work on Community Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, April 9]

Read
pp. 227-243

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Being Singular (p. 241)
-Continue work on Community Discourse page

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Tuesday, April 14]

Community Discourse page Due

In Class
Discuss the Wide Emblem

[Thursday, April 16]

Read
pp. 245-261

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Patterning (p. 248)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Tuesday, April 21]

Read
pp. 261-277

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Automatic Emblems (p. 253)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, April 23]

Read
pp. 278-289

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Personals (p. 278)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Tuesday, April 28]

Read
pp. 289-298

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Noticing Default Moods (p. 290)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, April 30]

Read
pp. 299-312

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Testimony (p. 312)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Tuesday, May 5]

Read
pp. 312-324

Write
-Respond to Forum question
-Exercise: Mood Spectrum (p. 317)
-Begin work on Wide Emblem

In Class
-Discuss reading

[Thursday, May 7]

Wide Emblem Due
Course Evaluations

[Sunday, May 10]

Final LRO Due by midnight