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Rev. 8/23/07

CALENDAR FOR ITW 101 Fall 2007
A Blog of One’s Own: Women and Authorship in the Digital Revolution
Readings marked Kline & Burstein are from Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture. Riverbend readings are from Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq. Graff readings are from They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing.
This schedule, like life, is subject to change.

Date

/ Topic and Assignments / Readings Due
Week 1
8/28/06 / First class. Go over syllabus, expectations for the course, introductions and ice breakers.
Read Dan Burstein’s “From Cave Painting to Wonkette: A Short History of Blogging” (Kline & Burstein pages xi-xxvi)
8/30/06 / BLOGOSPHERE OVERVIEW
TOOLS OF THE TRADE: BLOGGER, BLOGLINES
Assignment due: come to class with 3 questions about class or reading written down. (Don’t need to pass in.)

Week 2

09/4/06 / LABOR DAY: NO CLASS
HW 1: Create your reading response blog for ITW 101 blog by starting a Google/Blogger account at Follow the guidelines & requirements in the HW 1 handout. / ----
Read David Kline’s “Toward a More Participatory Democracy” (Kline & Burstein 3-24)
09/6/06 / POLITICS AND POLICY OVERVIEW
HW 2 Due: Post a reading response on your blog connecting one of Burstein’s 12 key ideas to an interest, issue, or commitment of your own. (See HW 2 directions.)
HW 3 Due: Respond on your blog to “Toward a More Participatory Democracy”

Week 3

David Kline’s “The Voice of the Customer” (Kline & Burstein 101-123)
They Say/I Say Chapter One, “They Say” (Graff 17-27)
09/11/06 / BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS OVERVIEW
RESPONDING TO OTHERS IN YOUR WRITING
HW 4 Due: Respond to “The Voice of the Customer” using a They Say/Say Chapt 1 template.
HW 5 Due: Create a Bloglines account and add your “pod” (small group) members’ blogs to it. See guidelines & requirements in HW 5 handout.
David Kline’s “I Blog, Therefore I Am” (Kline & Burstein 101-123)
They Say/I Say Chapter Two, “Her Point Is” (Graff 28-38)
09/13/06 / MEDIA AND CULTURE OVERVIEW
SUMMARIZING ACCURATELY
HW 5 Due: Applying Graff Chapt 2 to “I Blog, Therefore I Am”
HW 6 Due: Complete Interest Statement for Semester-Long Research and Writing Project

Week 4

Emily Nussbaum’s “My So-Called Blog” (Kline & Burstein 349-361)
They Say/I Say Chapter Three, “As He Himself Puts It” (Graff 39-47)
09/18/06 / TOPICS IN MEDIA & CULTURE
QUOTING EFFECTIVELY & HONESTLY
HW 7 Due: Applying Graff, Chapt. 3 to “My So-Called Blog”
HW 8 Due: Choose 3 blogs to monitor during the course from the given lists, use HW 8 form to submit.
Waldman interview, “A Weblog Saved My Life Last Night” (Kline & Burstein 308-314) and Huffington inteview, “Punching Holes in Faded Mirrors” (Kline & Burstein 343-348)
They Say/I Say Chapter Four, “Yes/No/Okay, But” (Graff 51-63)
09/20/06 / INFORMATION LITERACY SESSION WITH LIBRARY LIAISON DENG PAN
HW 9: Applying Graff Chapt 4 to Waldman or Huffington
HW 10: Bring Topic Interest Form to Library Instruction Meeting

Week 5

MacKinnon interview, “Making Global Voices Heard” (Kline & Burstein 325-333
They Say/I Say Chapter Six, “Skeptics May Object” (Graff 74-87)
9/25/06 / TOPICS IN MEDIA & CULTURE
PEER REVIEW
HW 11: Applying Graff Chapt. 6 to “Making Global Voices Heard”
HW 12: Peer Draft: Proposed introductory paragraph of semester-long writing project, including thesis statement & preliminary works cited
Baker and Green’s “Blogs Will Change Your Business” (Kline & Burstein 221-233)
They Say/I Say Chapter Seven, “So What? Who Cares?” (Graff 88-97)
9/27/06 / TOPICS IN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
SHOWING SIGNIFICANCE & RELEVANCE
HW 13: Applying Graff Chapt. 7 to “Blogs Will Change Your Business”

Week 6

Denton interview, “Take an Obsession, Then Feed It!” (Kline & Burstein 151-157) and Ito interview, “Japanese Blogger Champions Internet Democracy” (Kline & Burstein 143-150)
They Say/I Say Chapter Eight, “As A Result” (Graff 101-114)
10/2/06 / TOPICS IN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
USING TRANSITIONS IN YOUR WRITING
HW 14: Applying Graff Chapt. 8 to Denton or Ito interview
HW 15: Instructor Draft: Proposed introductory paragraph of semester-long writing project, including thesis statement
Scoble interview, “Blogs: Humanizing the Face of Corporate America” (Kline & Burstein 124-134) and Batelle interview, “The Blog Business: It’s More Like Music Than Publishing” (Kline & Burstein 163-171)
10/4/06 / TOPICS IN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
HW 16: Respond to Scoble or Batelle
HW 17: Favorite blog post of the week

Week 7

Cox interview, “Sex, Lies, and Political Scrapes” (Kline & Burstein 56-62), and Zuniga interview, “Blogging the Presidency” (Kline & Burstein 41-48)
They Say/I Say Chapter Nine, “Ain’t So/Is Not” (Graff 115-122)
10/9/06 / TOPICS IN POLITICS & POLICY
USING FORMAL & INFORMAL LANGUAGE
HW 17: Applying Graff Chapt. 9 to Cox or Zuniga
HW 18: Least favorite blog post of the week
Drezner & Farrell’s “Web of Influence” (Kline & Burstein 83-97)
They Say/I Say Chapter Ten, “In Other Words” (Graff 123-132)
10/11/06 / INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES: NO REGULAR CLASS (missing scheduled conference counts as two absences)
HW 19: Applying Chapt. 10 to “Web of Influence”
HW 20: Bring full early draft of sem.-long res. & writ. project to scheduled conference

Week 8

Chapter 1, A Room of One’s Own (Woolf)

10/16/06 / INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES: NO REGULAR CLASS (missing scheduled conference counts as two absences)
HW 20: Bring full early draft of sem.-long res. & writ. project to scheduled conference
HW 21: Responding to Viriginia Woolf
Chapter 2, A Room of One’s Own (Woolf)
10/18/06 / A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
CLOSE READING
HW 22: Responding to Virgina Woolf

Week 9

Chapter 4, A Room of One’s Own(Woolf)
10/23/06 / A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
INCORPORATING SOURCES
(**DEEPER RESEARCH: 2nd INFO. LITERACY SESSION WITH LIBRARY LIAISON DENG PAN for 12 and 4 pm sections.)
HW 23: Respond as Virginia Woolf to one of the blogs you are following
Chapters 5 and 6, A Room of One’s Own (Woolf)
10/25/06 / A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
INCORPORATING SOURCES
(**DEEPER RESEARCH: 2nd INFO. LITERACY SESSION WITH LIBRARY LIAISON DENG PAN for 6 pm section.)
HW 24: Have you got a room of your own? Make and support a claim applying Woolf’s vision to your experience

Week 10

Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq. Read Soueif’s Forward (Rivebend vii-ix)and Preread/skim book as a whole. (Read first and last paragraphs of major sections, like introductions. Read first and last sentence of each paragraph or post.)
10/30/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
PEER REVIEW
HW 25: Responding to Riverbend
HW 26: Peer draft: Revised draft of sem.-long writ. & res. project due, incorporating multiple sources. Submit in print & on Blackboard
Introduction and first two days of Baghdad Burning (Riverbend xi-7)
11/1/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
EXPLORING YOUR EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES TO TEXTS
HW: 27 Letter to Riverbend

Week 11

Baghdad Burning August 19-August 30, 2003 (Riverbend 7-41)
11/6/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
(Citizenship Symposium Nov. 6-9, schedule to be announced)
HW 28: Responding to Riverbend
HW 29: Instructor draft: Revised draft of sem.-long writ. & res. project due, incorporating multiple sources. Submit in print & on Blackboard
(Prepare for HW 30, reporting on symposium)
(Citizenship Symposium Nov. 6-9, schedule to be announced) / Baghdad Burning August 31-August 16, 2003 (Riverbend 41-69)
11/8/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
(Citizenship Symposium Nov. 6-9, schedule to be announced)
HW 30: You’re the citizen-journalist. Report on the Citizenship Symposium
HW 31: Responding to Riverbend / [TM1]

Week 12

Baghdad Burning September 19-October 5, 2003 (Riverbend 70-97)
11/13/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
INTRO TO PODCASTING
HW 32: Respond to Riverbend
HW 33: Respond to a podcast
Baghdad Burning October 9-October 29, 2003 (Riverbend 98-124)
11/15/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
REFLECTING ON YOUR BLOG
HW 34: Respond to Riverbend
HW 35: Letter to your blog readers

Week 13

Baghdad Burning October 31-November 18, 2003 (Riverbend 124-146)
11/20/06 / INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES & GROUP WORK: NO REGULAR CLASS (missing scheduled conference counts as two absences). Bring an assignment to work on.
HW 36: Group podcast 1 about Baghdad Burning due by midnight, post link on your blogs. / [TM2][TM3][TM4]
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11/22/06 / THANKSGIVING BREAK: NO CLASS

Week 14

Baghdad Burning November 25-December 26, 2003 (Riverbend 148-176)
11/27/06 / INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES & GROUP WORK: NO REGULAR CLASS (missing scheduled conference counts as two absences) Bring an assignment to work on.
HW: Prepare for Group Podcast 2 demonstrating cultural literacy about Iraq grounded in last two weeks of reading.
Baghdad Burning Jan-March Intro and January 5-February 13, 2004 (Riverbend 177-207)
11/29/06 / PEER REVIEW
HW 38: Group podcast 2 due in class, submit to instructor and on Blackboard
HW 39: Last peer draft of semester-long writing project due

Week 15

Baghdad Burning Apr-Sept Intro and April 26-September 15, 2004 (Riverbend 258-286)
12/4/06 / BAGHDAD BURNING
LISTENING TO PODCAST 2, PREPARING FOR FINAL PROJECTS and PODCAST 3
HW 40: Post link to group podcast 2
No assigned reading, prepare for final projects.
12/6/06 / WRAPPING THINGS UP
HW 41: Instructor Draft: Semester-Long Writing and Research due print and on Blackboard with portfolio.
HW 42: Group Podcast 3 due.

Week 16

12/11/06 / NO CLASS: Final exam period. Come to exam to pick up portfolio. Post link to Podcast 3 on your blog.
Final Exam / 12:00 PM section (38) will have final exam period on Tuesday 1-1:30 PM.
4:00 PM section (21) will have final exam period on Thursday 9:30-10:00 AM.
6:00 PM section (19) will have final exam period on Tuesday 6-6:30 PM

[TM1]1Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea

[TM2]1Starting with What Others Are Saying

[TM3]1The Art of Summarizing

[TM4]1Readings