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Course Web Site

Summer I, 2008

Dr. Gian Pagnucci

Instructor Information

• Dr. Pagnucci's Contact Information
• Dr. Pagnucci's Office Hours

Course Sections

There are two different sections for this course, both being taught by Dr. Pagnucci. Both sections will use this same course web site and syllabus.

• Section 012
  • Banner Course Numbers: CRN 31101
  • Classroom: Leonard Hall 202 (Computer Classroom)
  • Meeting Times: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Monday - Thursday
• Section 011
  • Banner Course Numbers: CRN 30849
  • Classroom: Leonard Hall 202 (Computer Classroom)
  • Meeting Times: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday

Course Syllabus

• Course Overview, Philosophy, Goals, & Expectations
• Course Work Policies
  • Attendance Policies
    • Roster Sheet
  • Course Grading
• Course Schedule
  • End of Semester Course Schedule
  • Conference Meeting Schedule
  • Presentations Schedule
  • Course Texts
  • Technology Requirements

• English 808 WebCT Course Site

• Conference Meeting Schedule
• Course Assignments & Readings

Course Tasks

• Analytical Research Paper
• Professional Presentation
• Teacher Web Page
• Research Topic Web Page
  • Sample Research Topic Web Page: Literacy
• Reflective Research Blog
  • TechTool: Blogs
  • Task: First Blog Entry
  • Blogger.com
• Annotated Wiki Bibliographies
  • Class Wiki
  • The WikiBib Project
  • Technology Bibliography by Topic
  • Additional Bibliographies on Technology

Course Units

Part 1: Key Concepts & Tools

• Unit 1: Time Travel--Part 1
• TechTool: Film Technology
• Unit 2: Creating a Web Presence
  • TechTool: Home Page Technology (MS FrontPage)
  • TechTool: Web Page Builder for PCs & Macs (NVU)
  • TechTool: Web Page Builder for PCs & Macs (KompoZer)
  • TechTool: Web Page Builder for Macs (SeaMonkey)
• Unit 3: Virtual Communities
• TechTool: Second Life
  • YouTube Video: Harvard Law School & Second Life

Part 2: Fields of Study

• Unit 4: Literacy Epistemologies (What is literacy?)
  • TechTool: Blogs
  • Blogger.com
• Unit 5: Technology Epistemologies (eTopia or Dystopia?)
  • TechTool: Wikis
  • What is technology?
• Unit 6: Researching Dissertations
  • IUP Library
  • TechTool: ProQuest Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts International [DAI])
  • Web Site: Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation
    • Web Site: Writing Effective Research Questions
  • Web Site Dissertation Writing Process

Part 3: Research Methods

• Unit 7: Technology & Thought
  • TechTool: Google
• Unit 8: Teaching Literacy with Computers
• TechTool: WebQuests
• Unit 9: New Written Forms
• Unit 10: Online Teaching
  • TechTool: WebCT Technology

Part 4: Paper Conferences

• Unit 11: Conference Meeting Schedule

Part 5: Scholarly Community

• Unit 12: Professional Presentations
  • TechTool: Time Machines (Time Travel -- Part II)

Technology Tools

• TechTool: Film Technology
• TechTool: Home Page Technology (MS FrontPage)
• TechTool: Web Page Builder for PCs & Macs (NVU)
• TechTool: Web Page Builder for PCs & Macs (KompoZer)
• TechTool: Web Page Builder for Macs (SeaMonkey)
• TechTool: Second Life
• TechTool: Blogs
• TechTool: Wikis
• TechTool: ProQuest Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts International [DAI])
• TechTool: WebQuests
• TechTool: WebCT Technology
• TechTool: Time Machines (Time Travel -- Part II)

Technology Journals

• Bibliographies on Technology
  • Other Bibliographies

• Computers and Composition

• Computers and Writing Clearinghouse

• Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

Technology Organizations

• IUP Composition & TESOL Online Community

• IUP Digital Humanities Center (DHC)

• Alliance for Computers and Writing (ACW)

• Assembly on Computers in English (ACE)

• Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH)

• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)

• Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)

• EDUCAUSE

• H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
• Online Writing Collaboration Project (OWCp)

• Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA)

• Society for Information Technology Education (SITE)

• Society for Technical Communication (STC)

Technology Resources

• English 808 WebCT Course Site

• Apple History
  

• Computers and Writing 2008 Conference

• Literacy Related Links
• School Donations Web Site
• Technology Related Links

Course Units from Prior Semesters

• How does technology impact literacy?
• Cyber Life
• Online Collaboration
  • Assignment: Technology Book Club Meetings
  • Reflection: Collaborative Technology Projects
• Film Technology
• Blade Runner
• The Name of the Rose
• Being There

Course Tasks from Prior Semesters

• WebQuests
  • Finding N.E.M.O. WebQuests
• Technology Book Clubs
• Class Web Site Project

  • English 708 WebCT Course Site

• eProject
  
  • eProject Proposal

Graduate Student eProjects

• Graduate Student Home Pages--Sec. 012 @ 8 a.m. (Summer I, 2008)
• Graduate Student Home Pages--Sec. 011 @ 1 p.m. (Summer I, 2008)
• eProjects I (Fall 2007)
• Graduate Student Home Pages (Fall 2007)
• Graduate Student eProjects Archive
• English 708 Web Site Designed by Class
• Finding N.E.M.O. WebQuests
• 2004 Graduate Student Team Projects

    Web Site Copyright Information

• All information on this individual web page and this entire web site is Copyright © 1996-2008 by Dr. Gian S. Pagnucci. All rights reserved.
  
• Correspondence regarding this web site should be sent to its Director, Dr. Gian S. Pagnucci.
  
• Please see Indiana University of Pennsylvania's disclaimer statement regarding pages that do not officially represent the university.