Entries Categorized as 'General Stuff'

10/7

Date October 7, 2008

In class:

Discuss Castro readings
Discuss SWD readings
Introduce Project #3

Chick Flix Productions
Teaching Portfolio
Karl’s Portfolio

Homework:

Technology Literacy Statement

A brief (1 – 2 pages double spaced) autobiographical statement that explores how you became technologically literate.
Bring both a paper and electronic copy with you to class on Thursday for an in-class exercise.

Using Course Server Space

Date August 25, 2008

To access your folder on the course server:

Click on the link for the Dreamhost WebFTP
When you get to the net2ftp login page, enter the following information:

FTP Server: crunch.dreamhost.com
Username: [you received in class]
Password: [you received in class]
Initial Directory: /students.courses.kathiegossett.com/fa08_engl439

Locate the folder with your User Name and double click to open it
Begin uploading files

First Day of Class

Date August 25, 2008

Today in class:

Welcome
Introductions
Review course syllabus, policies and expectations
Set up Del.icio.us accounts (send me your URL via email so that I can add it to the course website)
Q&A

Homework:

Read McClelland, Ch 1 & 2
Write Technological Literacy Autobiography (at least 1 page single spaced, with 1″ margins)

Using TextEdit to Write XHTML Code

Date August 25, 2008

In this class we will be learning to code documents by hand—we will not be using Dreamweaver or some other code generator. However, in the most recent versions of TextEdit Apple has become a bit too helpful with HTML. Rather than showing you the code you have written, after you have saved a file as [...]

Office Hours

Date August 19, 2008

My office is located in room 5032 of the Batten Arts and Letters Building. My office hours for the Fall 2008 semester are as follows:
Tuesdays 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Thursdays 4:30 – 6 PM
or by appointment
You are also welcome to contact me virtually whenever I am online. My AIM ID is: rhiannonctr.