Course Name: Technology in Business, Technical, and Professional Communication

Course Calendar

Week J F M A Related Links
1
Jan. 11th
- Introduction & Syllabus Review
- Issues in Technology Studies
- Tech Skills Audit

Next Class:
Bolter & Grusin, pp. 1-145
Haas (1996) pdf icon
Toulmin PPT
2
Jan. 18th (Honeycutt)
- Remediation
- Technological Determinism

Next Class:
Bolter & Grusin, pp. 146 - 271
3
Jan. 25th (Morain & Strawn)
- Traditional Humanist
  Attitudes toward Technology
- Viewing Metropolis

Next Class:
Greenbaum, p. 1 - 80
Yates chapter pdf icon
Brief Tour of XML pdf icon
Information Models & XML pdf icon
4
Feb. 1st (Gong & Search)
- Rise of Systems Management
- Management Control of
  Workplace Technology

Next Class:
Greenbaum, p. 81 - 148
Applen (2002) pdf icon
5
Feb. 8th (Humphreys & Niedergeses)
- Re-engineering the Office
- The Office is Everywhere

Next Class:
Manovich, pp. 1 - 175
Glushko & McGrath, Ch. 2 pdf icon
Williams (2003) pdf icon
6
Feb. 15th (Resch & Simmons)
- New Media
- Viewing Man with a Movie Camera

Next Class:
Manovich, pp. 177 - 286
Broberg (2004) pdf icon
7
Feb. 22nd (Dave & Jennings)
Laws of New Media

Next Class:
Manovich, pp. 287 - 333
Lanham, pp. 1 - 77
Electronic Word (sample)
 
8
March 1st (Wolford & Tehan)
Research Topic Due
- What is Cinema?
- Stuff & Fluff
- Economics of Attention

Next Class:
Lanham, pp. 78 - 190
Adler (2006) pdf icon
9
March 8th (Honeycutt)
- What's Next for Text?
- An Alphabet that Thinks
- Style/Substance Matrix

Over Break:
Lanham, pp. 191 - 271
Sapienza (2004) pdf icon
Work on Research Papers
 

10

Spring Break  
11
March 22nd
No Class - Professor Conference

Next Class:
Morville, pp. 1 - 97
Info Architecture (sample) pdf icon
Markoff (2006) pdf icon
 
12
March 29th (Honeycutt)
- Ambient Findability
- Semantic Web

Next Class:
Morville, pp. 98 - 179
Glushko & McGrath, Ch 1 & Ch 3 pdf icon
13 April 5th (Honeycutt)
Last Response Essay Due
- Findability & Structured Text
- Content Management
- Document Engineering
- Peer Response Workshop

Next Class:
Finish Research Paper
Nesbitt (2006) pdf icon
14
April 12th
- Grad Man => DocBook

Next Class:
Install XMLmind
XMLmind Guide pdf icon
DocBook Manual
15
April 19th
- Grad Man => DocBook (cont.)
- Peer Response Workshop

Next Class:
Priestly (2001) pdf icon
 

16
April 26th
- Grad Man => DocBook (cont.)
- DITA exploration
- Peer Response Workshop

Next Class:
Finish Research Papers
17

Finals Weeks
Research Papers Due
Thursday, May 3rd, by 9:00 pm

 
Last updated: 4/16/07