DATE | DISCUSSION TOPIC | READING/VIEWING/RESEARCH DUE | WRITING ASSIGNED/DUE |
Week 1 August 31 | Introduction/Overview | ||
September 2 | Blogging | Check out a few celebrity themed blogs PopWrap, Perez Hilton , TMZ and US Magazine. Read not only the entries, but the comments that readers have posted as well. Note what the conventions of each site are. What are the cues that let you know that? Compare these to In Media Res, Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style, Antenna and Confessions of an Aca-Fan. What are the conventions for these sites? Audience? | |
September 3 | Demo Day | Demonstrations of MyCompLab, RefWorks, Zotero and Delicious. | |
Week 2 September 7 | Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries / Mapping Arguments |
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September 9 | Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries |
Summarize the reading using the strategies suggested in
They Say, I Say. Post this summary on the blog. | |
September 10 | Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries | Assess the reading according to the three moves Harris outlines (see p.15). Mark keywords and passages in the text. Bring copies (hard or electronic) to class.
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Week 3 | Desiring Fame | Blog entry in which you discuss your reseach experience to date - what types of projects you've worked on, what research resources you're familiar with and which you typically use most. | |
September 16 | Beginning Research Meet in Gelman Library Room 301 | ||
September 17 | Wiki |
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Week 4 September 21 |
Desiring Fame |
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September 23 | Desiring Fame |
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September 24 | Wiki/Hybrid Day | Each group should "come to" online office hours today between 8:00 and 2:00. Be ready with updates on progress, questions about your wiki article. Online office hours are on Blackboard. In the mereged course, go to Chat and then click on "Join" (after "Office Hours"). You may have to download a plug-in for chat to work for you. | |
Week 5 September 28 | Peer Review | Bring a copy of your Lit Review to class with you for peer editing. Identify at least two areas that you would like your editing group to address. | |
September 30 | Hollywood's meta-commentary on itself | ||
October 1 | Fame | Wiki/Hybrid Day | First Wiki article (Celebrity Studies) due |
Week 6 October 5 | Fan Culture | Read "Fandom as Pathology" | |
October 7 | Fan Culture | Read "Why Study Fans" | |
October 8 | Fan Culture | Wiki/Hybrid Day |
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Week 7 October 12 | Fan Culture | ||
October 14 | Fan Culture | Read
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October 15 | Fan Culture | Wiki/Hybrid Day | Tag and cross reference wiki articles. For instructions on how to do this go to the Help page on our wiki. |
Week 8 October 19 | Fan Culture | Meet in Library Room 301 | |
October 21 | Fan Culture | Read Women, Star Trek, and the early development of fannish vidding in the online Journal of Transformative Works. | Final Draft of Literature Review due |
October 22 | Fan Culture | Read Quentin Tarentino's Star Wars?" - in Fandom folder on Blackboard. | Second Wiki article(Fan Studies) due
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Week 9 October 26 | Proposal Workshops | Overview, Author Background and Competition | |
October 28 | Proposal Workshops | Markets and Research Plan | |
October 29 | Wiki | ||
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November 5 | Wiki |
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Week 11 November 9 | Research | Meet in Library Room 301 | |
November 11 | Research | Complete the Library Assignment and post the titles and call numbers of the three books you found in a blog post. Describe the process you went through to get the books. | Post an abstract (see handout from Thursday's class) on the blog. Identify the areas (research, your own argument, audience and venue, the "So what? Who cares?" questions)that you feel you still need to develop before the final proposal. |
November 12 | Research | ||
Week 12 November 16 | Individual meetings | Sign up for a time on the Wiki (Course Resouorces - Make an Appointment) . Come to the meeting prepared to discuss your research to date and the development of your research paper.) | Post a revised abstract to the blog |
November 18 | Individual meetings | Sign up for a time on the Wiki (Course Resouorces - Make an Appointment). Come to the meeting prepared to discuss your research to date and the development of your research paper.) | |
November 19 | Wiki | | |
Week 13 November23 | Writing to Your Audience | No class meeting - open office hours | Final draft of proposal due |
November 25 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
November26 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
Week 14 November 30 | Editing: Cutting for Clarity / Workshopping first drafts | Class meets as scheduled | First Drafts of papers posted to My Comp Lab by midnight November 30. |
December 2 | First drafts/Editing workshops | Read drafts from the others in your editing group. | |
December 3 | First drafts/Editing workshops | Read drafts from the others in your editing group. | |
Week 15 December 7 | Final drafts of Annotated Bibliography due. | ||
Week 16 December9 | Bring laptops to class. | ||
December 10 | Last Day of Classes | ||
December 13 | Final drafts of research papers due. Final checklist is here. |