G Hink

Gary Hink, Ph.D.
Digital Composition Faculty
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
University of Colorado Boulder

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Unit III: Medi­ated Experience
Project 3: Screen Self Por­traitmul­ti­modal web­pages) due 06-Dec
— Part 2 (Sum­mary & Reflec­tion) due 07-Dec

 
» Anony­mous Sur­vey / Feed­back Form

 
Week 16

M 12/07   Dis­cuss: Project 3 out­comes and insights

  • Part 2: Sum­mary & Reflec­tion — due Mon­day night
     

    • » look­ing ahead: com­plet­ing revi­sion of project for port­fo­lio (optional)

 
 
W 12/09   hybrid activ­ity   Blog Entry

  • 200 words (infor­mal) + media; due 3pm on your blog
    → see two prompts below
     
  • optional par­tic­i­pa­tion: reply to classmate’s entry (Wednes­day PM) 

 

    → prepa­ra­tion for Fri­day:
    review syl­labus for course goals (and “Inter­est Inven­tory” memo?) + all course work + com­pile links (and screencaps?)

 

F 12/11   Last Class — Salutations!

  • Dis­cuss: Port­fo­lio Reflec­tion (Exer­cise 5)
     
    → tuto­r­ial: con­vert­ing Word­Press site to sta­tic port­fo­lio (optional)
     

 
» optional: revised project + revis­ing memo/summary

    Revi­sion Memo (2−3 para­graphs): iden­tify spe­cific changes and com­pos­ing strate­gies, as well as how improv­ing the effectiveness/outcomes toward the par­tic­u­lar objec­tives — and any insights or self-assessment consequently.
    → post memo file in D2L 

 
» Due (S 12/12): Port­fo­lio Reflection
— post doc (or link to screen­cast) in D2L
 

 
 




 
 

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ScreenSelf

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Unit III: Mediated Experience

Project 3: Screen Self Portrait

» Part 1 (mul­ti­modal web­pages) due 06-Dec
— Part 2 (Sum­mary & Reflec­tion) due 07-Dec

 

 
Week 15

M 11/30   Work­shop: Project 3

  • focus: Screen­Self­Por­trait intro & overview (objec­tives & method)
    — medi­ated expe­ri­ence, iden­tity in/through tech­nol­ogy and cul­ture (dig­i­tal media)
     
  • activ­ity: sketch­ing iden­tity pub­lic and pri­vate, social/cultural and personal
    — dis­cuss ideas from “Snap­shot Por­trait” (Exer­cise 4)
     
    → Par­tic­i­pa­tory Cul­ture tech­niques: “expe­ri­ence avatars” (iden­tity inter­face?) & mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing with media ready­made and custom
    — “per­sonal data­base” sam­pling (see video below)
     
  • look­ing ahead: sketch/map (out­line) project…
    — begin com­pil­ing & cre­at­ing mate­ri­als for composing
    → con­sider web­site to use for part 1: Wix​.com, Wee​bly​.com, Word­Press pages (oth­ers? Jimdo? Moon­fruit?)

 
 




 
 

W 12/02   Work­shop: mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing, media edit­ing, expres­sive pages

  • focus: using media ready­made (sam­pled), edited, created
    → prepa­ra­tion = have com­piled, con­sider uses (sketch/map), begin editing/authoring
     
  • activ­ity: peer feed­back & assis­tance with key com­pos­ing techniques: 

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  • look­ing ahead: con­tinue sam­pling, edit­ing, cre­at­ing media; begin cre­at­ing site 

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» Anony­mous Sur­vey / Feed­back Form
 

 
 
F 12/04   Work­shop: mul­ti­modal / expres­sive web pages

  • focus: arrange­ment / orga­ni­za­tion; cre­ative logic of Par­tic­i­pa­tory Cul­ture and Net­work Rhetoric (com­pos­ing self-portrait of dig­i­tal identity)
    → prepa­ra­tion = work-in-progress (web­site)
     
  • activ­ity: peer feed­back & assistance
     
    — dig­i­tal rhetoric (pur­pose, style, modes, approach, strate­gies, rationale)
    → take notes dur­ing dis­cus­sion, for Poetics/Summary (part 2)
     
  • look­ing ahead: Part 1 complete/finalized 12/06 (post link on your blog or in D2L)
    — Part 2 (Poet­ics & Reflec­tion) due 12/07 (Mon­day night) 

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InterFace

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Unit 3: Medi­ated Experience
Project: Screen Self Portrait

 

F a l l   B r e a k (21−29 Nov.)
 

» Optional Exercise (bonus points)

Iden­tity Interface

 

 

 

» Optional Blog Entry (participation credit)

    * reminder optional prompt from 21-Nov

» Write a reflec­tion (100−200 words) after cre­at­ing the “snap­shot por­trait” of your dig­i­tal iden­tity: does this pro­file glimpse seem/feel like me, as a rep­re­sen­ta­tion of your activ­ity? (or a sep­a­rate iden­tity?) Per­haps elab­o­rate your con­clu­sion, think­ing of your­self being cat­e­go­rized by insti­tu­tions or in a database…
Include an idea/term/quote from Ret­tberg chap­ter 5–6: note your new per­spec­tive, about dig­i­tal iden­tity con­cern­ing tech­nol­ogy and cul­ture. Also, per­haps look ahead to Project 3 and con­sider what of this medi­ated expe­ri­ence (in snap­shot) you might now include in your Screen Self Portrait.

→ also as warm-up to project 3, include one media form (any type) that expresses your sub­jec­tive sense (feel­ing, atti­tude, mood, emo­tion) of the snap­shot portrait.
 
 




 
 
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Quantified Self

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Unit 3: Medi­ated Experience
Project: Screen Self Portrait

    — due Sat 14-Nov: Exer­cise 3
     
    » Due Sat 11/21: Exer­cise 4 (5 points)
    — “Snap­shot Por­trait” of Dig­i­tal Expe­ri­ence (Instruc­tions below)

 
Week 13

M 11/09   Dis­cuss: Ret­tberg Chap­ters 5–6 (ebook online)

  • “Quan­ti­fied Selves” & “Pri­vacy & Surveillance”
  • focus: “Quan­ti­fied self-representation” (dis­tinct image/angle of medi­ated expe­ri­ence & dig­i­tal identity)
    → key top­ics: “dataism,” tech-cultural fil­ters, “machine vision”; “dig­i­tal traces” & curated/logged identity

 
 

 
W 11/18   hybrid work :

 



 
 
» Indi­vid­ual Conferences
→ sched­ule using this form

 
 
 
» Due Sat 11/21: Exer­cise 4 (5 points)
— “Snap­shot Por­trait” of Dig­i­tal Expe­ri­ence (Instruc­tions below)
 
 
Optional Blog Entry — prompt below
 
 




 
 

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Forever Young

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Unit 3: Medi­ated Experience
Project: Screen­Self­Por­trait
Exer­cise 3: due Sat 14-Nov

 

    optional read­ing: “Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad Blue­print for a Post-Literate Future” Alexis Madri­gal, The Atlantic​.com (2010)
    → (also) optional blog entry for bonus par­tic­i­pa­tion credit

 
Week 12

M 11/09   Dis­cuss: Super Sad True Love Story through chap­ter 17

  • focus: dig­i­tal iden­tity and medi­ated expe­ri­ence (con­tin­ued top­ics)
  • look­ing ahead: Exer­cise 3 (due 11/14)

 
 
» The CU-Boulder 21st Diver­sity and Inclu­sion Sum­mit (Novem­ber 10–11)
Detailed Sched­ule
→ optional: attend ses­sion & com­pose blog entry for bonus par­tic­i­pa­tion credit

 
 
 
W 11/11   hybrid work :

  • Dis­cuss: Super Sad True Love Story chap­ters 18–22
     
    Com­ment (due 230pm) & Reply (due 3pm) required.
    → include screen­cap­ture image of quote/passage (in com­ment or reply) 
  • Dis­cus­sion prompts below.

 
 
F 11/13   Dis­cuss: com­pleted novel & Exer­cise 3

  • focus: media ecol­ogy, nar­ra­tive, inter­face, identity
     

 
» due: Exer­cise 3 — Instruc­tions below
 




 
 
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Digital Identity

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Unit 3: Medi­ated Experience
Project: Screen­Self­Por­trait

 

 
Week 11

M 11/02   Dis­cuss: Project out­comes + Unit 3 overview

  • Summary/Rationale due classtime (for discussion)
    → dis­cuss: last updates/revisions to over­all wiki? (e.g. cat­e­gories, navigation)
     
    » bonus/optional par­tic­i­pa­tion (extra credit): pro­mote wiki & invite collaboration/contribution (via social media; all week)
    — post blog entry by 11/07 with your efforts and results (screen­cap­ture images recommended)
     
    » also, Optional Blog entry dis­cussing wiki (prompt below)
     
  • Unit 3 Intro: medi­a­tion (inter­faces, data­bases, cul­ture) & identity
     
    → begin read­ing Super Sad True Love Story (Shteyn­gart 2010) 

 
 
 
W 11/04   hybrid work :

  • watch intro­duc­tion video on YouTube (11:11)
    — note key top­ics for read­ing & dis­cus­sion, how novel is intended to help/enhance our study of dig­i­tal identity
     
  • Dis­cuss: Super Sad True Love Story chap­ters 1–7
     
    → include screen­cap­ture image of quote/passage (in com­ment or reply) 
  • Dis­cus­sion prompts below

 
 
F 11/06   Dis­cuss: Super Sad True Love Story through chap­ter 12

  • focus: dig­i­tal iden­tity and medi­ated expe­ri­ence in world of the novel
    — tech­nol­ogy, media ecol­ogy (devices and inter­faces), cul­ture (con­tem­po­rary or past, real or fic­tional), social con­ven­tions (espe­cially net­work plat­forms & communication)
     
  • look­ing ahead: com­plet­ing novel & com­pos­ing Exer­cise 3 next week

 
» due: optional blog entry (bonus credit) — for either prompt (see below)
 




 
 
 
 
 

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Finalizing Wiki

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Unit 2: Iden­tity in Par­tic­i­pa­tory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
Net­worked Cul­ture Wikia (class/collaborative project)
→ draft page 2; begin edit­ing class­mate page/s (due 30-Oct)

 
Week 10

M 10/26   Work­shop: Edit­ing Wiki pages plus Screen­cast video

*reminder: com­plete your 2 entries (draft), ready for class­mate review
→ begin edit­ing class­mate page(s); log your work (on Wikia & personally)

 
 
W 10/26   hybrid work :

  • add mul­ti­me­dia to your pages (par­tic­u­larly examples)
     
    → due 2pm: post links to your pages in com­ment below
    (for progress update and for class­mates to edit)
    • Class­mate reply optional (par­tic­i­pa­tion bonus)

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  • Cre­ate screen­cast video — for one of your entries
    — sug­gest: show par­tic. cul­ture exam­ples with voiceover com­men­tary (2 min. video)
    → avoid redun­dancy with entry text (revise accordingly)
     

 
 
F 10/30   Work­shop:

  • Peer Feed­back and Tech Support
    → revis­ing after pages edited; col­lec­tive criteria/standards
     
  • discuss/focus: final­iz­ing pages for publication 

 
 
Project Components:

  • Due 31-Oct: pages final­ized (links posted on blog page)
  • Due 02-Nov: Wrap-up components
    — Sum­mary (300−400 words, 5 points)
    — Reflec­tion (400−500 words, 5 points) 

 

Begin Wiki Work

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Unit 2: Iden­tity in Par­tic­i­pa­tory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ first tasks: edit­ing exist­ing entries (Mon-Wed) & draft­ing page 1

 
Week 9

M 10/19   Focus: Wiki Project — refine top­ics (below)

» Wiki Edit­ing (5 points, due Wed)

  • link to wiki page/s edited & dis­cuss ratio­nale in blog entry (200 words, informal)

 
 
W 10/21   hybrid work :

  • due: wiki edits
    → dis­cuss in Blog Entry (by 3pm, on your blog)
      *Class­mate reply optional (par­tic­i­pa­tion extra credit)

     

  • Watch PBS Dig­i­tal Stu­dios video (choose from list)
    → optional/bonus par­tic­i­pa­tion: in brief com­ment below, dis­cuss video watched
    — in terms of lessons for com­pos­ing (rhetor­i­cal, writ­ten, media) wiki entries
     
  • Begin draft­ing your first page (ready for edi­tors Friday) 

 
 
F 10/23   Work­shop:

  • Wiki for­mat­ting & edit­ing; col­lab­o­rate with section/category peers
     
    *activ­ity: develop “cri­te­ria for good entries” col­lab­o­ra­tive doc
  • intro: cre­at­ing video (“screen­cast”) for entries 

     
    → dis­cuss videos watched; lessons for appli­ca­tion? (from examples) 

  • look­ing ahead: begin edit­ing class­mate entries; begin draft­ing page 2 

 


 

Research

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Unit 2: Iden­tity in Par­tic­i­pa­tory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ warm up: Anno­tated Bib­li­o­graphy (18-Oct)
 

» ICYMI: Par­tic­i­pa­tory Cul­ture Overview page (watch videos)
(espe­cially for clar­i­fi­ca­tion about objects of study)

 
 
Week 8

M 10/12   Dis­cuss: “The Rhetoric of Memes”

  • read sev­eral entries (2−3 pages; get sense of project)
    plus two pub­lished   responses
     
  • focus: genre & audi­ence (schol­arly conventions)
    → compare/contrast with Wiki for pub­lic readers
     
  • look­ing ahead: research & read­ing for A-Bib sources

 
→ begin exam­in­ing cul­ture form of inter­est (spe­cific exam­ples)
and research­ing for A-Bib
 
 
 
W 10/14   hybrid work :

  • dis­cuss: research strate­gies & progress
    → brows­ing & search­ing for rel­e­vant schol­arly arti­cles via library data­bases

» Dis­cus­sion (prompts below):

  • Brief com­ment (due 230pm)
  • Class­mate reply (due 3pm):
     
    → reminder, both posts required for attendance/participation credit.

 
 
F 10/16 inde­pen­dent work (no class) :

  • Com­pile & Assess Research; read article/chapter 
  • Post update (reply to Wednes­day com­ment): arti­cle found/selected

» updated — due 18-Oct: Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy Exercise
(15 points, 5 sources; upload in D2L)

 
 

 
 

Spreadable Media

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Unit 2: Iden­tity in Par­tic­i­pa­tory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ first task, Anno­tated Bib­li­o­graphy (16-Oct)

 
Week 7

M 10/05   Dis­cuss: Beer (2013), Pop­u­lar Cul­ture & New Media Chap­ter 6:
“Bod­ies and Inter­faces: The Cor­po­real Cir­cu­la­tions of Pop­u­lar Cul­ture” via Library access (or D2L PDF)

 
 
W 10/07   hybrid work — read & Dis­cuss:

 
 
» Blog Entry 3:

  • 200 words, on your blog, due class-time Friday
  • dis­cuss cul­ture form selected with spe­cific exam­ple, using terms/concepts from recent read­ings (espe­cially the Jenk­ins post you chose Wednesday)

 
10/09   Dis­cuss: key ideas from Beer and Jenkins
 

  • prepa­ra­tion: read this overview page and watch two videos
     
    → also have notes ready, for cre­at­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive Inven­tory doc 2 
  • focus: con­tinue rec­og­niz­ing and (re)defining “cul­ture” in net­worked age and par­tic­i­pa­tory forms
    — using read­ings from this week and y/our exam­ples → prepa­ra­tion toward project
     
  • look­ing ahead: Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy and Wiki Edit­ing (week 8)