Weekly Schedule

Day 1 - January 2	Day 2 - January 3	Day 3 - January 4	Day 4 - January 7
Day 5 - January 8	Day 6 - January 9	Day 7 - January 10	Day 8 - January 11
Day 9 - January 14	Day 10 - January 15	Day 11 - January 16	Day 12 - January 17
Extra Credit 1	Extra Credit 2	Final Project	Final Exam

Day 1 - January 2
Introduction to TNMA 301/501, Syllabus
Topic: Definition of the Internet

Readings:
web.studies:     Chapter 1. Web Studies: A User’s Guide
                         Chapter 3. New Media, New Methodologies: Studying the Web
The Internet:    Chapter 1.  How Did We Get Here: The Development of a New Medium                       

Group presentation: Choose a group of two people to work on the browser project for next day.

URLs: Resume Template
The Webby Awards: http://www.webbyawards.com/main/webby_awards/winner_list.html
The Sexes and the Net: http://netculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa053100a.htm

Chapter 1. Web Studies: A User’s Guide
New Media Studies: www.newmediastudies.com The website for the study of new media, produced by David Gauntlett, with articles, reviews, Web design and marketing guides, Web art and culture, and other resources
Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com The most popular and comprehensive Web directory.
The World Wide Web Consortium: www.w3.org Lots of useful basic (and advanced) information about the World Wide Web, with Tim Berners-Lee’s interesting FZWs at www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html
Resource Centre for Cyberculture Studies: www.otal.umd.edu/~rccs Produced by David Silver, RCCS is ‘an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.’ Full of useful information
Spark: www.spark-online.com Lovingly designed online magazine, about culture, mass media and new media, made by nice creative folk on no money.
Wired News: www.wired.com/news Daily articles about Internet developments, regulations, and innovations, with an excellent searchable archive where you can find an article on anything Web-related.
A Brief History of the Internet and Related Networks: www.isoc.org/internet/history/certhtml Useful short history of the Internet by Vint Cerf.
Web Pages That Suck: www.webpagesthatsuck.com The excellent Web design guide.

Chapter 3. New Media, New Methodologies: Studying the Web
Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software Networking Project: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/mmattila/emethods.htm  This project aims to disseminate an understanding of the practical skills needed to use software which has been designed to assist qualitative data analysis (e.g. field research, ethnography, text analysis). The website has links to software sites where free demo downloads of the products can be acquired. Many of these software products now allow use of audio, text, and visual data. Useful bibliography.
Social Research Update: www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru SRU is a newsletter resource for social scientists interested in keeping up to date with the latest methodological concerns in social research.  Several issues are directly relevant to Web research: Issue 11 looked at ‘Visual Methods’ and Issue 21 dealt with ‘Using Email as a Research Tool.’
Cyber Geography Research: www.cybergeography.org This site provides a gateway into research which is concerned with the spatial mapping of the internet, including the web. It provides access to a directory of ‘Atlases of Cyberspaces,’ which includes links to many commercial and academic projects, and a regular research bulletin.
Media Metrix: www.mediametrix.com  Media Metrix advertises itself as a pioneer and leader in the field of internet and digital media measurement services.  See this site for a window on the commercial world of market research of the web, including rankings of companies, a client list, and indications of what Fortune 500 companies want to know about the web.

Day 2 - January 3
Topic: Cyberculture

Readings:
web.studies:    Chapter 2  Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Cyberculture Studies
The Internet:   Chapter 2: What is it? Characteristics of the Medium
                        Chapter 3:  Don’t Just Hit Reply! Effectively Using E-mail, Listservs, and Newsgroups

Group presentation: Show URL of posted resume, and be ready to discuss your findings about browsers.

URLs: 
Cyberculture Definition
Search Engines Check them out!

Chapter 2  Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Cyberculture Studies
Women’s Studies Database: www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies
Center for Women and Information Technology: www.umbc.edu/cwit The Center for Women and Information Technology, established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1998, seeks to address and rectify women’s under-representation in IT and to enhance our understanding of the relationship between gender and IT.
Geekgirl: www.geekgirl.com.au
AngstGrrl!: www.angstgrrl.com
iVillage.com: www.ivillage.com
Oxygen: www.oxygen.com
Women.com: www.women.com
Cybersociology: www.socio.demon.co.uk/magazine Cybersociology is a non-profit multi-disciplinary webzine dedicated to the critical discussion of the Internet, cyberspace, cyberculture, and life online.  Edited by Robin Hamman of the Hypermedia Research Centre at the University of Westminster, London, Cybersociology often substitutes academic analysis with anecdotal experiences, making for somewhat engaging, yet rather shallow, treatments.
The Psychology of Cyberspace: www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/psycyber.html  Written and put together by John Suler, a professor of Psychology at Rider University, The Psychology of Cyberspace is an online book which explores the psychological dimensions of environments created by computers and online networks.
Resource Center for Cyber culture Studies: www.otal.umd.edu/~rccs The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, produced by David Silver, is an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.  Collaborative in nature, RCCS seeks to establish and support ongoing conversations  about the emerging field, to foster a community of students, scholars, teachers, explorers, and builders of cyberculture, and to showcase various models, works-in-progress, and on-line projects.

In Lab:  Recommended Search Strategies Search Engines, Guide to, explanation of Boolean logic  - Virginia Montecino Search Engines, using on the WWW - Virginia Montecino Searching for discussion forums/lists/newsgroups - Virginia Montecino

Search questions:  1. What connection did Hewlett-Packard have with Disney in the early days of the business? 2. What famous baseball player was an executive of the company, Chock Full O'Nuts? 3. What is Netscape's code name? 4. During what years was the All American Girls Professional Baseball League operational? 5. In 1931 what woman struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig?

Assignment: On-line Reading Go to http://www.rice.edu/Fondren/Netguides/strategies.html and read through the document Internet Searching Strategies.  Answer the following questions: 1. What are the four steps to formulating a strategy? 2. What site is good for searching many Internet resources? 3. What site is good to search several WWW indexes at the same time? 4. What site is good to find an e-mail address? 5. What does the default OR do with a phrase? 6. What does the AND or + do in a search? 7. How do you search for a phrase? 8. Why should you vary your spelling? 9. What are four ways of maximizing your search results? 10. What type of site is the .gov domain? .org? .net? 11. What questions should you ask when evaluating Internet resources. Go to http://www.med.usf.edu/~kmbrown/finding_info.htm and then answer the following questions: 1. What are the characteristics of directories? 2. Why should you become familiar with several directories? 3. How does the Argus Clearinghouse bill itself? 4.What is another name for The McKinley Internet Directory? 5. Who staffs the W3 Virtual Library by subject? 6. If Yahoo retrieves no results what happens? Post your answers in Prometheus.

Group presentation: Copyright. Choose six URLs from Day 3, and describe and discuss the sites. Question: Can anyone use Stevie Pointer on their website? Can you copyright recipes?

Read the chapters for Day 3 by class next day.

Day 3 - January 4

Topic: Copyright 

Readings:
The Internet:           Chapter 12:  What about My Rights? The Internet and U.S. Law 
                                Chapter 6: Where Do I Find It? Searching the Web

Group presentation: Copyright and Answers to searching questions from On-line Reading.

URLs
Copyright sites

Copyright Myths 

The UWSP copyright guide

US Copyright Office

Weblaw FAQ

Internet Legal Issues for Musicians

When works pass into the public domain

Minimizing Employer Liability for Employee Internet Use

Copyright Resource Center

Music Copyright Laws

Understanding Basic Copyright Laws

Library of Congress Copyright Laws 

All About Internet Laws 

Searching

Portals
Yahoo or MyUWSP or AltaVista

In Lab: Create a Portal Go to Yahoo or MyUWSP and sign up to personalize your portal. Customize the portal until you are satisfied with the appearance. Post the address in the Prometheus.  Be prepared to show your URL next day.

On-line Reading: Go to http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2354132,00.html Read through the article, Portals, and answer the following questions: 1.What does the term, Web portal, imply? 2. What do portal sites really want? 3. Who are the top two portals? 4. Who are the two lowest rated portals? 5. Why is AOL so popular? 6. What has AOL achieved? 7  Who are the runners-up for stickiness?

Assignment: Compare three Portals. Each group should post their comparison of three portals in the Prometheus.  They are due Day 4 in Prometheus. List the following URLs of directories: 1. What directory will find the e-mail address of a person? 1. What directory will do a yellow page search? 3. What directory will do a white page search?  Name and URLs: Does the site offer... Site #1 Site #2 Site #3 Name of Site       Search engine       Directory searching       News       Reference tools       On-line shopping       Email       Chat rooms       Instant messaging       Topical information       Stock information       Sports       Weather       Entertainment       Maps       Yellow and white pages       Local information       Personalized start page       Personalized Horoscope       On-line auction       Free web space       Look and Navigation       Does the site load quickly?       Is the page well organized, free from clutter?       Is the font size of text readable?       Is the site easy to maneuver through?

Group presentation:  Look through the Portals in Prometheus, and choose several of the best and tell why you think so. Also, be prepared to demonstrate how to site Internet sources. Give the class a quiz on APA citation.

Read the chapters for Day 4 by class next day.

 

Day  4 - January 7

Topic: Referencing the Internet

web.studies:   Chapter 13: Search Engines, Portals, and Global Capitalism       

The Internet:  Chapter 7:  What do I Do With It? Evaluating and Citing What You Find    

University of Virginia developed it to show their new students, to demonstrate the dangers of misusing the campus computer network. It's a parody of the Monster.com commercial.
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/docs/RespComp/videos/ 

 

Group presentation:    

URLs:    
December Communications - guide to using Internet resources
Internet Literacy Web Site - by Pat Sine, U. of Delaware, containing online resources for the Internet Literacy textbook by Fred T. Hofstetter
Web Monkey Guides  
Web Works - creating and using Web resources a quick reference guide

In Lab: Referencing on the Web.  Check out the information on  APA Citation MLA Citation Citing Web sites

In Lab: Citations Find five sites on the Web: a newspaper article, a magazine article, a Web site, a personal Home page, and a portal. Include the following: Author, Title, Date, URL, and date found on the Web. Be consistent for all the citations.

Assignment: On the Internet find a fan site, an independent film on the Internet, and an involved personal homepage. Describe each site briefly and discuss why you chose the sites, and be prepared to show them next day.  Post your findings in Prometheus

Group presentation: Fan Communities, Film on the Internet, and Presentations of Self on Personal Homepages. Choose six sites and three of your own from Day 5. Use a variety of sites, and be prepared to discuss why the sites are worthy of our attention.

Read the chapters for Day 5 by class next day.

                                

Day  5 - January 8

Topic: Web Life

Readings:
web.studies: Chapter 4: A Home on the Web: Presentations of Self on Personal Homepages         

                     Chapter 5: I-love-Zena.com: Creating Online Fan Communities
                     Chapter 9: The Web goes to the Pictures

The Internet: Chapter 13: What about My Life: Society, Individuals, and the Internet

Group presentation: Fan Communities, Film on the Internet, and Presentations of Self on Personal Homepages. 

URLs:        

Netiquette

Chapter 4: A Home on the Web: Presentations of Self on Personal Homepages - Charles Cheung
Yahoo!: http://www.Yahoo.com has a list of personal homepages under 'Society and Culture/People/Personal Home pages.  Thousands to choose from.
About.com: http://www.about.com  
Personal Web Pages: http://personalweb.about.com A diverse range of articles about personal homepages: statistics, technical know-how, recommended books, and selected sites.
Webring.org: www.webring.org Webrings connect every type of homepage you could imagine - and some you would never dream of.  Homepages with similar personal concerns are linked together in a 'ring' so that browsers can navigate through similar kinds of homepage.
Homepages:
www.Tripod.com 
www.Geocities.com  
Xoom: http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/webcommunities/392817.html   Free homepages
Surveys: Media Metrix www.mediametrix.com
www.Angelfire.com  

Chapter 5: I-love-Zena.com: Creating Online Fan Communities – Kirsten Pullen
The Blair Witch Project: www.blairwitch.com The official website for the independent film, the first movie marketed and hyped almost exclusively on the web.
Countdown: The Ultimate Fan Site: www.countingdown.com Professional fan site that serves as a clearing house for release dates, production gossip, and celebrity appearances for many major motion pictures.
Dax’s museum of Xena Subtext: http://members.aol.com/xenastry/subtext/subtext.htm  Scene-by-scene analysis of homoerotic content in each Xena episode from the first three seasons of the program.
Storm and Spirit’s Domain: http://freespace.virgin.net/gabriella.p/webhost/LLD/   
This site combines Xena fandom with lesbian and gay rights activism, and includes several links to gay charities, political groups, and discussion boards.
Sword and Staff: www.sword-and-staff.com Online clearing house for charitable activites undertaken by Xena fans. Includes on-line auctions, event schedules and personal messages for the series’ stars and producers.
Xena Page: http://members.aol.com/chelley/html/default_lucy_lawless.html 

The Ultimate Xena Fan Fiction Directory: www.xenafanfiction.com Archived database with hundreds of Xena fan fiction stories, contributed by heterosexual male, female, and lesbian fans. Promises the most extensive collection of Xena fiction.
Whoosh! International Association of Xean Studies: http://whoosh.org On-line fan newsletter with articles about the meaning of the show, particularly interesting because it includes both scholarly and more traditional fan perspectives.
Xena: Warrior Lesbian Links: www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/4580/links.html List of links to dozens of lesbian fan sites.
Xena: Warrior Princess: www.mca.com/tv/xena The official Xena website.
The X-Files: The Official X-Files Web Site: www.thex-files.com Fox television’s official website for the series. Contains air dates, plot summaries, actor and crew biographies, a chronology and an explanation of the show’s mythology.
Andy’s X-Files Page: http://www.axfp.co.uk/ One of the most technologically intensive fan sites on the Web. In addition to standard fan site content, Andy also provides links to downloadable audio and video technology, original animation using stills from the program and a list of top ten X-Files sites, determined by on-line voting and updated weekly.
The X-Files Romantic Fan Fiction Archive: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/8633/archives.htm 

Hundreds of stories, primarily exploring the relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, although both lesbian and homosexual romantic fantasies are included as well.

Chapter 9: The Web goes to the Pictures - David Gauntlett
Roger Ebert Reviews: http://www.suntimes.com/index/ebert.html 
Drew's Script-O-Rama: http://www.script-o-rama.com/ Hundreds of movie scripts and transcripts. Drew links to them, rather than storing them on his own site, which is good as it is difficult to run a website from prison.
International Film: www.internationalfilm.org Articles and critical analysis of the world of international film.
Variety: www.variety.com The latest Hollywood news, reviews, and gossip.
Empire: www.empireonline.co.uk Articles, interviews, and reviews from the UK's top movie magazine.
Exposure: www.exposure.co.uk The Internet resource for young film-makers; excellent features on film structure, guerrilla movie-making, and more.
Film Education: www.filmeducation.org A host of resources for teachers and students studying film across academic disciplines.

 

In Lab: FrontPage demonstration.

In Lab: Begin to enhance your resume from Day 2 with additional fonts, backgrounds, themes, etc. If you have a resume on the Internet, begin a personal Homepage with text, pictures, sound, etc.

Assignment: Finish resume. Be prepared to show in class next week.

Group presentation: Gender on the Net. Choose six URLs from Day 6 and three of your own, and show the the presence of women, gender, and minorities on the Internet.  Be prepared to tell why you thinks these sites are excellent or not.

Read the chapters for Day  6 by class next day.

                             

        

Day  6 - January 9

Topic: Gender

Readings:

web.studies:     Chapter 7: Webcam Women: Life on Your Screen

                        Chapter 8: Queer ‘n’ Asian on – and – off the Net
                         Chapter 17: World Wide Women and the Web

Group presentation: Gender on the Net, Individual Resumes

URLs:
Chapter 7: Webcam Women: Life on Your Screen
Guide to Webcams: http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3644.html Useful introduction
Sam's Webcam Cookbook: http://sdots.com/bike/  Well-linked guide to webcams, including other people's uses and how to set up your own.
WebCam World: http://webcamworld.com Everything you would ever need to know about webcam technicalities, plus a webcams webring.
CamCities: http://camcities.com Geographically arranged links to webcams around the world.  

Chapter 8: Queer ‘n’ Asian on – and – off the Net
Access Resources: http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/dating/gr1.html  It boasts, 'allows you to find every kind of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual resource in the world.' Lots of information, daily news and interactive discussion.
PlanetOut: www.planetout.com "PlanetOut is the leading Internet media company offering a vibrant, welcoming and safe community for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people as well as their family and friends."
The Other Queer Page: http://im1ru12.org/toqp A well-established queer Web directory, with an emphasis on information resources. It boasts 'over 1400 sorted links: to the best of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender resources available on the Web, ranging from coming out to getting involved in the fight for equal rights.'
Queer Arts Resource: www.queer-arts.org
Queer Cultural Center: www.queerculturalcenter.org Attractive queer arts sites, with galleries and other features.
The Advocate: www.advocate.com Website of the US news magazine for the gay and lesbian community, with substantial archive of news, features, and reviews.
Theory.org.uk: www.theory.org.uk David Gauntlett's other site which is concerned with the relationship between the mass media and gender and identity, but has a particular emphasis on queer theory and related resources, including pages of material on Judith Butler and Michel Foucault (including the illustrated tourists' guide Foucault's Paris).

Chapter 17: World Wide Women and the Web
NUA Internet Surveys: www.nua.ie/surveys 
WomenAction: www.womenaction.org A truly international site with input from women's networks around the world. Features well-organized and interactive content on all aspects of NGO participation around the Beijing process.
Isis International: http://isiswomen.org (Loads slowly) Links up Asian and international women's organizations on a host of issues. Based in the Philippines.
Society for International Development: www.sidint.org International organization hosting the Society for International Development - Women in Development network, and the SID-UNESCO Women on the Net project. Based in Rome.
Women's Environment and Development Organization: www.wedo.org Gives updates on WEDO's many national and international campaigns concerning women. Based in New York.
Women's Net: http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html A vibrant and innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources, and tools needed for women's social action.

 

Statistics on the Web
WebSTAT: http://hits.webstat.com/ 
CyberAtlas: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/ 
Webtrends: http://www.webtrends.com/ 
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Statistics: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/statistics.html 

In Lab: Check out the clip art About.com Web Clip Art Page Works - Toonland Media Builder - banners, buttons, text, background MM Designs- free animated GIF files  Microsoft Clip Gallery Live 2000 - search tool, photos, bullets, backgrounds, icons.etc. Image Collections on a single theme that you can download all at once. Science Graphics - free for educational purposes The Whole Internet Guide to Clip Art - also fonts, backgrounds, script archives, html resources Swish in Free Software

In Lab: Create a Web page with gifs, jpegs, etc.   Post the Web Page link in the Prometheus

Assignment: Assignment: Color Psychology. Find three URLs related to color psychology.  Construct a table to answer these questions: 1. What is color psychology? 2. What is a color-safe palette? 3. What does the color cyan represent in finance? In the medical field? 4. What does the color brown represent? Black? Red? Yellow? White? 5. In Western cultures what does the color white represent? In China? List the URLs used. Post your results or link in Prometheus.

Group presentation: Attributes of a well-designed Webpage.  Using URLs from Day 7, construct a list of the good features for a Web page. Have at least six examples of good Web pages to illustrate your features.

Read the chapters for Day 7 by class next day.

                                

                    

Day  7 - January 10
Topic: Web Design

Readings:
 webstudies:     Chapter 11: Bad Web Design: The Internet’s Real Addiction Problem

            The Internet:    Chapter 8: What a Tangled Web We Weave! The Basics of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Group presentation: Attributes of a well-designed Webpage. 

URLs:
Multimedia: http://atom-films.com
Web Pages That Suck www.webpagesthatsuck.com
WDG Web Design Group http://www.htmlhelp.com/  Founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. To this end, the WDG offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics. We hope that with this site as a reference, you will be able to create Web sites that can be used by every person on the Internet, regardless of browser, platform, or settings.
The Worst of the Web www.worstoftheweb.com Celebrating horrible websites.
Funny but Useless Web Pages http://www.jokeplayer.com/Useless_Pages/ 
Sucky to Savvy http://www.jeffglover.com/ss.php Learn about improvements you can make to your Web Site to make it more pleasant for your visitors.
Top Ten Ways To Tell If You Have A Sucky Home Page http://www.jeffglover.com/sucky.html 
Funny Stuff http://www.jeffglover.com/funny.php 
How to Make an Annoying Webpage www.users.nac.net/falken/annoying/main.html
'I Hate Frames Club' http://members.tripod.com/~daGecko/hatefrm.html 
Center for Communication and Culture's C3 http://www.c3.hu/c3/index.html  
Wired RGB Gallery www.hotwired.com/rgb
Use It: www.useit.com Enormously useful very regularly updated website on Web usability by Jakob Nielsen, which favors simple and clear design. www.useit.com/alterbox/990530.html for 'The Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design.'
Web Developers Journal: http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/  Lots of useful articles. 
With Charlie Morris' Amateur Web Sites - the Top Ten Signs at http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/abc_mistakes.html 
Good and Bad Web Design Features: www.ratz.com/features.html Straightforward lists of good and bad Web design features.

In Lab:  Check out the following Web sites. Find three Web sites that are well designed and three Web sites that are not well designed and explain why you think so.  Consider color, graphics, fonts, content, navigational ease, and audience. Do not use the the following Web sites as examples. Design Tips Check out Web Pages That Suck for more information Really Big for free graphics Ten Fatal Flaws of Web Design Post your results, URLs, and opinions in Prometheus.

In Lab and Assignment: Begin Cardinal Sentinel Webpage (using FrontPage or Dreamweaver) Web design: Home page for a new newspaper for the 20-30 age group   Include the following information: Title:  The Cardinal Sentinel Where: Waupaca, Wisconsin 444 Robin Lane, Waupaca, Wisconsin 54444 E-mail: rlane@cardinal.com Telephone: 715 333 3333 1. Use FrontPage and save OFTEN. 2. Check out two newspapers on the Web for design ideas. 3. Use at least two different colors. 4. Use at least two different fonts. 5. Find one feature story of a current news event, describe it briefly, make a headline, and link to it. 6. Find one feature story about an athletic event, describe it briefly, make a headline, and link to it. 7. Find one feature story about a music event, describe it briefly, make a headline, and link to it. 8. Find one weather-related event, describe it briefly, make a headline, and link to it. 9. Include one photograph copied from the Web to highlight one of your links (this use is only for educational purposes). 10. Include at least two graphics  (animation and audio are OK if you know how) (this use is only for educational purposes). 11. Publish it as a Web page in your student Web pages or place link in Prometheus. 12. Be prepared to show your Web page in class next week. 13.The following text that must be included (you may also use more of your own text): The Cardinal Sentinel -- a new concept for news!  Find the current, the bizarre, the unbelievable news.  Keep current with The Cardinal, your only media source for news, weather, sports, and entertainment.  Be creative, distinctive, and unusual! Post your link in Prometheus. Be prepared to show your link next class.

Group presentation: Current Internet issues. Choose five URLs from Day 8 and show five current issues related to the Internet. Be prepared to discuss the pros and cons of the issues.

Read the chapters for Day 8 by class next day.

                                

 

Day  8 - January 11 

Topic: Web Design

Readings:
 web.studies:  Chapter 12: Pay per browse: The Web’s Commercial Futures

The Internet:  Chapter 9:  Eyesore or Eye Candy? Designing Webpages

Group presentation: Current Internet issues.
Class presentations: Cardinal Sentinel Web Pages.

URLs: Free Software
Worst of the Web: http://webworst.about.com/comedy/webworst/library/blbasics.htm?PM=n3051601k
HotWired site www.hotwired.com
www.fsf.org free software
www.gnu.org free software
www.opensource.org free software
ICANN www.icann.org The new Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and its watchdog ICANNWatch at www.icannwatch.org 
US university community's Internet2 initiative www.internet2.edu
US Government's Next Generation Internet or NGI Initiative www.ngi.gov 
Electronic Frontiers Foundation: http://eff.org Indispensable site of the best-known cyberspace civil liberties organization.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: www.cpsr.org Website of public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society, with useful documents, links, journals, and archives.
ISWorld Net's Electronic Commerce Course: www.isworld.org/isworld/ecourse Very comprehensive collection of links on commerce on the Internet maintained by Professor Blake Ives of Louisiana State University.
The Benton Foundation's Communications Policy and Practice Program: www.benton.org Website of independent organization which promotes public interest values and non-commercial services for the Internet.
Consumer Technology Project: www.cptech.org/ Website of Ralph Nader's technology watchdog, giving information on consumer advocacy in electronic commerce, Internet governance, anti-trust and telecommunications.

             

In Lab: Short Midterm Free Software Continued Class presentations: Cardinal Sentinel Web Pages.

Assignment: Crank The Web is helpful in finding information about legal and illegal drugs.  Find three URLs that tell about crank. What is crank? Is it vernacular name for another drug? Is it expensive? Is it easily accessible? Is it addictive? What are the steps to take to stop using the drug? Post the URLs and your results in Prometheus.

Group presentation:  Multimedia sites.  Choose three URLs from Day 9 and be prepared to discuss in-depth why these sites are outstanding or not-so-outstanding.  Consider content, color, graphics, ease of navigation, etc. Find three other sites to discuss, also.

Read the chapters for Day 9 by class next day.

                                

Day  9 - January 14

Topic: Multimedia

Readings:

The Internet: Chapter 10: Bring on the Multimedia! Graphics and Beyond. Graphics, Audio and Video

Group presentation: Multimedia sites. 

URLs: 

John Philip Sousa Home Page: http://www.dws.org/sousa The complete sound files of many of Sousa's works are accessible through this Web site.  Included are over 60 sound clips, as well as video files of bands performing Sousa marches and graphics files of the composer.
Rockweb Interactive: http://rockweb.com This site contains video clips and sound files of popular rock bands.
Crayon: http://crayon.net CRAYON is a tool for managing news sources on the Internet and the WWW.  It uses a simple analogy that everyone can understand--a newspaper to organize periodical information.  The result is a customized news page with daily information tailored to your interests.
White House Web Page: http://www.whitehouse.gov The White House Web Page contains information about the White House and the federal government.  Sound files of important speeches made by the president and a White House section specifically designed for children are included.
Art on the Net: http://www.art.net This Web site is an on-line gallery featuring the work of international artists, from painters to poets and digital creators.  You can wander the rooms, download artist sound clips, and peruse an events calendar.
Playbill On-Line: http://www.playbill.com or http://wheat.symgrp.com/playbill This Web site provides information about Broadway shows. The multimedia center section offers pictures, sound, and video clips of currently playing shows. Pictures include playbill covers, billboards, and production photos.
Multimedia Links: http://www.dcmi.com/Lunch/multi-media.html This site provides links to authoring tools, digital video, graphics, animation, audio, business/legal, other multimedia indices, periodicals, and newsgroups.
Hollywood Online: http://www.hollywood.com This Web site helps you to locate films that are playing in theaters nationally and download photos, sound, video, and trailers.
National Museum of American Art: http://www.nmaa.si.edu This site represents the Smithsonian Institution branch that includes artwork from the permanent collection.  Quicktime movies and RealAudio presentations are offered.
National Basketball Association: http://www.nba.com This Web site provides highlights from the latest games, player interviews, and related features that you can see and hear.
The Balcony: http://netproductions.com/blacony You are able to download the latest information relating to movie production recorded in Quicktime files with this site.
Disney: http://www.disney.com  This site provides information about the Disney Company, including current news about movies, music, television, travel, and tours. In Sights & Sounds, photo, sound, and video files may be downloaded.

 

In Lab: Comparing maps and driving instructions. Maps and driving instructions are a part of portal sites.  Find several portal sites and obtain driving instructions from your town to a distant city.  Use http://www.altavista.com,  http://www.mapquest.com  and one site of your choice.  Answer the following questions: 1. Are the directions different? 2. Is one more detailed than the other? If yes, which? 3. Which do you prefer? Why? Post your answers in Prometheus.

In Lab: Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse, and ? Got to http://www.go.com and conduct a search that answers the following questions for Picasso, Van Gogh,  Matisse, and one artist of your choosing. Create a form or table for the information. 1. The birth and death date. 2. Nationality of the artist. 3. The titles of three famous paintings. 4. The artistic movement he/she painted (i.e. Impressionism). Post your table or link in Prometheus.

Assignment: Video on the Internet Find five URLs demonstrating Video on the Internet.  Summarize your findings and opinions (are they good videos with good graphics, color, content, etc.) Be prepared to show a URL in class next week. Questions to consider: