English 640 Spring 2007

Calendar for February

Goals

1. Progress on autoethnography—resulting in an “early draft.”
2. Some demonstrations (possibilities: audio, digital libraries, new media UNM, blogs)
3. Read and respond to key works in English Studies on new media.
4. Experiments with response papers.
5. Memo to Wanda re the new literacies

February 5-7	Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Datacloud. The whole book. Response experiments.
February 12-14	Stuart Selber, Multiliteracies for a Digital Age. Chapters 1-4 Response experiments.
February 19-21	Alan Liu, The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Word and the Culture of Information We’ll read some chapters in common and some by small group. Response experiments.
February 26-28	Richard Lanham, The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Transformation. We’ll read some chapters in common and some by small group. Due Feb 28: “Early Draft” of the Autoethnography.