Kevin Brooks
Dept. of English
NDSU
IM: kabbie1313

English 110: Technology and 21st Century Literacy
Fall 2002

Course Description

Assignments

  1. Weblogs:what's the use?
  2. MyNewLiteracy
  3. Self in the Age of Information
  4. Portfolios

Grading Criteria

Schedule

  1. Aug.28-Sept.27
  2. Sept 30-Nov.29 (New on Oct. 12)
  3. Dec.2-Dec.16

Course Reading List

Useful sites

MyTeachingBlog
Blogger.com
Eaton Blog Portal
NDSU's Technology Learning Center
Guide to Writing Research Papers (MLA Style)
Great List of Weblog Resources
Schoolblogs.com

Class Notes and Handouts (Unit 3)

  1. Reading "Self in the Information Age."
  2. Nov 18 Activities
  3. Global and local revision guides.

Archive of notes and handouts.

Companion English 110 Sites

  1. Cindy Nichols
  2. Sybil Priebe
  3. Our Class blog

Reading List (by order in class)

Levinson, Melvin E.  “Needed: A New Literacy.”  The Humanist. Vol. 54 Issue 3, (May/Jun 94): 3-7.  Online: Ebsco Database.  Accessed May 24, 2002.

Blood,  Rebecca.  "Weblogs: a history and perspective." 7 Sept. 2000.

http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html.  Accessed May 20, 2002.

Sullivan, Danny.  “Power Searching for Anyone.” Search Engine Watch. Oct. 26, 2001. http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/powersearch.html.  Accessed Aug 30, 2002. 

Oravec, Jo Ann. “Bookmarking the world: weblog applications in education.”  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v45 i7 (April 2002) 616-22.  Online: InfoTrac.Database.  Accessed May 24, 2002. 

More to come. Last updated Aug. 30, 2002.


Updated: Dec. 2, '02

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