English 4040

Schedule for Unit 2

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Week 5: Conferences: How’s the blogging going?

Tues, Feb. 14: Technology presentation: Holly Leach

Thurs., Feb. 16: Blogs-in-the-news presentation: Drew Bruno

Weeks 6 & 7: Now that I’m blogging, what is it I’m doing?

Tues., Feb. 21: Is blogging journalism?

Please read these before today’s class:

· J. D. Lasica, “Blogging as a Form of Journalism”

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017958873.php

· Stacy D. Kramer, “Journos and Bloggers: Can Both Survive?”

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1100245630.php

· Robert Niles, “The Importance of Blogging in Journalism Education”

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/robert/931/index.cfm

· Don Gillmor, Introduction to We the Media

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/ch00.pdf

Technology presentation: Justin Light

Thurs., Feb. 23: Is Blogging Journalism?, Part 2; and Blogging as information management?

Please read before today’s class:

· Jason Gallo, “Weblog Journalism: Between Infiltration and Integration”

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/weblog_journalism.html

· Steven Johnson, “Use the Blog, Luke”

http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/10/blogbrain/index.html?x

· Cory Doctorow, “My Blog, My Outboard Brain”

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/01/01/cory.html

And take a look at these blogs:

· Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/

· Metafilter

http://www.metafilter.com/

Blogs-in-the-news presentation: Tanner Flowers

Tues., Feb. 28: Blogging as reading/writing practice/ as alternative learning

Please read before today’s class:

· Will Richardson, “Blogging Thoughts . . . Again”

http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2004/05/05

---, “Connective Writing”

http://www.weblogg-ed.com/2005/11/06#a4208

· Collin Brooke, “Poetics of the Everyday”

http://wrt-brooke.syr.edu/cgbvb/archives/2005/09/poetics_of_the.html

· Henry Farrell, “The Blogosphere as a Carnival of Ideas”

http://chronicle.com/free/v52/i07/07b01401.htm

· David Weinberger, “The New Is”

http://www.hyperorg.com/misc/thenewis.html

Technology presentation: Colin McMillin

Thurs., Mar. 2: Blogging as community-building; blogging as literature

Please read before today’s class:

· Anita Blanchard, “Blogs as Virtual Communities”

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogs_as_virtual.html

· Steve Himmer, “The Labyrinth Unbound”

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/labyrinth_unbound.html

Blogs-in-the-news presentation: Amy Fortner