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Class-by-Class Schedule

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## Week 1

Lesson 1, Tuesday 8/29 – Course introduction: the writers in the room

HW:

• Read Madeline Sorapure's interactive webtext, "Five Principles of New Media: or, Playing Lev Manovich". After you've finished the Flash version, skim the pdf version.
• Watch Michael Wesch, “Information R/evolution”
• Buy the textbook, Writer/Designer, by Kristin L. Arola, Jennifer Sheppard, and Cheryl E. Ball. (I've ordered it to the University bookstore.)
• Join this website if you haven't yet, and
• Add New Post to share an introduction of yourself to the rest of the class.

Lesson 2, Thursday 8/31 – What is New Media?

HW:

• Read Stolley, “The Lo-Fi Manifesto, v. 2.0”
• Watch Git Basics videos: “#1 What is VCS?”, “#2 What is Git?”; #4 Quick Wins with Git”
• Join GitHub and
• Do the GitHub "Hello World" guide