Part I: Internet and computer interfaces (history)

Cyberspace vs. Internet: an introduction

Couclelis, H. "Misses, near-misses and surprises in forecasting" (pp. 70-83)

Film: The Thirteenth Floor

choose discussion groups

History of the PC: Computer interfaces I

Ceruzzi, P., "Augmenting Human Intellect, 1975-1985" (pp. 243-280)

Murray, J., “From additive to expressive form” (pp. 65-96)

History of the PC: Computer interfaces II

Johnson, S. “The Desktop” (42-75)

Turkle, S. “A tale of two aesthetics” (29-49)

- Video Sixth Sense (TED)

Discussion:
- Interface of the future

History of the Internet

Abbatte, J. "Popularizing the Internet. (pp. 181-220)

Rheingold, H. "Visionaries and convergences: The accidental history of the Net" (pp. 57-108)

Blog post 4
(texts 7/8)

Presentation 1:
Ellen Easter,
Ashley Magiera,
Jason Cooke .

Hameri, A., & Nordberg, M. "From experience: Linking available resources and technologies to create a solution for document sharing" (pp. 322-334)

Berners-Lee, et. al. "The World Wide Web" (pp. 791-798)

Blog post 5
(texts 9/10)

Presentation 2:
Robert Isola,
Rebecca Lopes.

MUDs and Virtual Worlds

Dibbell, J. "The scarlet balloon" (pp. 39-72)

Mortensen, T. "WoW is the new MUD (pp. 397-413)

Blog post 6
(texts 11/12)

Presentation 3:
Stephanie White,
Darian Perry.

- mid-term exam questions

computer lab class @ ITTC Labs
(Directions to the Lab)

3D Worlds:
- Second Life

Create Second Life Avatar (1)

- MidTerm due

Wilson, J., "3G to Web 2.0?" (pp. 229-242)

Beer, D. "Power through the algorithm?" (NMS)

Presentation 4:
Devin Bobbit,
Kishea Philips,
Megan Forman.

Blogs / Wikis
(Frances)

Bruns, A. "Wikipedia : representations of knowledge" (pp. 101-136)

Barlow, A. "The growth of the discussion boards and the birth of the blogs" (pp. 143-152)

Blog post 8
(texts 15/16)

Presentation 5:
Austin Zanella,
Stephen Conger,
Enrico Kufuor.

boyd, d., & Ellison, N. "Social networking sites" (JCMC)

Kim, K-H. & Yun, H. "Cying for me, Cying for us" (JCMC)

Blog post 9
(texts 17/18)

Spring Holiday
(no class)

de Souza e Silva, A., & Frith, J. "Conceptualizing locative mobile social networks"

Humphreys, L. "Mobile Social Networks and Social Practice" (JCMC)

Presentation 6:
Michelle Chandler,
Catherine Parrish,
Katie Watterson.

Greenfield, A. "Section1: What's everyware" (pp. 9-34)

Gordon, E., & de Souza e Silva, A. "Network Locality: Putting location back into the picture"

Videos:
- Tim Berners-Lee 2

- Kevin Kelly TED Talk

Blog post 11
(texts 21/22)

Presentation 7:
Evan Crim,
Leigh Tyler, Austin Zanella.

Part III: The Global Internet

Manuel Castells, "The geography of the Internet" (pp. 207-246).

Sassi, S. "Cultural differentiation of social segregation?" (pp. 684-700)

Videos:

Blog post 12
(texts 23/24)

Presentation 8:
John Lambert
Emily Gray,
Anna Riley.