JOMC 050 Summer '98--At-a-glance

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JOMC 050 Summer Day-by-Day

Course Outline for JOMC 050:

Electronic Information Sources

The Be-Cool-in-July-Edition, with Bob Stepno

This outline is preliminary... See day-by-day pages for specific assignments and deadlines!

Day	Topic	Reading (before class)	Projects/Activites (in class)
# 1	July 1: Wednesday Introduction to the course, to each other, Macs & software	Today is the exception to the 'before class' heading Visit Copytron and pick up a Dead Tree Edition coursepack Buy two high-density 3.5" disks (Mac or PC)	Computer survey Introduce research topic True names & Wizards Netscape & Telnet Discuss class calendar
# 2	July 2: Thursday Web searching Information & knowledge	Browse theDead Tree Edition coursepack Read sections on Macintosh fundamentals, email, research topics	Databases & turkey races Picking Your Topic Make your first web page
# 3	July 6: Monday Thinking & Linking Internet & hypertext pioneers Map of the Internet Evolution of the computer	DTE sections on pioneers & history, plus related Web pages As We May Think (it's a long online article; focus on later chapters) Explore YAHOO.com	Internet /hypertext history and concepts... HTML + FTP = URL, PDQ Meet Fetch Submit research topic *Must have DTE* and disks from now on**
#4	July 7: Tuesday Introduction to HTML	HTML tutorials in theDTE and online Review concepts of Macintosh folders and documents Read DTE on Web searching	Review HTML tags Content rant Search for your topic, read the best, save the URLs Make simple Web pages the "hard" way
# 5	July 8: Wednesday Audience, design & usability Fetch and FTP Scanning and Photoshop	Design, planning,Scanning and Photoshop in DTE AltaVista search guidelines online Read an online newspaper or magazine	Bring a photo you own Review Fetch and learn scanning... and Just a little Photoshop Image excess rant
# 6	July 9: Thursday Web search engines Netscape Composer	Read DTE on Web searching Search for your topic and read the best of what you find. (Save the URLs)	More scanning. Web pages the easy way, with Netscape Composer Sixth day course evaluation
# 7	July 13: Monday Professional-quality research Official sources Journalists' sources local, state & federal online	Catchup on HTML and Fetch in DTE Look at some government information.	Special Guest! Work on your pages
# 8	July 14: Tuesday WYSIWYG and Composer Content	Review for Thursday's test	Working with Composer Debugging strategies Review Sample test
# 9	July 15: Wednesday Review for Test & Web deadline	For test, see daily page. For Web, check out Webpagesthatsuck.com	Review, review, review
# 10	July 16: Thursday Test	Review DTE, notes and links so far.	One-hour test Then relax and work on your pages 2.5 Web Pages Due Monday
# 11	July 20: Monday An Academic Universe Online	2.5 Web Pages Due	Introduce Treasure Hunt (Slight variation on the version described in the DTE)
# 12	July 21: Tuesday Library and Census info	UNC Library review DTE on Library sources	Search & resource demos Work on Treasure Hunt
# 13	July 22: Wednesday Information quality Large-scale Web archives	Dead Tree Edition on resources Read & evaluate your best topic sources	Special guest! Work on Treasure Hunt
# 14	July 23: Thursday Evaluating content Source reliability	Read & evaluate your best topic sources	Treasure Hunt Part #1 Due Friday Show what you've found
# 15	July 27: Monday (Tentative, based on Treasure Hunt progress) Design and content together Usability research	Read & evaluate your best topic sources	Work on Treasure Hunt
# 16	July 28: Tuesday Abuses of the Web	DTE and links on net abuse	spam, addiction, privacy, gambling, access & controversy
# 17	July 29: Wednesday Practical uses of the Web	Born on the Web links Pick your favorite Online publications for class discussion Pick your LEAST favorites, too!	Work on Treasure Hunt Job-hunting online
# 18	July 30: Thursday Review for exam Course evaluation	Wrap up Treasure Hunt!	Treasure Hunt Part #2 Due
# 19	Aug 3: Monday Review for exam Where to go from here	Review searching, information sources, concepts and definitions for final.	Final half of research Web page Due The Internet: your future at UNC & beyond. J50 Jeopardy Review
# 20	Aug. 5: Wednesday FINAL EXAM 8 a.m. (yow!)	Review Think Rest Review Think Rest Review Think Rest Don't Worry! Sleep well...	GOOD LUCK!!

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