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Spring 2011 Schedule

Day 25: Monday, May 2, 2011: Midterm Exam E2 10:00-11:50

Day 24: Thursday, April 21, 2011: Audio podcast work for Brushy Fork

Day 23: Tuesday, April 19, 2011: Video work for Brushy Fork

Day 22: Thursday, April 14, 2011: Video work for Brushy Fork

Day 21: Tuesday, April 12, 2011: Webpage work for Brushy Fork

  • In class:

Day 20: Tuesday, April 5, 2011: Group Project work

  • In class:
    • Identify a group of students you will work with in class today and Thursday
    • Do the work on the GP3: SparkPlug Audio 2 which will be due one week from today

Day 19: Thursday, March 31, 2011: Group Project work

  • In class:
    • Identify a group of students you will work with in class today and Thursday
    • Do the work on the GP2: SparkPlug Audio 1
    • Read Chapter 5 on Digital Audio in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 18: Tuesday, March 29, 2011:  Audio Editing

  • In class:

Day 17: Thursday, March 24, 2011: Feeds

  • In class:
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA12.  Do the assignment and submit the blog link into Moodle before our next class.
    • Read Chapter 4 on Digital Audio in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 16: Tuesday, March 22, 2011: Personalized Maps

Day 15: Tuesday, March 8, 2011: Group Project work

  • In class:

Day 14: Tuesday, March 3, 2011: Midterm Exam E1

Day 13: Tuesday, February 22, 2011: Learning About the Spark Plugs Installment #1

  • In class:
    • Discuss student webpages, including images and videos
    • Discuss and edit sparkplug videos
    • Discuss upcoming midterm exam E1, which will be on Thursday March 3
  • Outside of class:

Day 12: Thursday, February 17, 2011: Learning About the Spark Plugs Installment #1

Day 11: Tuesday, February 15, 2011: HTML, CSS, and video

Day 10: Thursday, February 10, 2011: Thinking about mixed media

  • In class:
    • Take quiz.
    • Discuss dropbox.com
    • Make sure videos are accessible via public dropbox folder.
  • Outside of class:
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA7.  
    • Read the latter sections of the Digital Video FundamentalsChapter in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 9: Tuesday, February 8, 2011: More working with video

  • In class:
    • Discuss dropbox.com
    • More work with Video editing software on the Macs
  • Outside of class:
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA6.  Edit the video and put it in your public dropbox folder.  Then submit a link to this folder in Moodle.
    • Read the first 6 sections of the Digital Video FundamentalsChapter in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 8: Thursday, February 3, 2011: Working with video

  • In class:
    • Begin video work 
    • Work with Video editing software on the Macs
  • Outside of class:

Day 7: Tuesday, February 1, 2011: Working with video

  • In class:
    • Take Quiz
    • See presentations on wireframes for the main Brushy Fork page
  • Outside of class:
    • No homework or reading!!

Day 6: Thursday, January 27, 2011: Working with images and video

  • In class:
    • Begin video work 
    • Work with photoediting software
  • Outside of class:
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA5.  Do the assignment and submit the blog link into Moodle before our next class.
    • Read Chapter 2 in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 5: Tuesday, January 25, 2011: More on Webpage structure.

  • In class:
    • Work on expanding webpages to include  multiple pages.
  • Outside of class:
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA4.  Do the assignment and submit the blog link into Moodle before our next class.
    • Install photoediting software (Gimp, PhotoScape, or PhotoShop)--your choice.

Day 4: Thursday, January 20, 2011: Debriefling about web page interfaces and thinking about video

  • Outside of class:
    • Read Chapter 1 in the text and be prepared for a quiz on this reading.

Day 3: Tuesday, January 18, 2011: Blogging about web page interfaces

Day 2: Thursday, January 13, 2011: Introduction to some web technologies

  • In class:
    • Discussion on Peter's presentation and the service project
    • Introduction to Moodle submissions using Practice Assignment PA1 to submit.
    • Introduction to some web technologies.
  • Outside of class:

Day 1: Tuesday, January 11, 2011: Orientation to the Course

  • In class:
    • Discussion on class structure, syllabus, and schedule
    • Leadership self-assessment
    • Introduction to service project and to Peter Hille, Director Brushy Fork Institute, our community partner
  • Outside of class:
    • Buy the textbook: The Digital Media Primer, by Yue-Ling Wong,ISBN:9780132239448,Published by Prentice Hall, 2009.
    • Complete Practice Assignment PA1.  Save it on your laptop and on a flash drive and bring it to our next class.  I will show you how to upload into Moodle.