Module 1: Credibility (July 6 – July 12)
Readings
- Blog postings for the week: Introduction, American English & Kaizen, You Dog.
- Zinsser, c. 1-7, 14
- Huhman, Start a blog, establish credibility
- Explore the Web Credibility Project (Is the site credible? Why or why not?)
Assignments
- Assignment 1-1: Thrilling Self-Intro
- Assignment 1-2: An Interesting Area
- At least 10 Diigo Annotations or Twitter posts
Module 2: Logic (July 13 – July 19)
Readings
- Blog postings for the week: “The Seinfeldian ‘Huh,’” “Spock’s Revenge,” and “Gathering Evidence”
- Zinsser, c. 8-10, 15
Assignments
- Assignment 2-1: Miniature review of the literature
- Assignment 2-2: Explain how to do something complicated, in text alone
- At least 5 Diigo Annotations or Twitter posts
Module 3: Passion (July 20 – July 26)
Readings
- Blog postings for the week: What the Web Wants, Common and Uncommon Ground, PowerPointed Out
- Zinsser, c. 12-14
- Godin, Really bad Powerpoint
- Froomkin, On Calling Bullshit
- Optional: Parker, Absolute Powerpoint
Assignments
- Assignment 3-1: Give me the cash
- Assignment 3-2: Really Good PowerPoint
- At least 10 Diigo Annotations or Twitter posts
Module 4: Conversation (July 27 – August 2)
Readings
- Blog postings for the week: How to Talk to Anyone, The Proposal, New Writing
- Zinsser, c. 15-16
- Rheingold, Twitter Literacy
- Explore: A Really Goode Job
Assignments
- Assignment 4-1: A social media strategy
- Assignment 4-2: In depth review of site, topic, or person
- At least 10 Diigo Annotations or Twitter posts
Module 5: Repeat (August 3 – August 9)
Readings
- Blog postings for the week: Revising: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
- Zinsser, c. 20, 21, 25
- Silverman, How to revise an email so that people will read it.
Assignments
- Assignment 5-1: Revise and expand two of your previous assignments
- At least 10 Diigo Annotations or Twitter posts