English 605: Computers in Language and Rhetoric

Spring 2008

TTH 10:30-11:45 a.m.

BRNG B274

Contact Information

Professor: Samantha Blackmon

Office: 302B Heavilon Hall

Phone: 494-3742

Email: blackmos@purdue.edu

Office Hours: 1-2 p.m. TTH & by appointment

Course Syllabus On-line at: http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp08/blackmon1

(Syllabus and Calendar are tentative and subject to change. Please check on-line syllabus for latest changes. Any hard copy may be obsolete, so be sure to bring it with you to each class to record all changes.)

Course Description:

This seminar investigates how computers figure in contemporary theories of text and text-making. Readings and discussion topics will cover pedagogy, cyberspace, and a critical analysis of both technology and specific technologies used in the computer-mediated classroom (i.e. synchronous/asynchronous discussions, electronic writing and publication, and new media studies). Assignments for this course will include weekly response assignments, a mid-semester project/presentation, and a seminar project.