week tuesday thursday 1.29 introduction introduction to MOOs Beginner's Guide to MOOing 2.5 Frankenstein reading: Shelley, 3-86 FrankenMOO reading: Shelley, 87-118 Introduction to FrankenMOO 2.12 Frankenstein reading: Shelley, 119-215 FrankenMOO reading: Bethany Nowviskie, " Giddy_Fruit in the MUD" 2.19 writing space: the story of letters reading: Ong, 78-138 HTML 1 reading: MITH Introductory Guide to HTML 2.26 symbol space: the story of numbers reading: G. J. Chaitin, "A Century of Controversy over the Foundations of Mathematics"; Stephen Ramsay, " The Internet Jitters" HTML 2 MOO exercise due 3.5 Special Guest: Professor Neil Fraistat No Class 3.12 information space: the story of the web reading: w3history (especially 1989-93); Bruce Sterling, "A Short History of the Internet"; An Atlas of Cyberspaces reading: TBA 3.19 metamedia reading: Johnson, 11-41 presentation of MOO and visualization projects 3.26 spring break spring break 4.2 interface cultures: windows reading: Johnson, 42-75; Apple's 1984 Superbowl spot (requires QuickTime plug-in and a fast connection) how to read an interface reading: Apple's Quicktime 4.0 Player visualization due 4.9 interface cultures: beyond windows reading: Johnson, 76-105; "Son of iMac: The Shape of Things to Come" introduction to IVANHOE reading: explore the IVANHOE development site, and read Chandler Sansing, "A Wrinkle in Play: Adapting the Ivanhoe Game for Middle School" MOO or visualization revision due 4.16 hypertext reading: Johnson, 106-137 reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl paper due 4.23 digital art and poetry reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl MITH Colloquium (2:00-4:00) IVANHOE round 1 due 4.30 digital art and poetry reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl reading: Jackson, Patchwork Girl IVANHOE round 2 due 5.7 humanities computing reading: John Unsworth, " The Scholar in the Digital Library" humanities computing IVANHOE round 3 due 5.14 conclusions/review   Final: Friday, May 17, 10:30-12:30, SQH 1120

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MATTHEW G. KIRSCHENBAUM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH MK235@UMAIL.UMD.EDU