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Contact Info

Instructor: Shawn Apostel
Office: Walker 147
Office Hours: 11 to 12 on T/R (or by appt.)
Email: spaposte@mtu.edu
Office: 906.487.3276

Class Outline

Week 1
January 15: First day of class
January 17: Discuss Tufte reading (large file - 62 megs)
.....Bring Flyer/Poster to redesign or a sketch for a new Flyer/Poster
.....Workshop/Brainstorming session on redesigning ideas
.....Discuss pages 33 to 56 in Compose Design Advocate (CDA)

Week 2
January 22: Discuss Non-Designer's reading
.....Discuss pages 285 to 299 in CDA
January 24: Flyer/Poster Workshop
.....Discuss pages 329 to 341 in CDA
.....Discuss Gestalt "film" (press "enter")

Week 3
January 29: Flyer/Poster due - present to class
.....Introduction to I-Search assignment
.....Discuss I-Search assignment: I-Search Paper and another
January 31: Break into I-Search workgroups
.....Turn in I-Search rough draft (should have ~ 500 words)
.....Discuss pages 80 to 85 in CDA
.....Discuss pages 143 to 160 in CDA

Week 4
February 5: Library/Research Day -- class will meet in the library
February 7: No Class: Winter Carnival

Week 5
February 12: Discuss I-Search rough draft -- bring to class (should have ~2000 words)
......Video Production intro -- using I-Movie
..... Discuss pages 256 to 258 in CDA
..... Video and Pic for class workshop:
..........video 1
..........video 2
..........video 3
......... video 4
..........video 5
...... ...picture
...... ...music
February 14: Discuss I-Search final draft -- bring to class (no more than ~2500 words)
....Discuss pages 213 to 222 in CDA

Week 6
February 19: Visual Strategies used in Films
....Discuss pages 509 to 530 in CDA
February 21: Arrangement Strategies used in Films
....Discuss pages 86 to 96 in CDA

Week 7
February 26: YouTube Workshop -- watch a few videos on the class channel
February 28: YouTube Workshop

Week 8
March 4: YouTube Presentations -- present research proposals to class
March 6: YouTube Presentations -- present research proposals to class
.....Break into groups for final presentation

(One week off -- Spring Break)

Week 9
March 18: Group Brainstorming and Organization Workshop
March 20: Discuss Group Presentations and research
.....Group Project Abstracts Due
.....Discuss pages 223 to 249 in CDA

Week 10
March 25: In Class Movie:Super Size Me
.....Group Checklist Due (see page 251 in CDA)
March 27: In Class Movie: Super Size Me -- Discussion follows
.....Group Presentations -- turn in outlines
.....Discuss pages 181 to 211 in CDA -- okay to skim this reading

Week 11
April 1: 3 to 5 page double spaced rhetorical analysis ofSuper Size Me
..........These papers must be emailed to me by 12:30 p.m. as a .doc or .rtf
..........Do not email me during class time! You will be docked 10 pts per day if it's late.
.....Group Workshop -- update abstract, put rhetorical analysis in paragraph form,
...........write rough draft using your outline as a guide.
..........Email the results to me by 1:50 p.m. as .doc or .rtf
April 3: Group Presentations -- full drafts due. This should be a complete draft
.......... of your presentation. Email this draft to me as .doc or .rtf by 1:50 p.m.
.....Read pages 252 to 255 in CDA
.....Email me what day/time your group would like to talk to me next week.
..........First group to email for that slot get's it; if you're late, give me a couple slots.
.....Collect visual materials you will be using, and bring some to the conference.

Week 12
April 8: No Class -- Conference to discuss presentations (meet in the clasroom)
.....Slot 1: 12:35
.....Slot 2: 1:00
.....Slot 3: 1:25
April 10: No Class -- Conference to discuss presentations (meet in the classroom)
.....Slot 4: 12:35
.....Slot 5: 1:00
.....Slot 6: 1:25

Week 13
April 14: Group Presentation Practice Run in Walker 134 from 5 to 8 p.m.
April 15: Group Presentations in 134 from 5 to 11 p.m.
April 17: Portfolio Workshop and Instructor Evaluation

Week 14
April 22: Portfolio Workshop -- Have everything gathered and letter drafted
.....Conferences to discuss final grade
April 24: No Class -- Portfolio due by 5 p.m.

Note: All drafts, writing assignments, journaling ... everything you do in this class should be saved. It may be included in your final portfolio.

* I reserve the right to modify this syllabus at my discretion.