Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this module you should

  1. Understand the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet
  2. Have a critical perspective on the broad outlines of early web and internet history
  3. Understand, at a very basic level, the architecture and protocols that make the web run
  4. Be able to write basic web pages in HTML
  5. Be able to style basic web pages with CSS

Dates and Activities

Wednesday, March 5

Before class

In class

  • We’ll discuss Broad Band and 🏄 the web.

Class work: In your folder for 3-5, share your journal file for the day with notes about how the internet and web evolved. What did you already know about this evolution? What did you learn for the first time? Was there anything you thought you knew that turned out to be wrong? Did you have to modify any knowledge or beliefs in light of what you learned?

Friday, March 7

Before class

In class

  • We’ll play with HTML and CSS.

Monday, March 10

Before class

  • Read Broad Band, 153-174.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Broad Band and continue to play with HTML and CSS.

  • Class work: In your folder for 3-10, share your journal file for the day with notes on HTML and CSS.

  • Due: First blog post.

Wednesday, March 12

No class meeting: SUNY DLC.

Friday, March 14

Before class

  • No additional reading.

In class

  • We’ll play more with HTML and CSS.

🌱🌱 Spring Break 🌱🌱

Monday, March 24

Before class

  • Read The Book, 111-196.

In class

  • We’ll discuss The Book and catch up as needed.

Class work: In your folder for 3-24, share your journal file for the day with reflections on how reading The Book has changed how you look at books.

Wednesday, March 26

Before class

  • Read Walden, “The Ponds,” “Baker Farm,” “Higher Laws.”
  • Leave a comment in the margin of any part of Walden assigned for 3/26 that makes you curious to know more about how that passage might have changed during Thoreau’s composition process.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and explore images of the Walden manuscript.

Class work: In your folder for 3-26, share your journal file for the day with notes on any thoughts you have about the Walden manuscript images.

Friday, March 28

Before class

  • No additional reading.

In class

  • We’ll use this class meeting to catch up as needed.