Policy note: Please note that all late assignments will lose points for each day it is late. Please also note the absence policy.
MOODLE PAGE MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS PROGRESS OF THE COURSE. PLEASE CHECK THERE.
Week 1:
Class 1 –
- Course introduction, grading scale for JCU, syllabus
- late assignments, absences, unprepared,
- Electronics in class - what the research says; what the student government has asked
- Moodle/TurnitinUk
- response vs. summary worksheet
Homework: Written responses.
Class 2 -
- How homework is checked
- Professional register
- 99% Invisible: Visuals, Objects
- What is design? http://defining-design.net/
Homework: Written responses and Workshopping
Week 2
Class 1 -
Brown - "Designers - Think Big"
How to read critically
Burckhardt, Lucius. “Design is Invisible” 1980.
Read and annotate article.
Homework: Annotation of Source
Class 2 -
- Quiz on course policy
- Burckhardt article
Homework: Annotation of Source and Written Response
Week 3
Class 1 -
- Discuss annotation of article and responses
- Discuss overlapping issues of sources
Homework: Prepare for in-class essay on Defining Design. Workshopping.
Class 2 -
In-class essay #1 “Defining Design”.
Homework: Written Response
Week 4
Class 1 -
- Library session on sourcing and research
Homework: Annotation and Notes on Articles
Class 2 -
- Plagiarism and academic honesty
- Paraphrasing exercises
Homework: Study for plagiarism quiz and read and annotate Douglas Rushkoff, "The Ownership Society" Life, Inc. (2009).
Week 5
Class 1 -
- Academic honesty quiz
- Rushkoff discussion
- James Howard Kunstler, "The Ghastly Tragedy of the Suburbs" (TED, 2004). http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia
Homework: Notes on Kunstler and Annotations of reading.
Class 2 -
- Discuss overlapping issues of design and where we live.
Homework: Written Responses
Week 6
Class 1 -
Overlapping issues
Homework: Workshopping and Prepare for second in-class essay on design and how we live.
Class 2 -
Second in-class essay. Subject: Design and how we live.
Homework:
You will be assigned a TED talk from the playlist "The Importance of Play". Watch your assigned talk and another talk. Take notes and respond to both on Moodle. Bring the printout of the response to class. If you miss class and for some reason do not have an assigned talk, what should you do?
A) Walk into class empty handed and when you are called on say something like, "Of course I don't have it. I wasn't here at the last class" or try the classic, "I was confused."
B) Select two talks from the list and walk in prepared to present both with your responses printed out.
C) Send your professor an email that says, "Yo, prof I didn't no what 2 do cuz I was sick yesterday!!! did i miss anything important?"
Week 7
Class 1 -
Meet at Piazza San Cosimato
Homework: Read and annotate: Tonucci and Risotto, "Why do we need Children's Participation: The importance of children's participation in changing a city", Journal of Community and Applied Psychology (11: 2001). You can access this article through JCU's discovery tool. Bring the annotated article in with you to class. Students without this will be considered unprepared and counted as absent.
Class 2 -
Article, Research Project, Brainstorm
Homework: Workshopping, Brainstorm, Transom Response
Week 8
Overlapping issues, essay preparation, research assignment
Homework: Prepare for final essay, Workshop
Class 2 -
In Class essay three: Design and Children's Participation
Homework: Revise Brainstorm
Week 9
Class 1
Forming a research question, proposal pitch
Homework: Write a proposal pitch
Class 2
Library session
Homework: Make appointment with Librarian and Take Notes on the Annotated Bibliography
Week 10
Class 1
Proposal pitches, Middle of term talking points
Homework: Work on Annotated Bibliography, Take notes of Review of Literature, Library Worksheet
Class 2
Review of literature, Middle of term talking points
Homework: Annotated Bibliography
Week 11
Class 1
Outlining
Homework: Review of Literature
Class 2
Drafting and introduction
Homework: Thesis notes, outline
SPRING BREAK
Week 12
Class 1
Thesis statements
Homework: Work on Draft
Class 2
Workshop drafts
Week 13
Class 1
Transitions, Conclusions
Homework: Work on final paper
Class 2
Conclusions, Works Cited
Homework: Work on final paper
Week 14
Papers Due
Interviews
Final presentation instructions
Finals week
Our final exam could be any day between 29 April and 5 April. Make your plans accordingly.