15 March

  1. (After turning in Paper 2…) Have class do an in-class writing about what they think digital citizenship is
  2. Put some promptings/questions/ideas on the projector about half way through—cause them to second guess themselves/confirm within themselves
  3. 15-20 min
  4. Show some videos situating digital citizenship
  5. Louis CK Video (5min)
  6. Bad Behavior Online—PBS (5min)
  7. Bullied Girl Voted Ugliest Girl On Internet (10min)
  8. 10 Tests Of Good Digital Citizenship (remainder)
  9. Go over/explain homework

HW.Find at least 1 article that either discusses the idea of digital citizenship (and it could certainly be an article discussing digital citizenship by another name) or find at least 1 article that works as a good example of some aspect of digital citizenship, positive or negative. From the article(s), identify at least 3 characteristics of digital citizenship—and, again, positive or negative—and list them along with a brief (1 paragraph each?) discussion describing each characteristic and how it is working in the particular context you found it. This writing (typed, stapled if needed) should be about a page or so in length.

17 March

  1. Get in pairs. “Teach” your article about digital citizenship to your partner. Summarize, explain, posit argument(s).
  2. Write about what your partner taught you.
  3. Elements of digital citizenship
  4. Positive and negative
  5. List on whiteboard
  6. Compare to published list(s)
  7. E.g.,

HW.Have class read “Digital Natives, Yet Strangers To The Web” by Alia Wong (The Atlantic) and write about it, begin thinking about how materials we have reviewed/they have found relate to the central text.

(As we began Unit 3, I polled the class if they wanted the freedom of choosing their own central text or if they wanted me to assign one and they would be responsible for only finding texts for synthesis. They wanted me to choose the text for them. Wong’s is a good central text, for not only does it get into digital citizenship, but it also serves as a good example of synthesis in action.)

22 March

  1. Conduct close reading of Wong article
  2. Pay special attention not only to rhetorical moves and places that are integral to our discussion(s) on digital citizenship but also to where synthesis is happening, what it looks like, how it is done
  3. This is important, for in order to develop a firm grasp on synthesis, one must have a firm grasp on the texts that will be synthesized

HW.Find a new article (in other words, in addition to the one(s) you might have already been working with) and post it to Blackboard (I will create a discussion board area) with a 1 paragraph-ish description/explanation/justification as to why/how it relates to Wong’s article

25 March

  1. Using the articles that were listed on the discussion board, pull a number of them and identify places where they might be incorporated/related/”speak to”/synthesized into an essay where Wong’s work is central to a discussion on digital citizenship
  2. Probably a lot of drawing on the board and/or using the projector
  3. Do not give it away, but have the class complete a series (3-5 article examples?) of short writings practicing connecting discussion board articles to Wong

29 & 31 March

  1. A. Spring Break

5 April

  1. In-class drafting
  2. Demonstrate how helpful an outline could be to an assignment like this

7 April

  1. Peer Review/Workshop

12 April

  1. Conferencing?/Activity -ies

14 April

  1. Conferencing?/Activity –ies

19 April

  1. Paper 3 due

ASSIGNMENT 3: ANALYZING THE CONTEXT IN WHICH A SET OF ARGUMENTS ARE MADE

Trolling, harassment, and online bullying have raised important questions about digital citizenship and civil discourse. In this assignment you will map major points of similarity, difference, contrast and connection between texts that address these questions. You will consider how major positions advanced in these texts relate to each other, and you will evaluate claims representative of these positions.