Schedule for Group Web Project
(keyed to Schedule of Classes on syllabus)
 
June
T 5
In class: Introduce Group Web Project, including author list.
W 6
In class: Members of groups announced.
R 7
In class, in large group: Review goals of project; introduction to web (structure, organization, how to search); introduction to library resources (print and database) for research. (Authors announced at end of class.)
In class, in small groups: Select preferred authors; exchange contact information; choose meeting time to begin research.
F 8 -
W 13
Out of class: Prepare drafts of "Biography" and "Bibliography" (See samples, though longer, of a biography at <http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/purple/biography.html>and
bibliography at <http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/purple/bibliography.html>)
R 14
In class, in large group: Address questions about "Biography" and "Bibliography"; review information about locating and evaluating web sources; introduction to using Netscape Composer to create web pages.
In class, in small groups: Practice with using Netscape Composer; review of drafts of "Biography" and "Bibliography" to see if more research required.
F 15 -
M 18
Out of class: Prepare final draft of "Biography" and "Bibliography." Begin thinking about which "Critical Contexts" categories to include and which topics to use for the entries.
M 18
In class: "Biography" and "Bibliography" due at beginning of class for grading. Final copy should be typed, double-spaced, and printed out, with pages numbered and stapled.
W 20
In class, in large group: Review of Walker's discussion on web page layout/design; review of sample entries for "Critical Contexts."
In class, in small groups: Planning session for design of your group's web pages and for entries for "Critical Contexts." Appoint one or two group members as "Web Masters" (the person or people who will be responsible for getting all the word-processing documents/files into .html and into the correct design).
R 21 -
T 26
Out of class: Prepare entries for "Critical Contexts." Web Master(s) begin to prepare information as .html files for final web pages.
W 27
In class, in large group: Address questions about "Critical Contexts" entries and final web page design.
In class, in small groups: Review drafts of "Critical Contexts" entries. Identify how the Web Master(s) will receive revised drafts to convert them into .html and place in web pages.
R 28
Out of class: Web Master(s) upload completed Group Web Project to web.
F 29
In class: Groups present their completed Group Web Project to the class!
 
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