Sunday
Aug212011
ENGL 101: Gaming: Writing, Technology, Art
Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 04:47PM
ENGL101-43 (072315)
Fall 2011
Dr. Jen Boyle
Phone: 349-6654; Office: EHFA 206
jboyle@coastal.edu
Office hours: MWF: 2.30-3.30pm
And online hours TBA
All content for this course is available on Blackboard
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COURSE OBJECTIVES AND REQUISITES:
This course follows the description, objectives, and outcomes, and provides the requisites explained in the First-year Composition Guide 2nd Edition, pages 1-4.
GRADING PERCENTAGES: Your grade for the course is broken down as follows:
Weekly Responses on Blackboard (solo) [REVIEW handout on how these are scored] – 30%
One test on course content (group and solo)– 20%
Paper 1: Project Storyboard and Presentation (group and solo) -- 20%
Paper 2: Final Paper (5-7 pages) (solo)– 30%
You must complete all assignments to be eligible to receive a passing grade in the course. I do not accept late papers or assignments.
GRADING CRITERIA
I’ll grade your papers using the criteria explained in the First-year Composition Guide.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
McCloud, Making Comics
Faigley, Little Penguin Handbook
First-year Composition Guide, 2nd edition, 2011.
Various smaller articles and web sites (AVAILABLE THROUGH HYPERLINKED SYLLABUS)
A Coastal email address, access to Blackboard, and ready access to a reliable printer
****YOU MUST ALSO DOWNLOAD FROM BLACKBOARD A COPY OF THE HYPERLINKED SYLLABUS (more about this in class)
ATTENDANCE:
This course follows the attendance policy explained in the First-year Composition Guide
PLAGIARISM:
This course follows the definition and policy on plagiarism explained in the First-year Composition Guide.
STATEMENT ON DISABILITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS
See the policies outlined in the First-year Composition Guide.
English 101, Fall 2011
Dr. Jen E. Boyle
Calendar of Assignments
*Note that the following schedule may change with notice from the instructor.
M: 8/22: Introduction to class. IN CLASS: TED video on gaming, McGonigal on Gaming http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html
W: 8/24: BRING IN COPY OF COURSE SYLLABUS
Syllabus and course/assignment overview; structure of course
F: 8/26: READ: (B) Wiseman, “Playing a Molecule Game”
IN CLASS Lecture: What is a Game and Why is Gaming Important?
IN CLASS Video Games Live, PBS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHLeDBKprA
M: 8/29: READ AND VIEW: “History of Games – Interactive timeline and list of best and worst and games http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/
W: 8/31: 1) READ: “Don’t Blame Video Games For Violence” http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=149575016
2) VIEW: Gender, Race, and Violence in Video Games http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCuKQIMg0I4
3) VIEW: Learning in Virtual Worlds http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/virtuallearning/
4) VIEW: Video Games Instruct Surgeons http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/video/95-video+games+instruct+surgeons.html
IN CLASS : review posting to the discussion board and grading system
F: 9/2: 1) READ: Salon interview with Tom Bissell, “Are Video Games the Next Great Art Form?”http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/06/20/tom_bissell_extra_lives_interview_ext2010
2) READ: Liu, Review of Extra Lives: why videogames matter” http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/09/review-extra-lives-why-video-games-matter/
M: 9/5: Labor day no class
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD THIS WEEK
W: 9/7:
READ: Juul, “The Game, The Player, The World: Looking for a Heart of Gameness”
http://www.jesperjuul.net/text/gameplayerworld/
IN CLASS: close reading exercise: texts, images & diagrams
F: 9/9: 1) READ: Jenkins, “Eight Myths About Videogames Debunked” http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html
2) READ: “South Korean Man Dies After Games Sessions” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4137782.stm
Handout for first content test
M: 9/12: Review session for first content test
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD THIS WEEK
W: 9/14: TEST ON FIRST PART OF COURSE CONTENT
F: 9/16: Review the test; in class writing and critical exercises
M: 9/19: LIBRARY ORIENTATION (TENTATIVE)
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD
W: 9/21: 1)READ: “What Women Want” http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/women.html
2)READ: “Why Lara Croft Steals Hearts” < http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2006/04/70712>
F: 9/23: READ: “Girl Games: Adventures in Lip Gloss” http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3252/girl_games_adventures_in_lip_gloss.php
M: 9/26: READ: (B) Leonard, “Live in Your World, Play in Ours”: Race, Video Games,
and Consuming the Other”
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD
W: 9/28: IN CLASS Introduction to Final Project and Research Segments
F: 9/30: VIEW: Persuasive Games http://www.persuasivegames.com/ [YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE GAMES FEATURED AT THIS SITE]
M: 10/3: IN CLASS: Scott McCloud video http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD
W: 10/5: IN CLASS Presentation on “leveling” to learn to write and persuade through images, words, and frames
Introduction to storyboard and presentation on game idea
F: 10/7: READ: Making Comics, pp 1-37.
M: 10/10: READ: Making Comics, pp. 38-54.
W: 10/12: in class: crowdsourcing some ideas about a game project
F: 10/14: HOLIDAY
M: 10/17: READ: Making Comics pp. 128-40.
IN CLASS : Indie Games http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7812264
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD (**remember that this week you will be posting your game project idea)
W: 10/19: READ: Design Document for a Game http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/designing-video-games.html; IN CLASS Introduction to storyboarding
F: 10/21: VIEW: Example Game Storyboard http://www.finegamedesign.com/script/index.html
M: 10/24: READ: Making Comics, pp. 140-58; 186-87.
W: 10/26: IN CLASS Group work on storyboarding
F: 10/28: IN CLASS Group work on Storyboarding
M: 10/31: IN CLASS : lecture and sample presentation of game project idea; handout on developing a focus for final research paper.
W: 11/2: IN CLASS Review on conducting research and resources for paper focus: what does a workable topic or focus look like?
F: 11/4: READ: Sample papers in First Year Writing Guide
M: 11/7: READ: Faigley, Part one, “Composing”
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD (*remember that this week you will be posting a description of your research and final paper topic)
W: 11/9: IN CLASS exercises on framing and arguments
F: 11/11: READ: Faigley, Part two, “Researching”; IN CLASS exercises on annotated bibliography
M: 11/14: READ: Faigley, “Documentation” and “Style and Language”; IN CLASS examples of framing and drafting the paper.
REMEMBER TO POST TO DISCUSSION BOARD (*remember that this week you will be posting your annotated bibliography entries for your research)
W: 11/16: IN CLASS BRING DRAFT EXCERPTS TO CLASS [* YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 3-4 PAGES OF A DRAFT OF THE FINAL PAPER IN CLASS, AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS]
F: 11/18: Workshop; and final preparation for presentations.
21- 25 Thanksgiving Break
M: 11/28: Presentations on game project ideas
W: 11/30 Presentations “ “
F: 12/2 Presentations “ “
M: 12/5 Presentations “ “
W: 12/7: Presentations “ “
FINAL EXAM = FINAL PAPERS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE FINALS WEEK
