COMT 109 Digital Media Pedagogy
  Brian Goldfarb,
Winter 2007
  Dept of Communication, UCSD

Meetings

Course Schedule:

Note: Readings are due before the class. Readings are subject to change by the instructor.
You will be notified as early as possible of any changes.

week: 1  |  2  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10

Week One (Jan 12):  Introduction

[Torrey Pines Elementary School site visits begin on Thursday, Jan 11, please arrive at noon for orientation]  


Week Two (Jan 19): Multimedia pedagogies

[High Tech Middle Media Arts site visits begin on Jan 16; Museum Charter School begin on Jan 16]   

Reading:

Week Three (Jan 26): Youth Culture and New Media.

Reading:

  Further reading:

Week Four (Feb 2): New literacies?

Reading:

  Further reading:


Week Five (Feb 9
): Digital geographies: the "digital divide" and the world of the Web       

DUE: Lesson Plan and Learning Objectives.

Reading:

Week Six (Feb 16): Universal access: visuality, [dis]ability  and digital learning

Reading:

Week Seven (Feb 23): Balancing safety and independence in learning: negotiating control and monitoring access to content in classrooms, libraries and at home                   

Reading:

Week Eight (March 2): Games, play and learning

Reading:

Week Nine (March 9): Plagiarism or collaboration: research and authorship in the digital library

Reading:

Week Ten (March 16): Technology in community-based learning centers

Reading:

 

Finals Week (March 23): FINAL PAPER (take home exam) DUE on March 23rd