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Class Topics and Reading Assignments*

*Future class topics, reading, and assignments are subject to change. Check past classes for additional links and resources.

Week 1: Networked Communications and the Internet
Tuesday, 9/9/2008

Week 2: Internet History
Tuesday, 9/16/2008

  • Watch Startup.com (DVD also on reserve in the library)
  • Assignment: Set up your class Blog
  • Read for Next Week: The Internet: Section 2
  • Read for Next Week: The Internet: Appendix A

Week 3: Internet Technology
Tuesday, 9/23/2008

Week 4: Web Browsers and Blogs
Tuesday, 9/30/2008

  • PBS: Net Neutrality video and discussion
  • Client / Server
  • "The Killer Application"
  • Web 2.0 and Platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google API, Flickr)
    • Social Media and User Generated Content
    • Platforms and APIs
    • AJAX allows web site to work like desktop applications
    • CSS, XML and Content Management Systems seperate content from display
    • RSS, mRSS, Widgets, and Syndication
    • Metadata makes rich media indexable and linkable
  • Review for Test # 1
  • Read for Next Week: Ch 5

Week 5: Network Applications and The World Wide Web
Tuesday, 10/7/2008

Week 6: Network Applications and The World Wide Web (cont)
Tuesday, 10/14/2008

Week 7: Week 8: Internet Addressing and ISPs
Tuesday, 10/21/2008

Week 8: Midterm Week
Tuesday, 10/28/2008

  • Test #2
  • Platforms

Week 9: Legal Issues Related to the Internet
Tuesday, 11/4/2008

  • Blog Entry #5 Due
  • Legal Issues related to the Internet
  • Patent, Trademark, Libel / Slander, Domiansquatting
  • Discuss Final Web Site Topics
  • Basic HTML tags and concepts
  • Using a Text Editor
  • File Structure and Naming
  • Discuss Final Web Site Project Guidelines

Week 10: Building and Uploading a Web Page
Tuesday, 11/11/2008

  • FTP settings
  • Cyberduck (Mac) or AceFTP for (Windows)
  • Read for Next Week: Textbook, Ch 2 (56 - 96), 6 (243 – 260), 7
  • Final Web Site Topics Due

Week 11: Linking and Validating Web Pages
Tuesday, 11/18/2008

  • Blog Entry #6 Due
  • How to Validate Your Web Page (W3C Validator)
  • Relative and Absolute Linking
  • Formatting Text
  • Setting DOCTYPE and Content-Type
    • <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
    • <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
  • Read for Next Week: Builder: "Graphics 101" (pages 1 - 15)
  • Read for Next Week: Chapter 8
  • Review for Test #3

Week 12: Web Graphics
Tuesday, 11/25/2008

  • Test #3
  • Class Web Page Due at the end of class
  • Compressing and resizing
  • Inserting images in a page

Week 13: Streaming Audio and Video
Tuesday, 12/2/2008

  • Blog Entry #7 Due
  • Web Site Rough Drafts Due (content-complete and online)
  • Streaming vs Downloadable Media
  • Video compression
  • Adding multimedia to a web page using the EMBED and OBJECT tags
  • Troubleshoot and Complete Final Projects
  • Review for Test #4

Week 14: Present Final Web Sites
Tuesday, 12/9/2008

  • Test #4
  • Present Final Web Sites

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Sean Fitzroy
The New England Institute of Art