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CCT260H. Web Culture and Design. Welcome to CCT260H. Introduction Receive Your Class Syllabus Verify Your Name & E-Mail on the Class List. About Me. 10 Years Professional Experience CIBC / CIBC Insurance X-Stream / LibertySurf / Livedoor SemaView Konverge & Know InvestorView
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CCT260H Web Culture and Design CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Welcome to CCT260H • Introduction • Receive Your Class Syllabus • Verify Your Name & E-Mail on the Class List CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
About Me • 10 Years Professional Experience • CIBC / CIBC Insurance • X-Stream / LibertySurf / Livedoor • SemaView • Konverge & Know • InvestorView • Diploma in Computer Programming and Analysis from Seneca College • First Year Urban Planner at Ryerson University CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
About Me • I’ve Also Been: • Paperboy • Warehouser • Bartender • Roofer • Electrician • General Contractor / Site Administrator • Stevedore CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Contacting Me • I Have No Office Hours or Phone! • Contact me via my Sheridan E-Mail: christopher.jones1@sheridanc.on.ca • Use your Sheridan or UT E-Mail • In An Emergency, State Your Name & Student ID • During Lab Time or After Class Before 9p.m. CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
wikispaces http://cct260-w10.wikispaces.com/ CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Other Services • SLATE - https://vista.sheridaninstitute.ca/webct/ • Will only be used for interim grades or other materials that are considered private • Elara • Used to submit your finished labs at the end of class • Naming convention: <student#>-<week#>.html • For example: 900100321-1.html • Individual accounts - https://www.utorid.utoronto.ca/ • Will be used for your final assignments CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Course Syllabus • Walkthrough • Remember: • You are responsible to meet all deadlines • Late penalties only apply to assignments • You need a valid medical note for tests • Labs must be completed in-class • Plagiarism or cheating will not be tolerated • Questions? CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Readings David Weinberger, 2002. Small pieces loosely joined: A unified theory of the web. Perseus Publishing; ISBN 0 738 208 507 (Paperback) David Gauntlett and Ross Horsley (Ed.) Second Edition, 2004. web.studies: Rewiring media studies for the digital age. Oxford University Press; ISBN 0 340 814 721 (Paperback) (Please ensure that you purchase the second edition of web.studies as it is has been substantially revised and updated. Both textbooks can be purchased at the UTM bookstore.) CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Critical Reading • Remember the Three Questions: • What does the text say? • What does the text do? • What does the text mean? • See University of Toronto’s Writing Website: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/reading-and-researching/critical-reading CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
What is Web Culture? • How Has the Web Defined Us? • How Has it Changed Us? • Personally - who we act • Interpersonally - how we interact • Economically - how we live • Where Will the Web Bring Us? • http://gawker.com/5439326/will-cops-or-internet-haters-get-to-the-facebook-fugitive-first?skyline=true&s=x CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones
Next Week • Read: • Preface and A New World by Weinberger • Chapter One in web.studies • Bring with you: • An essay or major paper from a previous class for the lab CCT260H - Christopher Evan Jones