This schedule is an outline for the whole semester and is where you’ll find all assignment deadlines. Check out the City Tech Academic Calendar for holidays, schedule changes, and important registration deadlines.
Information on how to access synchronous zoom sessions is posted on Blackboard (including the course schedule there) but not here for security reasons.
All activity and response posts will be completed in the Blackboard discussion forum and will be graded.
All readings and assignments should be completed prior to class.
Week 1: Information habits & habitats
Aug 25 Wednesday
- Syllabus Review
- Make sure you can access your City Tech Email and course materials on OpenLab
Aug 30 Monday
- Read: Tolentino (p. 3-12)-posted on Blackboard
- Habits & habitats reflection post 1 due
Week 2: Information lifecycles & media
Sept 1 Wednesday
- Read: Tolentino (p. 12-33)
- Watch: Bo Burham “All Eyes on Me”
- Reading reflection post 2 due
Sept 6 Monday No Classes Scheduled
Sept 8 Wednesday No Classes Scheduled
Week 3: Information, labor, & reality
Sept 15 Wednesday No Classes Scheduled
Week 4: Censorship, activism, & free speech
Sept 27 Monday
- Read: Keller / Speri & Biddle / Browning
Sept 29 Wednesday
- Read: Glaser
- Guest lecture: Fivel Rothberg
- Analysis using 3 articles from this unit integrating quotes post 5 due
Week 5: Alternative media
Week 6: Privacy and Surveillance
Week 7: Data, Images, & Persuasion
Week 8: Authority & Neutrality
Oct 27 Wednesday
- In class activity (graded!): Analysis of student sources
Nov 1 Monday
- Read: Thorp-posted on Blackboard (if you haven’t already)
- Finding library sources activity post 7 due
Week 9: Copyright, Appropriation, & Fair Use
Week 10: Algorithmic bias, ethics, & consent
Nov 10 Wednesday
- Process presentations in class
- Film screening: Coded Bias
2 Annotations w/ Citations post 9 due
Nov 15 Monday
- Read: Devich-Cyril
- Film screening: Coded Bias
- Guided discussion of films w/ questions
Week 11: Access & equity
Nov 17 Wednesday
- Watch: Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression
- Guest Lecture: Junior Tidal
- Annotated Bibliography due
- Response to film post 10 due (really post 9 because we skipped one)
Nov 22 Monday (Asynchronous-no meeting on zoom)
- Read: Murphy / Blau
- Follow up to quest lecture post 11 due (really post 10)
Week 12 -13: Libraries & possibility
Nov 24 Wednesday
- Watch: How Does the Commons Work?
- Research Paper Due
- Final Project Introduced
Nov 29 Monday
- Read: Swarts “Gureilla Open Access Manifesto” / Kravets
- Film screening: This Land is Our Land
Dec 1 Wednesday
- Read: Almeida / McQuarie
- Watch: The Next Epoch Seed library / McQuarie (text and short videos)
- Land Use Intervention Library
- Tech for final project
Week 13-14 Final Project Work
Dec 6 Monday (Asynchronous-open hours on zoom)
- Optional research / project development session
- 100 word project description due
Dec 8 Wednesday (Asynchronous-open hours on zoom)
- Optional research / project development session
Student Showcase
Dec 13 Monday
- Final project showcase
Dec 15 Wednesday
- Final project showcase
- Final projects due
