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Monday - Friday,
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm, GTL Room 1& The Labs
Instructors:
Diane Maluso & Kathy Pettet
Email:dmaluso@elmira.edu
& kpettet@elmira.edu Offices:Gillett
In this class
we will engage in a scholarly exploration of women and sports and
outdoor recreation. After conducting interviews of local female
athletes, coaches, and outdoor recreation specialists, we will work
in teams to explore and share our findings via interviews, research,
discussion, and the creation of a World Wide Web site on the Internet.We
will also create web content about our own involvement in sport
and outdoor rec and we will also create content about pertinent
issues such as Title IX, stereotypes of female athletes, etc.
Objectives
for the Course
To learn about
women's experiences with sport and outdoor rec, especially about
individual women in central New York and surrounding areas. To explore
related issues such as special opportunities and challenges for
women in these fields, experiences of women in specific organizations,
etc.
To learn how
to present our findings to a wider audience using software and the
Internet
To learn
how to use the tools of oral history and folklore research such
as tape-recorded interviews, photographic and video documentation,
and transcription.
Grading
Grading will
be determined on a "portfolio" basis. As projects are
drafted, work in progress will be shared and constructively critiqued
by students and the instructor. The quality of your writing is extremely
important in this class. Superficial treatments of subject matter
will result in less than excellent grades. The projects will be
continually revised, based on the critique sessions, until the final
class meeting. Grades will be based on the overall quality
of the final projects, member home pages, and level of participation
in the class and team meetings. It is absolutely necessary for you
to be a reliable and energetic member of your group. If you do not
keep your commitments, do not show up for class or group meetings,
do not submit your contributions in a timely manner, you will not
receive a favorable grade in this course.
Schedule
The following
schedule is subject to change. Check the ANGEL site frequently.
WEEK
ONE:
April
24
Introduction
to the course and each other; Using email; browsing the World Wide
Web (WWW); establishing the class mailing list; reviewing examples
of home pages on WWW. Practice using Search Engines.
Assignment:
obtain EC Email account. Complete the scavenger
hunt. Write text for your home page.
April
25
Creating
homepages... working with MS Word and Dreamweaver.
Assignment:
write up a set of interview questions for your practice. Obtain
tape recorder and tapes and batteries or digital recorder such as
ipod to bring to class on Wednesday.
April
26
Discussion
about women and sport; brainstorming topics; creating teams and
selecting topics. Introduction to interviewing methods; practice
interviews.
Assignment:
bring in photos on Thursday for your homepage.
April 27
Working
with graphics: scanning, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, creating
transparent GIFs, etc.
Assignment:
catalog your interview tape; work on your homepage.. Scavenger hunt
due today by email to Professor
Maluso.
April
28
Working
in groups to set up interviews, research topics, etc..
Assignment:
do preliminary research on topics; continue to establish contacts
with women.
WEEK
TWO:
May 1
Advanced
Searching.
Assignment:
BeginTeam page construction, with results of preliminary research
on topics; continue to establish
contacts with women.
May 2
Work
in groups
May4
Group
Construction of Interview Formats
May 5
Begin
to Conduct Interviews of Women and researching of topics.
WEEK
THREE:
May 8
Conduct
Interviews and Catalog tapes.
May 9
Conduct
Interviews and review tapes. Construct web sites.
May 11
Conduct
Interviews and Construct Web Sites and Create
Tape
Transcripts.
May 12
Construct
Web Sites and Create Tape Transcripts.
WEEK
FOUR:
May 15
Basic
Site Layout should be Complete
May 16
Site
navigation in place
May 18
Continue
to build site
May 19
ALL GRAPHICS
SHOULD BE UPLOADED
WEEK
FIVE:
May 22
BUILD
THE WEB SITES ALL WEEK LONG
May 23
ALL TEXT DUE
IN CLASS
May 25
Build
May 26
Group
reviews the site, trouble-shooting links and code. Start final revisions.
WEEK
SIX:
May 29
Final
revisions continue.
May 30
Finish
final revisions. Final uploading of site. Brag!!!
May 31
Keep this day
open. We may need to meet.
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