Monday - Friday, 8:50 am - noon, Harris Hall & The Apple Orchard Instructor: Diane Maluso
Email:dmaluso@elmira.edu
Office: 238 McGraw Hall
Phone: 735-1907
In this class we will engage in a scholarly exploration of women's businesses in central New York. After conducting oral histories of local businesswomen and researching topics relating to women and business, 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. Objectives for the Course To learn about women and business in central New York's diverse cultural heritage and explore related issues such as women and leadership, special opportunities and challenges for women entrepreneurs, women's networking, 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 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 this Web page frequently for any changes. WEEK ONE: April 20 Introduction to the course and each other; Using email; browsing the World Wide Web (WWW); establishing the class mailing list; reviewing examples of oral history sites on WWW; practice Assignment: obtain EC Email account. Complete the scavenger hunt. Write text for your home page. April 21 Creating homepages... working with MS Word and Claris Homepage Assignment: write up a set of interview questions for your practice. Obtain tape recorder and tapes and batteries to bring to class on Wednesday. April 22 Discussion about women and business; brainstorming topics; creating teams and selecting topics. Introduction to oral history research interviewing methods; practice interviews. Assignment: bring in photos on Thursday for your homepage. April 23 Working with graphics: scanning, Adobe Photoshop, creating transparent GIFs, etc. Assignment: catalog your interview tape; work on your homepage.. April 24 Working in groups to set up interviews, research topics, etc.. Assignment: do preliminary research on topics; continue to establish contacts with women. WEEK TWO: April 27 Advanced Searching. Field trip to library 10:30 am-noon. Assignment: BeginTeam page construction, with results of preliminary research on topics; continue to establish contacts with women. April 28 Work in groups April 30 Group Construction of Interview Formats May 1 Begin to Conduct Interviews of Women WEEK THREE: May 4 Conduct Interviews and Catalog tapes. May 5 Conduct Interviews and review tapes. Construct web sites. May 7 Conduct Interviews and Construct Web Sites and Create Tape Transcripts. May 8 Construct Web Sites and Create Tape Transcripts. WEEK FOUR: May 11 Basic Site Layout should be Complete May 12 Site navigation in place May 14 Continue to build site May 15 ALL GRAPHICS SHOULD BE SCANNED IN WEEK FIVE: May 18 BUILD THE WEB SITES ALL WEEK LONG May 19 ALL TEXT DUE IN CLASS May 21 Build May 22 Group reviews the site, trouble-shooting links and code. Start final revisions. WEEK SIX: May 25 No Class: Memorial Day Assignment: Do final revisions. May 26 Finish final revisions. Final revisions to member home pages. May 27 Reception and public presentation of the Web site. Assignment: Help to prepare and promote the reception; write to friends and family with Internet access. Brag! |
