MAC129 -- MED102

module overview

a 2-tiered affair

•MAC129 = history + key concepts + analysis

•MED102 = MAC129 + practical dimension

a 2-tiered affair

•MAC129 = 10 credits

•MED102 = 20 credits

a 2-tiered affair

•MAC129 = 1 assessment (essay)

•MED102 = 2 assessments (essay + website)

a 2-tiered affair

•MAC129 = Tuesday only

•MED102 = Tuesday + Wednesday/Friday

MAC129 content• history of the personal computer

• history of the Internet

• emergence of cyberculture

• hackers and hacking culture

• games and gaming

• Web 2.0

• news & public broadcasting in the digital era

• social media and surveillance

MED102 content

•MAC129 + ?

MED102 content• Web design fundamentals

• Intro to HTML

• Intro to Dreamweaver and FTP

• Intro to CSS

• Intro to Fireworks

• Intro to Wordpress

• Intro to online video (Flash & HTML5)

• Intro to RSS

MED102 content

• Typography and writing for the web

• Advanced Wordpress customisation

• Social media integration

Assessment 1

• 1 x 2000 word essay

• worth 100% for MAC129 students

• worth 50% for MED102 students

• SUBMISSION DATE AND TIME:

• Tuesday 11th January 2011

Assessment 2• 1 x website/weblog

• Must contain the following:

• Video and/or audio

• RSS feed

• Social media feeds (Twitter, Facebook)

• SUBMISSION DATE AND TIME:

• Tuesday 18th January 2011

• PLACE OF SUBMISSION:

• Library Services, Prospect Building

For more info...

• See the Module Guide

• WebCT Vista/Sunspace

• My Sunderland

• MAC129 http://bit.ly/intro2cyber

• MED102 http://bit.ly/intro2new

Study of the web

•historically there was some resistance to teaching students about the web

Study of the web

• Prof. Sue Thornham

• ex Associate Dean for Media at Sunderland;

• now Head of School at Sussex

Study of the web

•Nowadays the web is increasingly central to our everyday lives

People are strange...

People are strange...

People are strange...

People are strange...

Staff you’ll meet on the module

•Robert Jewitt

•module leader

•MC201b

• 01915153431

• robert.jewitt@sunderland.ac.uk

• twitter.com/rob_jewitt

Staff you’ll meet on the module

•Neil Perryman

•module creator

•MC012

• 01915153622

• neil.perryman@sunderland.ac.uk

• twitter.com/neilperryman

Slide images• #16 Mr BrussUillis, 2009, ‘i see strange people’,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceru/4044023153/

• #21 wlodi, 2008, ‘Playstation 3: Sixaxis Wireless Controller’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlodi/2490674642/

• #22 jaudrius, 2009, ‘Apple Magic Mouse B&W’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaudrius/4101223440/

• #23, minor9th, 2009, ‘Catchy title’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/minor9th/4001605171/

• #25, Tilton Lane, 2008, ‘Playstation 3 + Tubes’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiltonlane/2749117170/

• #26, rudolf_schuba, 2006, ‘Mac at Camp’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudolf_schuba/200434694/

• #27, Johnson Cameraface, 2009, ‘tenth planet’, http://www.flickr.com/photos/54459164@N00/3778408271/