BIT @ Birzeit University
Media and the Web - Course Schedule/Timetable

• Sunday - November 26, 2000
  09:30 am - 12:00 pm:
  Anna:
  - Induction : you and your work
  - Key terms and concepts
  12:30 pm - 03:00 pm:
  Anna: Introduction to semiotics and textual analysis
• Monday - November 27, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm :
  Abed: Introduction to the Internet
  - The Internet: a communications/media channel and information resource
  - Finding needles in haystacks: looking for info quickly and effectively
  
• Tuesday - November 28, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Abed: Introduction to the Internet ... cont'd
  - Getting your message across: e-mail, distribution lists and discussion forums
  - Networking and grassroots work
  - Media watch and media campaigns
  - WWW: World Wide Wilderness ... Security matters
  - WWW: World Wide Web ... You are talking to ... (be careful what you say)
• Wednesday - November 29, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Anna:
  - Practical tasks in textual analysis
  - Representation in the media
  - Identifying key sites and sources
  
• Thursday - November 30, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Abed: Media Action/Alerts and Grassroots Activism on the Internet
  - examples and resources + in-class work
  - building a network and a contact database (PIN database - intro by Ahmad)
  - security and pr issues
  
• Saturday - December 2, 2000:
  11:00 am - 12:15 pm:
  Anna:
  - Text and context
  - What is an audience?
  - Who is your audience?
  12:30 pm - 02:00 pm:
  Abed: More on PIN database (your comments) + in-class practice
  - PIN database: examples and practice
  - review of your work
  - prepare for module 2 (assessment) and work on Saturday's assignment
• Sunday - December 3, 2000:
  09:00 am - 11:30 am:
  Anna:
  - Writing for specific audiences
  - Clarifying purpose and objectives
  - wordcraft
  12:00 pm - 02:00 pm:
  Abed: Start module 2
  - HTML authoring and validation resources
  - examples of good and bad sites
  - PIN forum and PIN DB
• Monday - December 4, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Abed: Web Design: Planning and Design Issues
  - Planning a successful site
  - Design Issues
  - PIN Forum and design project
  - PIN DB
• Tuesday - December 5, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Abed: Design Issues .. cont'd
  - color
  - graphics
  - typography and typefaces
  - PIN forum/DB + your comments (speed/noise)
• Wednesday - December 6, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Anna: ?
  
• Thursday - December 7, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Anna: ?
  
• Saturday - December 9, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Anna: ?
  
• Thursday - December 14, 2000:
  11:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Abed: Last session on module 2
  - Review PCOC project together
  - Site promotion/maintenance & available resources
  - WYSIWYG editors/productivity tools
  - Making the web jump and sing (multimedia, scripts, dynamic content)
  - Security basics
  - Speaking different languages and tracking visitors/trends
  - PIN forum/Db and staying in touch
• Saturday - December 16, 2000:
  10:00 am - 2:00 pm:
  Anna, ...: module 4
  

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