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**Week 1**

 * Topics:**
 * Class Introduction
 * Review of Class Policies and Procedures
 * Wiki and Blog
 * What is Media?
 * Me the Media
 * [|Video] (Mature Content, Parental Consent Required)
 * Old Media on the Decline
 * [|New York Times Articles on the decline of old media]
 * History and Architecture of Computers
 * Computer History Museum Timeline
 * [|Computer Hardware in Plain English]
 * [|Computer Software in Plain English]
 * History of the Internet


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 * Analog vs. Digital


 * Homework: Due Tuesday, September 8**
 * Join the class [|wiki]
 * Register with [|WA Mash]
 * Return permission form for //Me the Media//

Each student has been assigned a technology topic at random. Find one article, video, or website that explains your topic. Update this wiki page and add your link **prior** to class. Also, come to class prepared to discuss not only how the technology works at a high level but also its significance and changing media.
 * Homework: Due Thursday, September 10**
 * < **Name** ||= **Topic** ||= **Link** ||
 * < Sean ||= Teletype ||= Teletype ||
 * < Gracjan ||= Linotype Machine ||= [|Linotype] ||
 * < Mathew ||= ARPANET ||= [|ARPANET] ||
 * < Michael ||= VHS ||= [|vhs link] ||
 * < Christine ||= Digital media ||= [|Digital Media Link] ||
 * < Garrett ||= TCP/IP ||= [|TCP/IP] ||
 * < Travis ||= Compuserve ||= [|Link] ||

Suggested Reading: [|WSJ: How Old Media Can Survive In a New World] [|Wikipedia: History of the Internet] [|NYT: Fall in Newspaper Sales Accelerates to Pass 7%]