Writing the Information Superhighway

Part II: Look Who's Talking Now (1/26-2/9)

One of most common uses of the Internet is electronic communication through e-mail and electronic conferencing. Numerous techniques exist for communicating with others for personal, social, and academic reasons. And, there are special ways of communicating on the Internet. During this part of the course, we will examine various communication technologies like e-mail, usenet, listservs, IRC, MOOS, as well as issues of netiquette and how to get what you want.

Writing Assignment::

Project II: Look Who's Talking Now

Project II Support Materials:

Writing the Information Superhighway Navigation Panel

Course Home Page w/ Instructor Information
Course Overview
Evaluation
Class Roster (eventually you will be able to see students' home pages, too!)
Texts and Materials
Other Useful Resources
Attributions
General Resources
Resources about the Internet and Its Tools
Resources for Writing
On-Line Journals and Mags
Part I: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1/5-1/24)
Part III: Writing about the Internet (2/14-3/16)
Project III Support Materials
Part IV: Using the Internet to Write in the Disciplines (3/16-4/18)

As a class we've been finding and sharing ftp, gopher and WWW sites and usenet and e-mail groups related to our research interests. Most of those are now collected in our Hotlinks Research Repository.

If you are using a browser that supports web mail, you can now contact us through our class e-mail group at infohighway@umich.edu. Drop us a line!

Contact wbutler@umich.edu

with comments or questions.

Modified: 3/18/95