Welcome to the Spring 2014 session of Grinnell College's CSC 195.01, a
one-credit special topics course entitled Mediascripting.
In this course, we will explore some of the technologies that I hope
to use in this summer's research on scripting media applications.
I hope that there will be very little lecture in the class. The focus
will be on collaborative exploration of problems and their solutions.
Each class, I expect to suggest a problem and an approach and to have
the class discuss and experiment with alternatives. At times, we will
solve problems as a whole class. At other times, you will work in
small groups on laboratory problems.
In preparation for most classes, you will do some readings on the Web.
At times, I will identify those readings for you. At other times,
you will need to find the appropriate readings (or videos, if you
prefer).
As a follow up for most classes, I will ask you to do a short assignment
that uses the technology we explored in that day's class.
The Web site for the course is http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/Courses/CSC195/2014S/.
You can find all sorts of interesting things on the course web, and
I'd encourage you to look there.
This is an experimental course. Among other things, this means that I
expect to be updating the syllabus as the semester goes on.
Meets: Thursdays, 8:00-8:50 a.m.,
Science 3819.
Instructor:
Samuel A. Rebelsky,
Science 3824. 269-4410 (office). 236-7445 (home).
Office hours: M 2:15-3:05, TW 11:00-11:45, F 2:15-3:05.
I tend to follow an open door policy: Feel free to stop by when my
door is open or to make an appointment for another time.
This course is offered for one credit and is graded as
S/D/F. All students who take the course are expected to
- attend at least twelve of the fourteen class meetings;
- do all of the assigned readings;
- spend an appropriate amount of time on each homework
assignment; and
- participate actively in class.
Students who meet these criteria will earn a grade of S. Students who
do not will likely earn a lower grade.
