TUESDAY


No Class Today!

THURSDAY

TOPIC: Introductions
Tool Makers, Centaurs, and Cyborgs
SUMMARY: After "Breaking-The-Ice", We will begin our artistic Computer Science Journey by visiting a range of different Tool Sites that can help you as an Art Student.
MATERIALS: ChatGPT
OpenAI Codex
Google Trends
CodePen
ELIZA [Optional Reading]
"Centaurs Are Often More Powerful than Computers" Mike Beneschan
HOMEWORK: Read “Centaurs Are Often More Powerful than Computers" by Mike Beneschan & Produce a 1-paragraph written response or reflection on the article. Due Next Class!
DUE NOW:

TUESDAY
TOPIC Course Overview, Setup, Logistics
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Selective Attention
(Multi-task)Word: LINK
Gorilla Attention Video: LINK
Yerkes-Dodson Curve: LINK

• Recap previous class (typical) and discuss HW reading responses
• Syllabus and Course Overview (Assignments, Expectations, Philosophy), Student introductions
• Setup Github accounts
• Setup CodePen accounts (code pen note about css and js libraries loaded in the backend)
• Reminder of resources (W3schools, Codecademy, StackOverflow, MDN Web Docs….)
MATERIALS • ChatGPT
• Any Writing Program [.docx]
• Slack
ASSIGNED HW
• Read "Ten Myths of Internet Art" by Jon Ippolito [LINK] and write a 1-paragraph written response/reflection on the article due Jan 17th
• Experiment Using ChatGPT
• Recommended Reading: Frank Jackson, What Mary Didn’t Know (1986)
DUE TODAY • “Centaurs”
1-paragraph reflection
THURSDAY
TOPIC • What is Web Art vs Art vs Not Art (Matrix) with Miro Board
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• An in-depth look at examples of coursework from previous semesters
• “If I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art.” -Bruce Nauman
• Add (3) links of websites or digital creations/creators that you admire:
LINK
MATERIALS • See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY

TUESDAY
TOPIC History of the Internet, Web 1.0-Web 3.0
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Debrief Web Matrix Reflection
• Review ChatGPT results
• Review reading reflections
• Origins of the internet, email, and where things are going.
- First Website
- Inventor of Email @
- Wayback Machine
- The Cloud [LINK]
- URLs & VPNs
- Web 1.0-3.0
• Wayback Machine Exercise: LINK
• Internet Archive: LINK
• Read: LINK
• Bill Gates and Internet: LINK
MATERIALS
ASSIGNED HW
•Use "Found Objects" —or rather— repurpose/reuse/remix media (images/video/audio) found on any online platform to create your own piece/body of work. Due in 2 Weeks
•Recommended Reading: Internet Society, Brief History of the Internet, 1997
DUE TODAY • “Ten Myths of Internet Art” 1-paragraph reflection
• Experiment Using ChatGPT
THURSDAY
TOPIC "Found objects" in-class exercise
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
Google Maps (Portrait, Figure, Landscape, Ground) exercise
Add One of each to Google Slide: LINK
Geolocate images to Miro Map: LINK
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY

TUESDAY
TOPIC Web Art Intro
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Debrief Google Maps exercise
• Web Arts Unique Value Proposition (Interactive, Participatory, Multimedia, Social, Information Exchange)
• History of net art and pioneers
• Review links of inspirational websites
• Internet/Tech Ethics
• What would be included in an Internet User Bill of Rights? (i.e. ban on planned obsolescence of devices, green computing, people having rights over data, targeted advertisement ban, weaponization of AI to capture attention)
MATERIALS • Ascii-Art Generator: LINK
• Blueprint for Internet User Bill of Rights: LINK
• Data Privacy and Identity Drag and Drop Card: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Found Objects Project due Next Week
DUE TODAY Share (3) links of websites or digital creations/creators that you admire: LINK
THURSDAY
TOPIC HTML, CSS, JS review
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Create a File Structure, Load img, video, Grids, Playlists, and CSS Effects.
MATERIALS • Comic Grid: LINK
• Sound on Hover Effect: LINK
• Pseudoclasses: LINK
• Pop-Up Effect: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Found Objects Project due Next Week Tuesday
DUE TODAY Late: Share (3) links of websites or digital creations/creators that you admire.

TUESDAY
TOPIC Interactive Gifs
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Review "Found Object(s)" assignment critique
• Recap HTML Lessons
MATERIALS Rubric: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
• Choose Your Adventure Mockup due Next Week
• Choose Your Adventure [Assignment 5] due in Two Weeks
DUE TODAY Found Objects assignment
THURSDAY
TOPIC Interactive GIFs and Images
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Review of GitHub and how to collaborate for in-class alphabet exercise
• In-Class group exercise: Everyone will pick and create two interactive gifs of the alphabet.
• Interactive Gif Demo: how to create an Animated Letter Gif
MATERIALS • Create an interactive Gif in class: LINK
• Interactive Words: LINK
• Activate Sound on Hover: LINK
• Interactive Gif on Hover: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Choose Your Adventure Mockup due Next Week Tuesday
DUE TODAY Late: Found Objects assignment

TUESDAY
TOPIC Coding Interactive Hyper-Media Storyboards
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Debrief alphabet exercise and github collab review
• Walkthrough: In-Class web-comic hyper-media storyboard
- Coding exercise: recreate grid comic example (inclass exercise)
- From Codepen to VScode
MATERIALS Comic Grid Demo: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Choose Your Adventure Storyboard Progress
DUE TODAY Choose Your Adventure Storyboard MockUp
(NO CODING AT THIS STAGE, JUST Photoshop or hand drawings of your comic layout)
THURSDAY
TOPIC Interactive Hyper-Media Storyboards
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
Review Mockups, Outcomes from in class Interactive Gifs
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW
Interactive Hyper-Media Storyboard Progress
DUE TODAY Late: Interactive Hyper-Media Storyboard Mockup

TUESDAY
TOPIC Coding Demos
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• OpenProjectFolder>LiveServerExtension ChapGPT Extension
• Codepen to VSCode to Github
• Set Up GitHub account and file structure
• Examples and Coding Tutorials
MATERIALS • Horizontal Scroll: LINK
• Vertical Scroll: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Choose Your Adventure due Next Week
DUE TODAY
THURSDAY
TOPIC In Class Lab time to setup base files for Interactive? Comic.
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• First attempt at coding base file.
• If you hit a roadblock, try searching stackoverflow, google, w3schools etc… If you still hit roadblock write question in slack.
• Schedule 1:1 help for questions
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW
Choose Your Adventure due Next Tuesday
DUE TODAY

TUESDAY
TOPIC Coding Review and new concepts (HTML/CSS/JS)
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Problem solving tips
• Canvas elements, Keyframes and animations
• Coding Libraries
MATERIALS
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY Choose your adventure due Next Class.
THURSDAY
TOPIC Choose your adventure Discussion
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
Review Choose your adventure
MATERIALS See Assignment 5: LINK
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY Choose your adventure

TUESDAY
TOPIC SVGs
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• How to create interactive SVGs (LS and Cat example projects)
• Create an SVG still life with interactivity
MATERIALS HTML/CSS in Browser: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
• Opened ended project proposal due Next Week Thursday
• Final Open Ended Project due in Two Weeks
DUE TODAY
THURSDAY
TOPIC SVGs continued
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Remaining choose your adventure critiques
• SVG debrief
• SVG interactions with Illustrator
• One-on-One sign up
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW
Complete SVG still life for Next class
DUE TODAY

TUESDAY
TOPIC Google Search Experimentation
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Image bridge/Telephone (each student picks an image. Find images to bridge transition to the image chosen by classmate to create metamorphosis)
• Reverse Image Search
MATERIALS • MiroBoard: LINK
• Reverse Image Search: LINK
• Gartic Phone: LINK
ASSIGNED HW
Google Search Experimentation
DUE TODAY
THURSDAY
TOPIC NO CLASS (Faculty Retreat)
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY

TUESDAY
TOPIC Independent Coding Time/Lab
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
In Lieu of class: Submit coding questions through slack.
MATERIALS
ASSIGNED HW
Student Define Lesson Proposal due Next Class
DUE TODAY Complete Course Survey: LINK
THURSDAY
TOPIC Discussion on Proposals
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
Student defined lesson proposals
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY Student Defined Lesson Proposals

TUESDAY
TOPIC Discussion
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
• Coding questions answered
• Coding lab (SUBMIT QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME)
• (code pen note about css and js libraries loaded in the backend)
• inclass coding time
MATERIALS
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY
THURSDAY
TOPIC In-class lab and production time
SUMMARY/
ACTIVITIES
Open-Ended Web Art Proposal Discussion
MATERIALS See Resources on Slack
ASSIGNED HW

DUE TODAY Open-Ended Web Art Proposal Discussion