Mdst3703 2013-08-29-hello-world

Hello, World!

Prof. AlvaradoMDST 3703

29 August 2013

Business

• Can everyone access the WordPress site?• Any other adds?• About space – I am considering moving the

class to Alderman 323 …

An “active learning space”

A TEAL space from MIT

Review

Review

• The liberal arts refers to a curriculum of studies, going back to ancient Rome– “Free” as in leadership class

• The humanities are at the center of the liberal arts

• The humanities is founded on literacy—the book, the essay, the interpretation

• Digital technology transforms literacy

We will explore the effects of digital technology on literacy

How the medium changes

But also

How the brain changesHow society changes

Two principles:

(1) Media Determinism

(2) The Rationalization Effect

Studio

Goals

• Learn how to work in groups—”studio mode” vs. “seminar mode”

• Ensure that your basic toolkit is in place– Home Directory– JEdit

• Create your first web page• Understand what you just did

Process

• Break up into pairs based on operating system– PC, Mac, Linux

• Organize pairs into groups to the extent possible

• Follow exercise and seek help of partner if necessary

Exercise 1: Home Directory

• To make sure you have your Home Directory:Go to http:/its.virginia.edu/homedir/about.html and click on test link in the middle of the page

• “Map” or “Mount” the directory on your desktopFollow directions on bottom of the page

Exercise 2: Install JEdit

• JEdit is a cross-platform text editor• A text editor is not a word processor– Uses the native character set of the computer– Displays code in “raw” format (not interpreted or

styled)– We will explore this difference

• Install JEdit by downloading it an running the file

Exercise 3: View Source

• Inspect the source code of your default home page, point your browser to:– http://www.people.virginia.edu/~YourID – If you have not used your directory, you should

see a dummy page• From the menu or by right-clicking on the

page, view the source of the document– What do you see?

What do all the angle brackets mean?

Exercise 4: Mod the Source

• Use JEdit to go to your mounted directory and find the file– From the menu, select: File > Open

• It should be on the following “path”– Mac: /Volumes/YourID/public_html/index.html– PC?: X:\\YourID\public_html\index.html

• Change the title to “Hello, World!”• View results on the web

Reflection

Questions

• What is the relationship between the directory you accessed with your text editor and the one you accessed with your web browser?

• What is the relationship between what you see in your text editor and what you see in your browser?

Worlds

In what sense is this exercise related to “world making”?

For Next Tuesday

• Read Plato’s Republic, Book VII, up to and including the paragraph that begins with“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, . . .”

• Read all of Aristotle’s Poetics• I will post these items as well as a response

question after class today