7. 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
8. We will explore the effects of digital
technology on literacy
How the medium changes
But also
How the brain changes
How society changes
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
desktop
Follow directions on bottom of the page
15. 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
16. 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?
18. 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:YourIDpublic_htmlindex.html
• Change the title to “Hello, World!”
• View results on the web
20. 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?
22. 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
Hinweis der Redaktion
Hetan priest initiating follower at the Temple of Vahagn in Garni, Armenia.
