Week 1, Day 1
Welcome!
First Amendment Fundamentals
Course Overview & Syllabus Review
Week 1, Day 2
Blog Workshop
Set-up & Post 1: Top Five News Sources
Supreme Court & How Law is Made
Quiz 1 posted, due one week
Week 2, Day 2
Key Post: Eight Values of Free Expression
Week 3, Day 1
Blogging Workshop
Coaching to shape the blog into a professional-quality portfolio.
Week 3, Day 2
History: Founding Era and Idea of America
Quiz 2 posted, due one week.
Week 4, Day 1
History: War, Reconstruction and 2nd Bill of Rights
Week 4, Day 2
Seminar: Online Privacy TEDtalks
Quiz 3 posted, due one week.
Week 5, Day 1
History: Progressive Era and Birth of Modern First Amendment
Week 5, Day 2
Seminar: Diffusion of Innovations Theory
Quiz 4 posted, due one week.
Week 6, Day 1
EOTO 1 & 2
Team Formation & Set-up
Week 6, Day 2
EOTO 1 & 2
Research & Coaching
Week 7, Day 1
EOTO 1
Presentations!
Week 7, Day 2
EOTO 2
Presentations!
Week 8
Week 9, Day 1
Levels of Protection — Type of Speech + Type of Forum
Week 9, Day 2
Levels of Protection — Type of Medium + Type of Speaker
Quiz 5 posted, due one week.
Week 10, Day 1
Commercial & Corporate Speech.
Resource: Commercial SpeechWeek 10, Day 2
Commercial & Corporate Speech, cont'd.
Quiz 6 posted, due one week.
Week 11, Day 1
"Thank You For Smoking"
Ethics Reflection, due one week.
Week 11, Day 2
AI Research Project
Identifying Major-Related Topics
Week 12, Day 1Copyright Law.
Week 12, Day 2
Trademark Law.
Quizzes 7 & 8, due one week.
Week 13, Day 1
MLK, Civil Rights & Birth of the Modern First Amendment.
Week 13, Day 2
Libel Law.
Resource: DefamationWeek 14, Day 1
"In the Age of AI," Part 2
At home / in class
Week 14, Day 2
Libel Law.Resource: Defamation
Quiz 9, due one week.
Privacy Torts
Quiz 10, due one week.
Week 15, Day 2
THANKSKGIVING BREAK!
Week 16, Day 1
Formatting & Protocols
FINAL EXAM PERIOD
M / W class = 8 a.m. Dec. 7
T / Th 9:45 class = Noon Dec. 7
T/ Th 1:35 class = 8 a.m. De. 8
PAPER DUE = Upload to Blackboard
Congratulations!
