| Schedule
Big
Picture - daily reading, homework, films (note: hw for Th. 22nd
and Fri. 23rd listed below)
Thursday
1.22.04
- Turn
in hw
- Reminder
about what is due Friday
- read
& write response only to Shwartz's "Getting Real"
- write
a typed response to these questions:
- What
have you learned about SF this term, how have your ideas/attitudes
about SF changed or stayed the same?
- How
would you define SF?
- What
authors and types of stories did you most enjoy, and why?
- write
response to Trekkies
- while
you may select any topic or theme to explore, you might
want to consider analyzing WHY people go to sf
conventions, WHAT purpose(s) do these conventions
serve in people's lives?
- or
you might want to consider the similarities between the
role of humor and the role of sf in our lives.
- Discuss
story
- Watch
& discuss Trekkies
- Time
to work on projects and short stories
- if
your groups would like feedback on your story, email me a
draft
- consult
with me on web projects - content and design
- please
send me the address of your web project if you haven't already
done so
Wednesday
1.21.04
- Pass
around other cyberpunk books
- Review
hw for Th and Fri
- Due
Th - read and write response only for Gibson's "Burning
Chrome"
- Due
Fri - read write response only only Shwartz's "Getting
Real. ALSO write a response to these questions: What have
you learned about SF this term, how have your ideas/attitudes
about SF changed or stayed the same? How would you define
SF? What authors and types of stories did you most enjoy,
and why?
- Turn
in HW on Neuromancer only (keep The Matrix response
for now)
-
In groups, discuss book
- First,
discuss peer questions from yesterday's reading (Paula will
distribute)
- Be
prepared to share answers with class
- Second,
discuss any part of book, especially chapters for today
- What
questions do you have about plot?
- Which
parts does your group think were especially interesting,
parts where the story is especially interesting, unusual,
intellectually challenging?
- Information
DataBase: The Cyberpunk Project
http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/
- Class
discussion about book
- In
groups, discuss The Matrix and share what you wrote about
in your responses
- Class
discussion about film
- parallels
in world today? what types of structures control people?
- review
what Neo says at end - what is he saying, and to whom?
- Last
hour - time to work on web projects and short stories
- Review
HW for Th and Fri - this has changed
Tuesday
1.20.04
Friday
1.16.04
Thursday
1.15.04
- review
hw for Fri. and distribute handouts
- review
stories and "race" chapter
- watch
MIB
- discuss
MIB
- work
on web projects
Wednesday
1.14.04
- discuss
Star Trek: First Contact
- in
groups, exchange responses and discuss
- common
themes with readings?
- discuss
article and
story
- in
groups, determine 4-5 main or importnat points of article
- apply
theories to what we've read before
- apply
theories to story we read for today, "Boobs"
- how might we interpret this story through the "lens"
of the article?
- be
prepared to present to class
- work
on web research projects
- comment
about projects
- goals;
how you will be evaluated
- should
be working on outside of class (can bring in Word
docs and cut and paste)
- check
to see if your blog link is working
- please
email me web address
- review:
how to make a page pop up in new window
- what
topics are you going to research? share briefly with class
- review
hw for Th. and remainder of term
- must
know by Th. about people who want to work together on short stories
- while
you will have time in class to work on stories, will have
to work on outside of class, too
- return
hw
Tuesday
1.13.04
- discuss
article
- all
theory/articles based on main simple idea - what is main simple
idea here?
- read
through some paragraphs
- discuss
2 stories - answer questions
- watch
Star Trek: First Contact
- discuss
- review
hw for Wed.
Monday
1.12.04
- How
determine dates of stories in anthology?
- In
groups, discuss Blade Runner responses
- In
groups, discuss "The Golden Age of SF is 12"
- generate
list of 5-6 most important points made in article
- be
prepared to present and discuss your group's list with the
class
- Discuss
stories
- Time
to work on Web Research Projects
- paper
prototype of templates
- make
folder on local drive; importance of folders to web address;
create templates / table 2 by 2 to start; save as name for
all links; fill in content
- HW
for Tuesday
Friday
1.09.04
- Discuss
3 stories
- Octavia
Butler's "Bloodchild"
- Frederik
Pohl's " The Fiend"
- Andre
Norton's "Mousetrap"
- Watch
Blade Runner
- take
notes for discussion and your response
- Discuss
film in relation to web reading (sites are international)
- Is
BR film noir?
- Is
Deckerd a replicant?
- Review
hw for Monday / see schedule
- all
short stories now in anthology
- article
is in anthology too (although throughout term will still get
handouts)
- for
film - 1-2 pp. response for hw due Monday
Thursday 1.08.04
In
case you are having difficulty accessing the homework from the above
link, here is the homework due Friday 1.09.03 due_fri.htmlNames
- Pass
around Do Antroids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K.
Dick novel that Blade Runner is based on
- Pass
around Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
- Count
off in 5's and get into groups
- exchange
forms at least twice and read
- discuss
stories and article
- as
class, focus on specific sections of article and discuss
- Time
to work on web projects
- images;
saving and posting images online; single-spacing; external
and internal links; drafting possible layout and navigation
for your site
- Blog
entry
- you
can reflect on discussion or readings; make notes for research
you want to conduct; comment on something new you want to
research; ask questions you have or want to study; etc.
- HW
for Friday
-
explain grading system
Wednesday
1.07.04
- Names
- In
groups, discuss 2 articles about SF
- similarities/differences
in the way you answered questions on the form?
- discuss
each others' questions at end of form
- for
"SF and Society" - write a timeline in Word for
major eras in history and major shifts in SF (can use as a
start for your Web Project)
- for
"What SF Is" - what are his 2 definitions of SF?
Why do people enjoy SF? SF is largely based on asking what
one question?
- In
groups, discuss 2 short stories
- similarities/differences
in the way you answered questions on the form?
- discuss
each others' questions at end of form
- tone/style
of stories?
- where
were Shelley and Poe from? when did they write these stories?
what was happening in society during these times?
- in
what ways are these two stories "archteypes"?
- in
what ways are these two stories models for SF?
- Similarities
b/w the two stories? (characters, plots, themes, images, metaphors,
events, etc.)
- Turn
in homework, including worksheet from yesterday if haven't already
turned it in
- Review
HW for Thursday, distribute handouts (comment about reading article;
reminder about possible quizzes)
- Review
minimum requirements for Web Research Project
- Introduction
to Dreamweaver & server space/ftp protocol
Elon
Student Server Space information (use to publish your Web
Research Projects)
Web
accounts automatically created for students
Use your email login name and password to access your web
account
To publish to the web use the following FTP server: ftp://student.elon.edu
Elon Information about web accounts- http://www.elon.edu/campustech/accounts.htm
- Time
to work on Web Research Projects
- Last
15 minutes - blog entry
Tuesday
1.06.04
See Schedule
Worksheet for "The
Origins of SF," to be filled out in class
Create Blog Accounts http://new.blogger.com/
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