| COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION |
Course Calendar: *Subject to change*
| T 8/28 | Intros and syllabus. | Get books and read “Empathizing 101” https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/24/empathizing-101 (Try taking the empathy quiz linked in the article). |
| TH 8/30 | Social annotation. Join hypothesis. Annotate Bury: https://via.hypothes.is/https:/www.ibtimes.co.uk/reading-books-watching-films-makes-you-kinder-real-life-1571434#annotations:_MOsQlpyEeaiesf9ed4wVw
Link to join: https://hypothes.is/groups/Nann8NYP/eng-281-fall-18 |
Read and annotate “Reading Books and Watching Films makes you Kinder in Real Life” https://via.hypothes.is/http:/www.ibtimes.co.uk/reading-books-watching-films-makes-you-kinder-real-life-1571434#annotations:_MOsQlpyEeaiesf9ed4wVw |
| T 9/4 | Integrating sources and MLA citations. | Join blog. Annotate “What Becomes of Empathy” https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/07/20/what-becomes-of-empathy/. Make a pro/con list for teaching empathy. |
| TH 9/6 | Empathy. Provocation assignment. | Read Philip K Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Group 1 post provocations by Monday. |
| T 9/11 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Group 2 and 3 post responses to two posts by Wednesday. |
| TH 9/13 | Fishbowl Group 1. | Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Group 2 post provocations by Friday. Group 1 and Group 3 post responses by Monday. |
| T 9/18 | Fishbowl Group 2. | Finish Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Group 3 post provocations by Wednesday. Group 1 and Group 2 post responses by Monday. |
| TH 9/20 | Fishbowl Group 3. Midterm assignment. | Read “Donna Haraway – A Cyborg Manifesto.” (please print out and bring to class). |
| T 9/25 | Reverse outlining. | Read and annotate Lennard Davis “Constructing Normalcy.” ConstructingNormalcy_Davis (please print out and bring to class). Outline midterm. |
| TH 9/27 | No class. Watch Butler video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HZaPkF6qE . Find a spot on campus and write an accessibility assessment. | Draft midterm. Bring two printed copies to class 10/4. |
| T 10/2 | Ableism. Outlines. | Draft midterm. Bring two printed copies to class 10/4. |
| TH10/4 | Peer Review. Conferences. (W/TH) | Revise midterm. Post midterm by 10/9. |
| T 10/9 | NO CLASS. Fall break. | Post midterm by noon. Read Frankenstein Intro through chapter 6. |
| TH10/11 | NO CLASS. Fall break. Group 1 post provocations by Monday. | Read Frankenstein chapter 7 through 13. Group 1 post provocations by Monday. |
| T 10/16 | Frankenstein fishbowl | Read Frankenstein chapter 14-19. Group 2 and 3 post responses to two posts by Wednesday. Group 2 post provocation by Thursday before class. |
| TH 10/18 | Frankenstein fishbowl | Finish Frankenstein. Group 1 and Group 3 post responses by Monday. Group 3 post provocation by Tuesday before class. |
| T 10/23 | Frankenstein fishbowl | Groups 1 and 2 respond to provocations by Thursday. |
| TH 10/25 | Black Mirror (Season 2 Episode 1 “I’ll Be Right Back”) | Read The Nether. |
| T 10/30 | FrankenReads event | Read The Nether. |
| TH 11/1 | VR Demos | Read The Nether. |
| T 11/6 | The Nether + Final project. | Outline. Research questions. |
| TH 11/8 | Library visit. Use https://goo.gl/forms/ZHkwr5ljSaw7Ocy13 | Write pitch. Library Guide: http://stevenson.libguides.com/c.php?g=750693&p=5376368 |
| T 11/13 | Pitching | Prep for VR demo. Bring headphones, phone charger, and research one app you want to try. |
| TH 11/15 | VR demo. Bring headphones, phone charger, and research one app you want to try. | Post elevator pitch under category “final” and tag “pitch.” |
| T 11/20 | Speed pitching. Pick groups. Work on Contract. | Finish contact and email to professor by midnight. |
| TH 11/22 | NO CLASS. Happy Thanksgiving. | Work on Final. |
| T 11/27 | Group work. | Add two sources, in MLA format, to each section. Share your contract with amanda.licastro@gmail.com. |
| TH 11/29 | Create demos. | Group work. |
| T 12/4 | Group work. | Group work. |
| TH12/6 | Conferences | Finish final project. |
| FINAL | Presentations | Happy Holidays! |
Tentative final schedule:
281.ON1 Thurs 12/13 at 4:15p
281.ON2 Tues 12/11 1:30pm