| COURSE SCHEDULE INFORMATION |
Course Calendar: *Subject to change*
| M 8/28 | Intros and syllabus. | Join blog, get books, and read “Empathizing 101” http://bit.ly/2b1J9ZK (Try taking the empathy quiz linked in the article). |
| W 8/30 | Social annotation. Join hypothesis. https://hypothes.is/groups/5ZPVmENx/eng-281-fall-17 Annotate Bury: http://bit.ly/2aXe1xd | Read and annotate “Reading Books and Watching Films makes you Kinder in Real Life” http://bit.ly/2aB04mo |
| M 9/4 | Labor Day. No class. | Annotate “What Becomes of Empathy” https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/07/20/what-becomes-of-empathy/. Make a pro/con list for teaching empathy. |
| W 9/6 | Provocation assignment. Integrating sources and MLA citations. | Read Philip K Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Finish through chapter 8, page 84. Group 1 post provocations by Monday. |
| M 9/11 | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Finish through chapter 15, page 166. Group 2 and 3 post responses to two posts by Wednesday. |
| W 9/13 | Fishbowl Group 1. | Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Finish through chapter 15, page 166. Group 2 post provocations by Friday. Group 1 and Group 3 post responses by Monday. |
| M 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 Friday. |
| W 9/20 | Fishbowl Group 3. Midterm assignment. | Read “Donna Haraway – A Cyborg Manifesto.” (please print out and bring to class). |
| M 9/25 | Reverse outlining. | Read and annotate Lennard Davis “Constructing Normalcy.” ConstructingNormalcy_Davis (PDF). Outline midterm. |
| W 9/27 | Ableism. Watch Butler video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HZaPkF6qE | Draft midterm. Bring two printed copies to class 10/4. |
| M 10/2 | Peer review. | Revise midterm. Bring draft to conference. |
| W10/4 | Conferences. (W/TH) | Revise midterm. Post midterm by 10/9. |
| M 10/9 | NO CLASS. Fall break. | Revise midterm. Post midterm by 10/9. |
| W10/11 | How to read a play. Guest speaker. | Read (first two acts). Capek, Karel, and Ivan Klima. R.U.R. |
| M 10/16 | Stepford Wives. | Read (acts 3 and 4) R.U.R. |
| W 10/18 | Stepford Wives. | Finish R.U.R. |
| M 10/23 | R.U.R. | Read Chapter 1. N. Katherine Hayles, How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Post definitions. |
| W10/25 | Black Mirror. Virtual bodies. | Read Chapter 1. Hayles. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. Post essay by 11/1 class. Use tag “Hayles” and category “blog.”
Download NYTVR app and the “Notes on Blindness” to watch in class. Bring headphones. |
| M 10/30 | Listen. Virtual reality. Bring headphones. | Read The Nether. Post essay by 11/1 class. Use tag “Hayles” and category “blog.” |
| W 11/1 | Final project. Brainstorming. | Read The Nether. |
| M 11/6 | Visit from Ross Shafer. | Read The Nether. |
| W 11/8 | Library visit. |
Write pitch. Post elevator pitch under category “final” and tag “pitch.” |
| M 11/13 | Speed pitching. Vote on top four projects. | |
| W11/15 | Pick groups. Contract. | Work on Contract. Finish The Nether. |
| M 11/20 | The Nether. | Finish contact and email to professor by midnight. |
| W 11/22 | NO CLASS. Happy Thanksgiving. | Work on Final. Gather journals to turn in. |
| M 11/27 | Group work. Storyboards. Template. | Group work. Research and bring in any apps to test on VR equipment. |
| W 11/29 | Create demos. Tech Developer sign up for InstaVR and let Dr. L know which email you used. | Group work. |
| M 12/4 | Group work. | Group work. |
| W12/6 | Conferences | Finish final project. |
| FINAL | Presentations. TBD. | Happy Holidays! |