Monday, November 30, 2015

Time Travel And "City On The Edge Of Forever?"

Please write a critique of The City On The Edge Of Forever using the Traveling Through Time and/or Carl Sagan Ponders Time Travel articles. Challenge at least one idea within your notes that the article seems to debunk or challenge. Please defend your response and use quotations to support. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Fri., Dec. 4th.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

"Ordinances And E.T.?"

After reading Denver Ordinance Article and Denver Ordinance 300, did you think of any Science Fiction short story or class connections? If you can incorporate quotations, reflect, challenge, or discern with keen insight, please do so in your blog response due today.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Frankenstein Complex Or "Us In The Machine?"

What does Wesch's short video about "us in the machine" make you think? How might this video connect with The Frankenstein Complex stories to date? Explain and use one quotation from a short story to connect. Reflect, dissect, challenge, etc... Please complete this prompt in class or by 2:30p.m. today, Nov. 2nd.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

The Frankenstein Complex In Our Modern Society?

How did the articles that you read in Popular Science, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, NASA impact your thinking about the technology humans create?  Did the articles make you reconsider The Frankenstein Complex?  Please quote and cite your article(s) as you incorporate them within your blog response.  This blog response is due by Wednesday, October 28th at 2:30p.m.

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Burros? Icky? Apes? Monsters?

How do the thematic elements(i.e.- humans' destruction, reversal of the expected, inferiority, etc...) presented in The Planet Of The Apes movie make us contemplate and wrestle with the concept of xenophobia? Does it pertain to any of the Science Fiction we have read? Use quotations from the movie and texts to support your claims. Respond to this blog by 2:30p.m. on Mon., Oct. 26th.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Xenophobia And Alien Planets?

As you viewed the Alien Planet Projects created by your peers, what did you notice?  How do these projects help us delve into the concept of xenophobia?  Please comment, share, argue, and critique the trends or ideas that you noticed.  Please complete this blog response during class today.

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Alien Song Lyrics And Xenophobia?

Do the songs and song lyrics connect with the concept of xenophobia? If so, how? Also, feel free to comment regarding other connections with science fiction. Please include some references to songs and song lyrics in your response. Please finish this blog response during class today.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Xenophobia On Maple Street?

How does The Twilight Zone Episode: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street address the concept of xenophobia? What alarms you regarding the inhabitants actions and attitudes? How does this episode align or differ with stories we have already read? Other thoughts? Please respond by 2:30p.m. on Mon., September 28th, 2015.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Xenophobia In Science Fiction?

What is your definition of xenophobia, and how did the card activity make you think about your definition? What emotions can you assign or connect with the term and concept of xenophobia in Science Fiction? Please use the quote from your card in your response. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Wed. 9-23-15.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Extrapolation And Future Schools In 2055?

Now that you have read many of your peers' Future School Extrapolation Projects, what are you thinking?  Holistically, what are your reasonable extrapolations regarding all of the extrapolations you have read?  What potential changes excite you the most?  What potential changes fill you with angst and apprehension?  Other thoughts?
(Please complete this blog response by 2:30p.m. on Fri., August 28th)

Monday, August 10, 2015

What Is Your Definition Of Science Fiction?

Robert A. Heinlein, author and critic:

Science fiction is "realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method" (quoted by Knight in Bishop, Nebula Awards 25, 3).

Theodore Sturgeon, author:

"'A good science-fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its science content'" (as quoted in Atheling, More Issues, 12).

George Hay:

"Science fiction is what you find on the shelves in the library marked science fiction."
(Aforementioned quotes were borrowed from Dr. Agatha Taormina's web page): http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/beyond/


Which of these quotations aligns with your definition of Science Fiction? Please respond thoughtfully using references to class discussion, prior knowledge, science fiction literature, science fiction films, etc... Type using complete sentences. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Friday, August 21st, 2015.

Friday, May 15, 2015

"Cause And Effect?"

Based upon the Cause And Effect episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, what Science Fiction concepts that we will address (Extrapolation, Xenophobia, Grandfather Paradox, Frankenstein Complex) are evident within what you viewed?  If so, how?  Explain and detail within your blog response after we finish viewing the film.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Time Travel? Are We Thinking?

After reading the New Sagan Time Travel Article and visiting  Brian’s Views web link, what are your revised thoughts, concerns, or musings regarding time travel?  Please complete this blog response during class today.

Friday, April 17, 2015

Time Travel And "The City On The Edge Of Forever?"

Please write a critique of The City On The Edge Of Forever using the Traveling Through Time and/or Carl Sagan Ponders Time Travel articles. Challenge at least one idea within your notes that the article seems to debunk or challenge. Please defend your response and use quotations to support. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Fri., April 24th.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Robots for Sale?

After viewing your peers' Robot Advertisements, what did you notice? Observations? Commentary? Patterns? Warnings?  Other?  Please respond using thoughtful, specific details.  This blog response is due during class today.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

"Ordinances And E.T.?"

After reading Denver Ordinance Article and Denver Ordinance 300, did you think of any Science Fiction short story or class connections? If you can incorporate quotations, reflect, challenge, or discern with keen insight, please do so in your blog response due today.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Frankenstein Complex or "Us In The Machine?"

What does Wesch's short video about "us in the machine" make you think? How might this video connect with The Frankenstein Complex stories to date? Explain and use one quotation from a short story to connect. Reflect, dissect, challenge, etc... Please complete this prompt in class or by 2:30p.m. today, March 30th.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The "Frankenstein Complex" In Our World?

How did the articles that you read in Popular Science, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, NASA impact your thinking about the technology humans create?  Did the articles make you reconsider The Frankenstein Complex?  Please quote and cite your article(s) as you incorporate them within your blog response.  This blog response is due by Wednesday, March 18th at 2:30p.m.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Burros? Icky? Apes? Maple Street? Monsters?

How do the thematic elements(i.e.- humans' destruction, reversal of the expected, inferiority, etc...) presented in The Planet Of The Apes movie make us contemplate and wrestle with the concept of xenophobia? Does it pertain to any of the Science Fiction we have read? Use quotations from the movie and texts to support your claims. Respond to this blog by 2:30p.m. on Mon., March 16th.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Xenophobia And Alien Planets?

As you viewed the Alien Planet Projects created by your peers, what did you notice?  How do these projects help us delve into the concept of xenophobia?  Please comment, share, argue, and critique the trends or ideas that you noticed.  Please complete this blog response during class today.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Alien Song Lyrics And Xenophobia?

Do the songs and song lyrics connect with the concept of xenophobia? If so, how? Also, feel free to comment regarding other connections with science fiction. Please include some references to songs and song lyrics in your response. Please finish this blog response during class today.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Xenophobia On "Maple Street?"

How does The Twilight Zone Episode: The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street address the concept of xenophobia? What alarms you regarding the inhabitants actions and attitudes? How does this episode align or differ with stories we have already read? Other thoughts? Please respond by 2:30p.m. on Wed., February 18th, 2015.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Xenophobia In Science Fiction?

What is your definition of xenophobia, and how did the card activity make you think about your definition? What emotions can you assign or connect with the term and concept of xenophobia in Science Fiction? Please use the quote from your card in your response. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Wed. 2-11-15.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Extrapolation And Future Schools In 2055?

Now that you have read many of your peers' Future School Extrapolation Projects, what are you thinking? Holistically, what are your reasonable extrapolations regarding all of the extrapolations you have read? What potential changes excite you the most? What potential changes fill you with angst and apprehension? Other thoughts?
(Please complete this blog response by 2:30p.m. on Wed., January 21st)

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

What Is Your Definition Of Science Fiction?

Robert A. Heinlein, author and critic:

Science fiction is "realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method" (quoted by Knight in Bishop, Nebula Awards 25, 3).

Theodore Sturgeon, author:

"'A good science-fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its science content'" (as quoted in Atheling, More Issues, 12).

George Hay:

"Science fiction is what you find on the shelves in the library marked science fiction."
(Aforementioned quotes were borrowed from Dr. Agatha Taormina's web page): http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/beyond/


Which of these quotations aligns with your definition of Science Fiction? Please respond thoughtfully using references to class discussion, prior knowledge, science fiction literature, science fiction films, etc... Type using complete sentences. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Monday, January 12th, 2015.