Frankenstein Complex?

Please contemplate your final thoughts regarding the Frankenstein Complex and what the concept, read texts, and film made you think about humanity and the technology/science that we create. Please use at least one qoutation from the stories we read, and complete during class today.

Alien Song Lyrics And Extrapolation? 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.

Burros? Icky? Apes? Maple Street? Other?

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.  Post to this blog after for Mon., Oct. 31st. 

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., October 5th, 2011.

Realistic Science Fiction Connections?

How are technology scinece and science fiction merging based upon your google reader subscriptions?  Please reflect in class on 9-23-11.

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 during class on 9-19-11.

"Future School" Extrapolation Project Reflections

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 Mon., August 29th)