Assignment

Due Date

Tuesday,

May 26th by

3:00pm Standard Pacific Time

Week 1: Introduction

(4 tasks)

1. Familiarize yourself with this Wiki site (read the Frontpage, syllabus, course assignments, watch tutorials on How to Navigate and read the wiki etiquette and netqiuette links on the Frontpage)

2. After reading the sections on netiquette and wiki etiquette, go to the "Wiki Etiquette - What's Important" page. List three things that you feel were the most important things to know (state why) and include three things that you feel are missing (i.e. that are not covered as regards wiki etiquette). Make sure you attribute your posting and avoid repeating what your classmates have already said.) worth 10 pts

3. Purchase Materials and have them ready to go for next week (Note: When you purchase your reader, you will receive the first 20% as a downloadable PDF so you will have some of the reading while you wait for the reader to ship).

4. Create your own personal timeline. Go to Student Timelines for your instructions. worth 20 pts

Tuesday, June

2nd by 3:00pm Standard Pacific Time

 Week 2:

Time Travel     

(6 tasks)

1. View 3 podcasts (on iTunes) under Otis College of Art and Design - Time Travel Narratives, entitled Intro. to Time Travel Part 1; Intro. to Time Travel Part 2; Intro. to Time Travel Part 3 (about 10 minutes each)

2. After watching the three podcasts, you will notice that I tried to include graphic representations of the concepts to help elucidate their meaning. Take one concept from the podcast (for example: wormholes or eternalism or CTCs) that you found difficult to understand and create your own graphic interpretation of that concept. In doing so, you will utilize the information in those podcasts and work with that information to create something that has meaning for you. Hopefully, this will help you better understand the information as well as remember it. worth 15 pts

(Email your graphic as an attachment to me)

3. Read from your Course Reader Clifford Pickover's "Preface" (pages 1-7) and Larry Niven's "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel" (pages 9-16) and the accompanying notes on Larry Niven's essay.

4. Read two articles from Nova Online-Time: "Sagan on Time Travel" (interview of Sagan about time Travel) and "Think Like Einstein" (short quiz to help you understand Einstein's theories).

5. Go to Lecture Notes for additional help with understanding the readings including a short video that nicely illustrates Einstein's Theory of Relativity (the birth of time travel).

6. Critical Response 1:

A ) Briefly summarize Niven's, Pickover's and Sagan's perspective on time and time travel's possibility.

B ) Answer the following: How does Clifford Pickover’s article “Traveling Through Time” challenge the statements in Larry Niven's "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel"?

C ) Explain of the three (Niven, Pickover, Sagan) who do you feel is right about the possibility or non-possibility of Time Travel and use specific examples from the texts to support your statements.

Length -- 3-4 pages; worth 30 pts

Check out wordprocessing guidelines in the syllabus.

You can answer A-C  individually or weave your answers into an essay, whichever way is easier for you.

(Email this as a Word attachment to instructor)

Week 3:

Time Machines (machinae tempi)

5 tasks

1. Watch powerpoint: Time Travel Narratives

2. Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Doctor Who episodes "Blink" Season Three, episode 10 and "The Girl in the Fireplace" Season Two, episode 4 (rent Season Two & Three of Doctor Who to view these two episodes, also available in the Otis Library on reserve, or can find Doctor Who Episodes on veohtv.com or hulu.com or youtube.com)

3. Read Lecture Notes on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Doctor Who 

4. Respond to questions for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Doctor Who (12pts each)

5. Go to Paper Resource for your paper 1 prompt and rubric - - - Paper 1 is not due until June 30th but I wanted to give you advance notice so you can begin to work on it. 

Week 4:

Multiverse

1. Choose one of the paper prompts listed. Thesis and Introductory Paragraph due for Paper 1 (email as an attachment to instructor). 15pts

2. Read Lecture Notes on Sliders; Noein; "All the Myriad Ways"

3. Watch any two episodes of Sliders from Season 1 or 2. (rent Sliders on DVD, also available in the Otis Library, or can find episodes on veohtv.com or hulu.com or youtube.com).

4. Watch Noein episode #6 "Dimension of Tears" and episode #7 "Previous Person", and #11 "Out of Sync" (rent Noein on DVD, also available in the Otis Library on reserve, or can find episodes on veohtv.com or hulu.com or youtube.com).

5. Read the short story "All the Myriad Ways" in your course reader.

6. Respond to questions for Sliders, Noein and "All The Myriad Ways" (12pts each)

Week 5:

Isolation

1. Outline (see outline guide) with Works Cited Page due for Paper 1 (email as an attachment to instructor) See Paper Resource for additional help.

2. On the Paper Resource page, follow the "Target Your Errors" link to help you develop your proofreading skills. This is important not only for your paper but for all of your posts to this wiki. Remember, this wiki is a PUBLIC forum. Also, don't forget about the spellcheck feature under the edit tab (ABC icon with the green check mark).

3. Read Lecture Notes for The Man Who Folded Himself; Somewhere In Time; "--All You Zombies--"

3. Watch the film Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeves. (rent film or also available in the Otis Library on reserve).

5. Read "--All You Zombies--" and The Man Who Folded Himself in your course reader.

6. Respond to questions for The Man Who Folded Himself; Somewhere In Time; "--All You Zombies--" (12pts each)

7. Check-In! Shoot me a quick email and let me know what is working in this class and what is not working. Be honest as there is still time to change this course and fix what is not working. 10pts for turning it in automatically (this is not graded)

Week 6:

Sacrifice

1. Paper 1 due (email as an attachment to Instructor) out of 20pts but worth 20% of total grade

2. Complete the exercise "Seek and Destroy the Enemy Clutter" (on the Paper Resource page) 10pts

(I suggest you do this before turning in your paper!)

3. Read Lecture Notes for Time Machine; Donnie Darko; Quantum Leap

4. Watch Donnie Darko and watch any two episodes of Quantum Leap (rent Quantum Leap on DVD, also available in the Otis Library, or can find episodes on veohtv.com or hulu.com or youtube.com).

5. Respond to questions for Donnie Darko; Quantum Leap (12pts each)

6. Begin Group Project/Paper II. Go here for detailed instructions --- READ COMPLETELY! This project will be ongoing throughout the rest of the semester. It will be broken into different stages. The whole project is worth 20% of your final grade. Let me (instructor) know via email which roles each of you have selected for your group.Research your topic and as a group send me five questions related to your topic that you think will pertain to this book when you begin to read it next week.

Week 7:

Living Backwards

1. Read Lecture Notes for Through the Looking Glass & Bearing an Hourglass and the excerpts from Through the Looking Glass & Bearing an Hourglass in your Course Reader.

2. Respond to questions for Through the Looking Glass & Bearing an Hourglass (12pts each)

4. Read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ---> the "Introduction" and pages 1-18.

5. After reading the above section from The Time Machine, each member of each group is to email instructor one page of notes which list the passages and details from the book that they feel support their group's topic and a short explanation of why.

Tuesday, July

14th by 3:00pm Standard Pacific Time

Week 8:

Wells and Time

1. EXTRA CREDIT: Read Lecture Notes for Time After Time and watch the film and respond to questions (12pts of extra credit)

2. Read Lecture Notes for Kaku, and read Pickover's "Some Concluding Musings and Thoughts" in your Course Reader and the Kaku article in O-Space.

3. Respond to questions for Pickover and Kaku (12pts each)

4. Read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ---> pages 18-73.

5. As a group, complete the Research Exercise and email as an attachment to instructor.Your final article should utilize at least five credible resources and in addition to referencing that research in your article, you should also include a section where you can link students to these resources (if available on-line). You may wish to review the "Research" section on the Paper Resource page.

Week 9:

Let's Review

1. View 2 podcasts (on iTunes) under Otis College of Art and Design - Time Travel Narratives, entitled Final Thoughts Part I and Part II (about 10 minutes each).

5. Read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ---> pages 73-118.

5. Email to instructor a rough draft of your group's wiki Group Project/Paper II article. Can either post it on the wiki page and I'll leave my comments and feedback there, or you can email it as a Word attachment.

6. Complete on-line Faculty/Course Evaluation found on SurveyMonkey. Email me (instructor) to let me know you completed the survey -- 10pts awarded automatically for completion. Don't worry, the surveys are kept anonymous. I cannot stress enough that these evaluations are important. They are used by the department to determine if this course should be offered again. In addition, I consider all of your comments very carefully when planning the content for my course as well as how I may improve my own teahcing practices. I really appreciate your feedback both positive and negative. Thank you all!

7. Review your grade! I sent an email with a complete up to date breakdown on Friday, July 17th at 9:30pm. Make sure I am not missing anything that you turned in. I cannot accept any work after July 29th as my grades are due soon after.

Thursday, July

30th by 5:00pm Standard Pacific Time

Week 10:

Show Me What You Can Do!

1. Group Project/Paper II due (article needs to be posted on the wiki).

2. Answer the questions posted by the other groups on their respective wiki page. The blog rubric will apply for grading. Each set of questions posted by the groups will be worth 12pts. (I am cancelling this part of the assignment. Perhaps if we had had more time but I rather you focus on producing the articles. Do not worry about creating questions for your peers to answer or answering any other group's questions - Instructor).

3. Email instructor a filled out peer evaluation grade form for each of your group members and your self-evaluation.

4. All Extra Credit is due!

There is no final exam!