| Date |
Due Today |
Period Agenda |
Online Discussion Posters |
| Aug. 21 |
|
• Course introduction
|
|
| Aug. 26 |
• Google Account
• Personal Introductions post
• Lucky Wander Boy 1–106
• Reading Commentary 1 |
• Complete Course Contracts
• Lucky Wander Boy
• Online Discussion walkthrough
|
• Tirrell |
| Aug. 28 |
• Lucky Wander Boy 107–152
• Reading Commentary 2
• Online Discussion comment |
• Posted topic
• Lucky Wander Boy
|
|
| Sept. 2 |
• Lucky Wander Boy 153–275
• Reading Commentary 3 |
• Lucky Wander Boy
|
• Chambers
• Harmon
• Bostic |
| Sept. 4 |
• Pac-Man (clone)
• Space Invaders (clone)
• Frogger (clone)
• "The MOO as an Arcade"
• "The Playability of Texts"
• Online Discussion comment |
• Posted topics
• Classic games
|
|
| Sept. 9 |
• Extra Lives xi–103
• Reading Commentary 4 |
• Extra Lives
|
• Davis
• Bockmiller
• Smith |
| Sept. 11 |
• "Oversimulated Suburbia"
• "Meet the Man Controlling the $18 Million Space Economy"
• Essay 1 ideas
• Online Discussion comment |
• Posted topics
• Virtual goods
• Essay 1 ideas |
|
| Sept. 16 |
• Extra Lives 105–201
• Reading Commentary 5 |
• Extra Lives |
|
| Sept. 18 |
• Essay 1 draft
|
• Draft workshop
|
|
| Sept. 23 |
|
• Essay 1 due by midnight
• Interviews
• 3:30
• Chambers
• Harmon
• Bostic
• 3:40
• Davis
• Bockmiller
• Smith
• 3:50
• Ferrell
• Pettit
• Karches-Mead
• 4:00
• Johnstone
• Waller
• Morris
• Jones, H.
• 4:10
• Holcomb
• Kryzynski
• Hankins
• Dobbs
• 4:20
• Hall
• Baynor
• Lloyd
• Malone
• 4:30
• Mason
• Newman
• Stroud
• Jones, J.
|
|
| Sept. 25 |
• Minecraft (demo)
• "Corrupted Blood Incident"
• "Something Is Killing Off The Sims"
• Reading Commentary 6 |
• Posted topics
• Virtual environments
|
|
| Sept. 30 |
• Snow Crash 1–102
• Reading Commentary 7 |
• Snow Crash
|
• Johnstone
• Waller
• Morris |
| Oct. 2 |
• Snow Crash 103–159
• Reading Commentary 8
• Online Discussion comment |
• Posted topics
• Snow Crash
|
|
| Oct. 7 |
• Snow Crash 160–258
• Reading Commentary 9 |
• Snow Crash
|
• Holcomb
• Kryzynski
• Hankins
|
| Oct. 9 |
• "'This Is Not a Game': Immersive Aesthetics"
• Reading Commentary 10
• Online Discussion comment |
• Posted topics
• Virtual overlaps
|
|
| Oct. 14 |
|
No class
|
|
| Oct. 16 |
• Snow Crash 259–470
• Reading Commentary 11 |
• Snow Crash
• Aesthetic Alternate Reality Project |
|
| Oct. 21 |
• Pitches
• Halting State 1–59
• Reading Commentary 12
|
• Pitches
• Halting State |
• Hall
• Baynor
• Lloyd
• Malone
|
| Oct. 23 |
• Movie 1 (check email for options)
• Reading Commentary 13
• Online Discussion Comment |
• Form groups
• Posted topics
• Trauma and alternate realities |
|
| Oct. 28 |
• Group Analysis topic
• Halting State 60–176
• Reading Commentary 14 |
• Analysis topics
• Halting State |
• Jones, H.
• Dobbs
• Karches-Mead
• Pettit
|
| Oct. 30 |
• Movie 2 (check email for options)
• Reading Commentary 15
• Online Discussion Comment |
• Posted topics
• Digital realities |
|
| Nov. 4 |
• Analyses
• Halting State 177–261
• Reading Commentary 16
|
• Halting State |
• Stroud
• Jones, J.
|
| Nov. 6 |
• Movie 3 (check email for options)
• Reading Commentary 17
• Online Discussion Comment |
• Posted topics
• Worlds of memory |
|
| Nov. 11 |
• Outlines
• Halting State 262–351
• Reading Commentary 18
|
• Halting State |
• Stroud
• Ferrell
• Mason
• Newman |
| Nov. 13 |
• Presentations
• Online Discussion Comment |
• Presentations
• Posted topics
|
|
| Nov. 18 |
• Reflection
• Essay 2 ideas
|
• Essay 2 ideas |
|
| Nov. 20 |
• Revised Essay 2 ideas
• IDEA outcomes form |
• Group conferences
• 3:30
• Malone
• Mason
• Newman
• Stroud
• Jones, J.
• 3:45
• Hall
• Baynor
• Lloyd
• Hankins
• Dobbs
• 4:00
• Holcomb
• Waller
• Morris
• Jones, H.
• 4:15
• Johnstone
• Ferrell
• Pettit
• Karches-Mead
• Smith
• 4:30
• Davis
• Bockmiller
• Chambers
• Harmon
• Bostic |
|
| Nov. 25 |
• Movie 4 (check email for options)
• Reading Commentary 19 |
• Worlds of conspiracy
• Meditation activity |
|
| Nov. 27 |
|
No class
|
|
| Dec. 2 |
• Essay 2 draft |
• Complete IDEA course evaluation
• Draft workshop |
|
| Dec. 4 |
|
No class
|
|
Dec. 9
(3:00pm)
|
|
• Complete Essay 2 due by midnight |
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