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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Concluding Aliens and Feminist SF, Review for Exam 2
Exam 2 review notes on the chalkboard. In today’s class, we finished watching James Cameron’s Aliens and discussed how it fits into our earlier discussions on feminist SF (Ripley as strong female hero,...
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The Cute Insistence of Cats as an Impediment to Preparing Future Pedagogy
Moses collapses on Donald A. Norman’s Living with Complexity. While preparing for my three fall semester classes and reading Donald A. Norman’s Living With Complexity, Moses decides to collapse on my...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Revised Schedule for Last Week of Class
This is the last week of my Science Fiction class. I decided to make some changes to the final week of class to cover the necessary material and to strike out into new territory. Here’s the revised...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Cyberpunk, William Gibson, and Retrocomputing Demo
After my students took their second exam yesterday, I lectured on cyberpunk to accompany their readings: William Gibson’s “Burning Chrome” and Bruce Sterling’s “Preface” to Mirrorshades. I talked about...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: All Good Things: Last Day of Class, Haptic...
The excellent group of students (and me in the back right) in my Science Fiction class holding up their SF-inspired Lego creations. Photo by Carol Senf. Today, unfortunately, was the last day of my...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Final Paper Topics Were On a Broad Spectrum of SF...
I just finished grading my students’ final paper projects. Their task was to use several definitions of SF from a list that I had prepared for them (or others that they found on their own and properly...
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Brittain Fellows: Join the DevLab for 2013-2014 and Serve as Leaders in...
ThatCamp SE 2013 play session on eBooks and retrocomputing held in DevLab. Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program’s Media and Communication Committee, also known as DevLab, is an important...
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Brittain Fellowship Year Two, Fall 2013: ENGL1101 (English Composition I) and...
A year has passed since I began my three year tenure as a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program of the School of Literature, Media, and...
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Steps for Installing Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and Ubuntu 13.04 Raring...
Ubuntu Circle of Friends Logo. There are a number of useful guides to installing Mac OS X and Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration on Macintosh hardware such as James Jesudason’s guide here or Alex...
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LMC3403, Technical Communication: Lego, Haptics, and Instructions
Students at work with Lego. My LMC3403, Technical Communication students are well into their second unit project on reader-centered and process-driven fundamentals. In a fun assignment, I wanted the...
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Notes from LMC Conversation Panel on “Books, Libraries, and the Digital...
These are my speaking notes and discussion notes from today’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication Conversation following Robert Darnton’s talk yesterday on “Books, Libraries, and the Digital...
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Join Me and Fellow Brittain Fellows Mollie Barnes and Marty Fink for...
CETL Engaging Conversations Poster. Register at the link below to join Brittain Fellows Mollie Barnes, Marty Fink, and me at the upcoming Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)...
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Science Fiction Writer Kiini Ibura Salaam Visits Georgia Tech Today:...
Kiini Ibura Salaam’s Website On Thursday, October 24, 2013, science fiction writer Kiini Ibura Salaam will visit Georgia Tech’s Stephen C. Hall Building to give a reading, signing, and interview. Lisa...
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ENGL1101 Sections G3 and L, Fall 2013, Project 2 Narrative Videos Based on...
I revised my “Maximizing the Brain” Project 2 Assignment for my current ENGL1101 students at Georgia Tech. It is currently in its third iteration, and I have ideas for its fourth iteration with more...
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My Poster for SAMLA 2013: The Brittain Fellowship’s DevLab: Space, Resources,...
My DevLab Poster. This year, Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program and its Brittain Fellows had a strong presence at the annual South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting in Atlanta,...
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DevLab’s End of Semester Best Computing Practices Workshop, Wed, Dec 4, 2013,...
S is for Security! Our computers and other computing devices store some of our most important belongings: photos, videos, music, syllabi, research, and manuscripts. We owe it to ourselves to maintain...
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Fall 2013 ENGL1101, The Concluding Lecture: Advice from a Georgia Tech Alum...
The end is just the beginning. During today’s class, I will present a final lecture titled, “The Concluding Lecture: Advice from a Georgia Tech Alum to Future Alumni.” There’s a lot of things that I...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Science Fiction Final Paper, Exploring SF...
This is my inaugural post in a new series titled, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Gender Studies Final Paper on Kathleen Ann...
This is another post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider interesting...
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I’m a Recipient of this Year’s Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching...
Recently, I was told that I was a recipient of this year’s Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award from the Georgia Institute of Technology! The selection criteria for the Class of...
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