|Thank You for a Great Class

I had a lot of fun, and I hope you did, too.

Enjoy your break.

Don't be a stranger.

-D

|Week 17: Wed. 12.13

Week 17: Wed. 12.13
Finals Week: 12.13 (Meet at Flames, across from MLK Library, at 8 AM)
Class: RESEARCH PAPER (HARD COPY FINAL DRAFT) OR emailed no later than Thu 12.14 by noon

Due Fri 12.15: Self-Reflection ePortfolios (upload to Canvas by midnight)

|Future News 12.7

• Here is how you can support Net Neutrality (The Daily Dot)
• Here are the 100 most anticipated films of 2018 (ThePlaylist)
• Scientists: Playing video games is better for your brain than playing piano (Inverse)
• Legal cannabis industry poised to explode in the very near future (Inquisitor)
• San Jose moves forward on plan for tiny homes for the homeless (San Jose Mercury News)
• Paco Rabanne's forward-looking fashion ... from 1967 (British Pathé)

 

|Week 16: 12.8

Week 16: 12.8*
Class: Multimedia presentations; Writers workshop; Course overview
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 6)

Upcoming:

Week 17: Wed. 12.13
Finals Week: 12.13 (Meet at Flames, across from MLK Library, at 8 AM)
Class: RESEARCH PAPER (HARD COPY FINAL DRAFT) or emailed no later than Thu 12.14 by noon

Due Fri 12.15: Self-Reflection ePortfolios (upload to Canvas by midnight)

*Last day for presentations

|Future News 12.1

• Is Algorave the future of dance music? (Guardian)
• Are psychedelic mushrooms going to be the next recreational drug to be legalized? (Newsweek)
• Truckee, California becomes 50th US city to adopt 100% renewable energy goal (Solar Industry Magazine)
• Does Netflix deserve a shot at the Oscars? (Vanity Fair)
• The angular Snøhetta to rise in NYC's Upper West Side (Inhabitat) 
• Video game industry value falls after EA Battlefront II debacle (CNBC)

 

|Week 15: 12.1

Week 15: 12.1
Class: Multimedia presentations; Writers workshop
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 3); REFLECTION 6

Upcoming:

Week 16: 12.8
Class: Multimedia presentations; Writers workshop; Course overview
Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 6)

Week 17: Wed. 12.13*
Finals Week: 12.13 (8 AM – 9:30 AM; Location TBD)
Class: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT)

*Student ePortfolios due 12.15—Mandatory; See Canvas for details

|Future News: 11.24

• Hillary Clinton warns that AI is "not our friend" (Business Inside)
• Chic curtains transform your windows into instant nighttime cityscapes (Inhabitat)
• Mars candy company pledges to go carbon neutral by 2040 (PRI)
• Can Chinese surveillance apparatus identify you simply by your walk? (Quartz)
• BMW proposes a series of urban elevated bicycle paths (Wired)
• Maui is home to a low-impact small home which emphasizes outside living (Inhabitat)