Checklist of assignments:

What are utopias? What has been their appeal and history? What are the common fears expressed in literary utopias?

Assignment #1 :

•notes on Encyclopedia article

Assignment #2: Fears about Techno-Topias

•Questions on “Amusing Ourselves to Death”

(extra credit: "Informing Ourselves to Death" summary)

*Read Atlantic Magazine: "Technotopia" - first section only. Summarize hopes and fears. Include quotations

•At home: Read “The Machine Stops.” Be able to answer questions in red.

••Take part in the online discussion on Wednesday. Copy and paste your responses and your postings.

Assignment #3  What are the implications for education in the Techno-topia?the first on-line interactive textbook!

•Description of on-line link you explored

*Advantages and disadvantages of online course - Professor McClymer example

•City of Bits" online textbook: comparison of future and present structures: advantage of more technological type over the other

(Extra credit: information from "Cyborg Citizens")

Assignment #4: Utopias on the Web

...Half page paragraph on your choice of surfspot for Utopias

NOTE: THE ESSAY LENGTH HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM MULTIPARAGRAPH TO SINGLE PARAGRAPH LENGTH.

FINAL EXTENDED PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON YOUR REFLECTION OF THE PAST WEEK

___INTRODUCTION

...__THESIS

.. _-SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT REFER TO THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES AND READINGS

...__A THOUGHTFUL CONCLUDING STATEMENT