This page is where I will post my course syllabi and assignments as well as informational links to resources and readings. As students, if you want to submit your assignments to me electronically instead of using up more trees, please attach them to an e-mail at this address: elementsunearthed@gmail.com.
If you are teachers and would like to use any of my assignments in your own classes, please feel free to do so. I offer them as a Creative Commons 3.0: Attribution Only license. That means you are free to use, modify, distribute, and even sell these materials as long as you keep my name on them as the originator.
The courses I am teaching for Winter 2012 include Independent Science Research, Meteorology, Stop Motion Animation, Computer Technology, Computer Literacy, Multimedia, and 3D Modeling and Animation. Here are the files you will need listed by class:
Computer Technology:
Transcript for the video “Triumph of the Nerds”: http://www.pbs.org/nerds/transcript.html
Video links for the “Triumph of the Nerds” documentary. Please watch each part (1-3) or read the transcripts above and answer the questions attached below.
Part 1a: http://youtu.be/3jV3JdtaOGc Part 1b: http://youtu.be/k4SHjp0Z-7M Part 1c: http://youtu.be/Dc5-2unzD9A
Part 1d: http://youtu.be/pyKlNjwR03M Part 1e: http://youtu.be/hZnZvOxg8Ks Part 1f: http://youtu.be/xi-g0ievM-4 Questions for Part 1: Nerds_Notes_part1
Part 2a: http://youtu.be/rKw3KM3MmLo Part 2b: http://youtu.be/viANWOeGc1I Part 2c: http://youtu.be/hvun38EreIE
Part 2d: http://youtu.be/wBGJJdCnJMw Part 2e: http://youtu.be/R8xIdkw6Zvk Part 2f: http://youtu.be/lKk5a6hgbgM Questions for Part 2: Nerds_Notes_part2
Part 3a: http://youtu.be/qrnmMgBBfNI Part 3b: http://youtu.be/Yp6RMfYcrH0 Part 3c: http://youtu.be/enz4q96TQLE
Part 3d: http://youtu.be/Sil44rEFzMc Part 3e: http://youtu.be/tL9mujB-LlA Part 3f: http://youtu.be/D_QEso4nZ0c Questions for Part 3: Nerds_Notes_part3
Group Technology Report: In your groups of two people, you need to look up the most important events and developments each year in your category from 1996 until 2011 and predictions as to the future. For example, if you are doing software for your topic, you would want to talk about the development Windows Vista in 2006-7 and its impact both on Microsoft and the public. You will need to turn in your notes and make a short oral presentation.
The World is Flat essay: Read through the handouts I’ve given you, and based on our discussion in class, write an essay of about 800 words that answers one of the topics. You can print it out or you can e-mail it to me (elementsunearthed@gmail.com). It is due this Friday (9/30) in class. We will have our first test on Friday as well. Here is the reading: Quotes-Flat world.
Multimedia:
Syllabus: Multimedia_Course_Outline
3D Animation:
Syllabus: 3D_Modeling_and_Animation_Outline
