Updates!

There have been some "tweaks" to our schedule - Check out the most Updated Version here.

Here are the final blog assignments:

Today's in-class blog assignment: Research Reflection- (due Thurs 5/26) - 250 words on what you've learned about research and writing research papers this semester.

Blog Assignment (due Tues 5/31) - How does imagination lend meaning to our lives and experiences?  300 words on  Twilight Zone episodes ("The Lonely" and "Walking Distance") and/or short stories ("Handsomest Drowned Man" and "The Tell-Tale Heart")

Last Blog Assignment (due 6/10) - Matrix Paper - post your final research paper - please include photos and/or links to relevant materials (if you want to embed video, etc.)

Matrix Thesis List

Post the thesis to your Matrix paper as a comment.

It should be
*one sentence
*a statement (not a question)
*an opinion that is based in fact

Matrix Paper Ideas

Add your Matrix paper ideas to the following document

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yEW51u8BCG9alBxlx77-THcp7HrDkzSmBCMvwgHtV1c/edit?hl=en&authkey=CP3w6NAJ

Digital Discussions & Matrix Research

Digital Discussion of the Matrix
Using Evidence to Support Claims

Here is the google group address to participate in the online discussion:

Answer one question posed by either Dr. X. Dr. J Dr. V or I.

You must answer with a claim, give the reason(s) you believe this claim and support it with evidence. 

Use the following format:
Claim:
Reason:
Evidence:
http://groups.google.com/group/lagcc-matrix-group

Articles on the Matrix:

All articles can be found through the LaGuardia Library's "Academic Search Premiere" database.


A. 'Mother Isn't Quite Herself Today:' Myth and Spectacle in The Matrix.Full Text Available By: Frentz, Thomas S.; Rushing, Janice Hocker. Critical Studies in Media Communication, Mar2002, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p64, 23p
Subjects: HUMANITY; EROTICA; MATRIX, The (Film)

B. Philosophy Screened: Experiencing The Matrix.Full Text Available By: Wartenberg, Thomas E.. Midwest Studies In Philosophy, 2003, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p139-152, 14p; Subjects: PHILOSOPHY; TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood; MATRIX, The (Film)

C. Technology and Mythic Narrative: The Matrix as Technological Hero-Quest.
Full Text Available By: Stroud, Scott R.. Western Journal of Communication, Fall2001, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p416, 26p
Subjects: MYTHOLOGY; MATRIX, The (Film)

D. Neo-Christ: Jesus, The Matrix, and Secondary Allegory as a Rhetorical Form.
Full Text Available By: Milford, Mike. Southern Communication Journal, Jan2010, Vol. 75 Issue 1, p17-34, 18p; Subjects: FILM criticism; POPULAR culture; SCHOLARS; ALLEGORY; SERMONS; EVANGELICALISM; MATRIX, The (Film)

E. Beyond Mere Illustration: How Films Can Be Philosophy.
Full Text Available By: Wartenberg, Thomas E.. Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Winter2006, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p19-32, 14p, 3 Black and White Photographs, 3 Illustrations; DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8529.2006.00226.x
Subjects: MOTION pictures; FILM theory; Motion Picture and Video Production; MATRIX, The (Film); MATRIX Reloaded, The (Film); MATRIX Revolutions, The (Film); SEVENTH Seal, The (Film); WAVELENGTH (Film); BERGMAN, Ingmar, 1918-2007; SNOW, Michael

F. Coded Discourse: Romancing the (Electronic) Shadow in "The Matrix."
Full Text Available By: Haslam, Jason. College Literature, Summer2005, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p92-115, 24p
Subjects: SCIENCE fiction; ARTIFICIAL intelligence; AFRICAN Americans; LITERATURE; STORIES, plots, etc.; MATRIX, The (Film); GIBSON, William

G. Mastering the Real: Trinity as the "Real" Hero of The Matrix.
Full Text Available By: Williams, G. Christopher. Film Criticism, Spring2003, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p2-17, 16p
Subjects: REALITY; ONTOLOGY; GOD; MOTION pictures & philosophy; MATRIX, The (Film); BAUDRILLARD, Jean

H. Not Begetting the Future: Technological Autochthony, Sexual Reproduction, and the Mythic Structure of The Matrix.
Full Text Available By: Kimball, A. Samuel. Journal of Popular Culture, Winter2001, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p175, 29p
Subjects: MOTION pictures; COMPUTER hackers; MASS media; DATA protection; Motion Picture and Video Production; MATRIX, The (Film); FISHBURNE, Laurence; REEVES, Keanu

I. Queering Hollywood's Tough Chick.Full Text Available By: Geller, Theresa L.. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 2004, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p8-34, 27p
Subjects: WOMEN in motion pictures; CHARACTERS & characteristics in motion pictures; SEX role in motion pictures; MOTION pictures -- Social aspects; MATRIX, The (Film); LONG Kiss Goodnight, The (Film)

J. The Mirror in The Matrix of Media Ecology.
Full Text Available By: Rufo, Kenneth. Critical Studies in Media Communication, Jun2003, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p117-140, 24p
Subjects: MASS media & technology; HALLUCINATIONS & illusions in motion pictures; MATRIX, The (Film); LACAN, Jacques, 1901-1981

K. PARANOIAC VISIONS AND NEO-REALITIES IN THE RECENT CINEMA: Reflections on Tausk's "Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia".Full Text Available By: Downing, David L.. Psychoanalytic Review, Dec2007, Vol. 94 Issue 6, p991-1006, 16p
Subjects: PSYCHOANALYSIS & motion pictures; PARANOIA in motion pictures; REALISM in motion pictures; TRUMAN Show, The (Film); DARK City (Film); MATRIX, The (Film); EXISTENZ (Film); TETSUO: The Iron Man (Film)

L. The Erotic Life of Machines.Full Text Available By: Shaviro, Steven. Parallax, Oct2002, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p21, 11p
Subjects: VIRTUAL reality; SEX; SCIENCE fiction; MUSIC videos; MATRIX, The (Film)

Schedule of classes and assignments, May-June 2011

Hello - You can access the new schedule here.  Be sure to read it carefully and update your calendars - there are several changes and new locations!!!!

Peer Review

Here is the peer review form to use.