Online Project Poster

I am so proud of you and your stories. I had a really good time reading what you wrote and a learned a little bit more about you. I hope you have all enjoyed this online project and you have had a good time reading them too. Now it’s time to choose your favorite one and vote for it. They are available at:

http://poster.4teachers.org/

Insert the class code below in the "Search for Poster" window.
Class code:121335

Vote for:
• The most daring story
• The most frightening story
• The saddest story
• The funniest story
• The most original
• The most romantic story
• The most touching story
• Other

IMPORTANT: Copy the link below on your browse to see the criteria to evaluate your stories:

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?&screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1409339&

The Book or the Film?

Thanks for your active participation in the book and film discussion. I hope you have all enjoyed reading the book and watching the film. What did you like most about this experience? What can we do to improve it? Any films or books suggestions to include in the future? Let me know.

Comments on the Story:
"I, Robot" was published in 1950 and includes stories written in the 1940's, when general-purpose electronic digital computers were still in their infancy. I was struck by what a visionary Asimov was. He had captured the mechanics of contemporary software development through these stories about the manufacture of the intelligent robot, whose positronic brain contained complex programming that inevitably had bugs that needed troubleshooting. Anyone who has ever written a computer program or has fallen victim to software bugs will get an eerie feeling of deja vu while reading these stories. Asimov's writing style might not be the most polished in science fiction and his characterizations might be a bit wooden, but the concepts presented here will blow you away. This is required reading for any fan of science fiction.

Eileen Rieback

Did you Know?

A powerful, thought-provoking presentation created by Carl Fisch. Available at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

Some people have found it depressing, others scaring, and some others provoking. What about you? What schocked you the most? Send your opinion to the power point version we watched in class.