Tuesday, November 24, 2009

e-Cafe: Course Evaluation

Subject: eCAFE: Course And Faculty Evaluations

Dear UH Student,/ KCC Student.

The University has a new online Course and Faculty Evaluation System (eCAFE), which will eventually replace the current paper-based version. You have one or more classes that have volunteered to participate in this system.

You will have until Thursday, December 10, 2009 to view and complete your surveys. To do so, please log in to eCAFE at http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe">



Subject: eCAFE: Course And Faculty Evaluations

The University has a new online Course and Faculty Evaluation System (eCAFE), which will eventually replace the current paper-based version. You have one or more classes that have volunteered to participate in this system.

You will have until Thursday, December 10, 2009 to view and complete your surveys. To do so, please log in to eCAFE at http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe using your UH username and password. While you do need to log in, all survey submissions are entirely anonymous.

During the open survey period, you will receive periodic reminder emails from cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu to complete your surveys. Once you complete all your surveys, you will receive no further reminder notices.

Thank you for your participation. All feedback is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email us at cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu.

Mahalo,
Magdalena Kaleleiki
eCAFE Project Team
Information Technology Servicesusing your UH username and password. While you do need to log in, all survey submissions are entirely anonymous.

During the open survey period, you will receive periodic reminder emails from cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu to complete your surveys. Once you complete all your surveys, you will receive no further reminder notices.

Thank you for your participation. All feedback is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email us at cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu

Mahalo,
Magdalena Kaleleiki
eCAFE Project Team
Information Technology Services

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Simple Ethos: Mr. Rogers

Monday, November 16, 2009

HEROIC MBTI

Myers-Briggs Information


MBTI explained


Human Metrics

(Overview site of MBTI, with online personality quiz)

Personality Page

(Another site, comprehensive quiz available)

Quizilla

(Less reliable source)

Facebook App

(Pretty good, for those of you who use FB)

Have a good Spring Break, everyone.

Appetite for Watchmen

Watchmen Trailer


Who Will Watch the Watchmen?

Watchmen Trailer

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Satire: Little Boy Hero

Satire 1: Protagonist Scrolls Intensely through Microfilm

Satire 2: Little Boy Hero / Burglar


Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Star Wars: Old and New

Star Wars: Old School and New School are extra-credit assignments


These assignments are meant to review Old and New School elements.
They are also meant to make you focus your ideas on smaller aspects of the larger filmic world of Star Wars.

Old school focal points:

Setting
Characters: eiron, alazon, oracle, bomolochus, temptress, shadow, shapeshifter, foil, etc.
Plot tensions: human v. human/alien; human v. nature; human v. society; human v. self
Symbols
Theme

New school focal points:
History/Influence: WWII, Western, Japanese culture, jidai-geki, chanbara-eiga;
Class tensions
Gender tensions
Ethnic tensions
Psychological tensions
Reader Response modes

Old School


New School

Monday, October 12, 2009

Hero .pdf

Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, a .pdf


PDF: Teacher's Notes

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Hero of the Week: Power Rangers Parody (old)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Extra-Credit: Creativity Skills

Propp, Raglan, Campbell all had "Hero" theories.


No one has ever made a visual representation of why "Villains" come into being. That's your extra-credit, for 50 points.

You get the points based on

Creativity
Originality
Analytical Depth

The American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains of All Time in Film

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Applicable SW Links

Lucas' Empire


Star Wars Official Homepage


Wookiepedia: The Wikipedia for All-Things Star Wars

Episode IV Screenplay

Episode II Screenplay

Episode III Screenplay

Star Wars: Episode IV (A New Hope)

Legacy Revealed: Star Wars Documentary...(awesome)