With nearly 100 registered attendees and more unregistered, the 2nd Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium on Extrapolation, Interdisciplinarity, and Learning on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 was a great success! We were honored to have Samuel R. Delany give the…
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2nd Annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium Was a Great Success
Tagged with: citytech, presentations, samuelrdelany, sciencefiction, symposium, video, youtube
Posted in City Tech, Personal, Science Fiction
Posted in City Tech, Personal, Science Fiction
On Reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books
I read J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books over the winter break. All of them: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Harry Potter and…
Tagged with: books, Fantasy, harrypotter, hogwarts, Lego, lordvoldemort, recommendation, Review, sff, youtube
Posted in Fantasy, Personal
Posted in Fantasy, Personal
Spring 2013 ENGL1101 Project 2, “Maximizing the Brain’s Potential,” Final Videos
For the second major project in my ENGL1101 class at Georgia Tech titled, “Maximizing the Brain’s Potential,” students work in teams of several students each to produce collaboratively an entertaining and educational video based on a single chapter from John Medina’s…
Tagged with: assignment, composition, engl1101, georgiatech, video, woven, youtube
Posted in Georgia Tech, Pedagogy
Posted in Georgia Tech, Pedagogy
A Selection of Videos to Review with My ENGL1101 Classes on Oct 17, 2012
During today’s class, I would like us to watch these videos and discuss what these videos attempt to accomplish rhetorically using WOVEN (written, oral, visual, electronic, and nonverbal) modes of communication. 10 Amazing Facts About the Brain: Interesting Facts About…
A Prime Example Why SOPA Will Endanger the Internet: Spiteful Big Corporations
The other big news this past week besides SOPA was MegaUpload.com’s MegaUpload Song on YouTube: Universal Music Group (UMG) had a conniption fit, because some of their signed artists provided testimonials for MegaUpload, a file sharing site that makes it…
Tagged with: google, megaupload, postaday2011, umg, youtube
Posted in Computers, Music, Rights, Technology
Posted in Computers, Music, Rights, Technology
Star Wars Set to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck on YouTube
My cousin Ian Cox turned me onto this Star Wars cut set to AC/DC’s song “Thunderstruck.” The editor did a very good job transforming the film into a music video with carefully timed transitions and editing techniques.
George Lucas Strikes Back, Trailer on Youtube
I found this gem on BoingBoing yesterday morning. “George Lucas Strikes Back” is an over-the-top movie idea presented in the form of a movie trailer without a movie. These types of trailers are created by fans and filmmakers as a…
Tagged with: georgelucas, indianajones, jarjarbinks, postaday2011, prequels, starwars, youtube
Posted in Movies, Science Fiction
Posted in Movies, Science Fiction
He is an Assistant Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech) where he teaches college writing, technical communication, and science fiction.
He holds a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University, M.A. in Science Fiction Studies from the University of Liverpool, and B.S. in Science, Technology, and Culture from Georgia Tech.
He welcomes questions, comments, and inquiries for collaboration via email at jellis at citytech dot cuny dot edu or Twitter @dynamicsubspace.
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