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Midterm Slides, Study Guide, & Instructions
WEEK 6
Instructions (as they will appear on the exam)
Identify and state the significance of each of the 5 slides included in the exam booklet.
To identify a slide, name its creator, its title, and the date of its creation. To state the significance of a
slide, refer to concepts, historical details, and arguments from the course readings and from lecture
material.
Each question is graded out of 3 points. 0.5 points are awarded for a correct and complete
identification. 2.5 points are awarded for full-sentence responses that demonstrate knowledge and
comprehension of three pieces of course material substantively connected to the slide.
3 x 5 = 15% of course grade
Study Guide [ Identifications, How To ]
There are 15 slides included in this study guide. Of these 15 slides, 5 slides will appear on the
midterm. Each slide is a prompt for a response that will take the from of an identify and state the
significance question, as outlined on the Instructions slide.
To identify a slide, name its creator, its title, and the date of its creation:
To study for the identifications, I suggest you make a deck of flash cards that you can use to memorize
the identification material for all 15 slides. When creating your study slides, refer to these study slides
for the correct identification information for all of the 15 slides presented here.
If you can point to an alternative identification of the same slide in the slide from course readings or
lecture slides, I will give you points for that material. I recommend studying the identifications
provided in the study slides because those identifications are shortened and updated versions of the
raw data found in the readings. I will also give out partial points, for the 0.5 identification points, for
incomplete responses.
Study Guide [ State the Significance, How To ]
There are 15 slides included in this study guide. Of these 15 slides, 5 slides will appear on the
midterm. Each slide is a prompt for a response that will take the from of an identify and state the
significance question, as outlined on the Instructions slide.
To state the significance of a slide, refer to concepts, historical details, and arguments from the course
readings and from lecture material:
To study for the short answer material, I suggest you make notes that cover the reading and lecture
material for weeks 2, 3, 4 and 5. When creating your notes, refer to the textual material cited on the
lecture slides as a guide to where you can locate details, concepts, and arguments that count as
substantive course content worthy of the 2.5 short answer points.
You can use material from any reading or lecture, from any of the four weeks covered by the
midterm, on any of the 5 slides on the exam. Just make sure the information you produce is relevant
to the slide you are responding to. Do not repeat material on multiple short answer questions. I will
give out partial grades for repetitious, vague, or tenuous material produced in the short answer
responses. Full points will go to answers with at least three full sentences carrying reference to
substantive course material.
David Brewster, Lenticular Stereoscope, 1849.
“Family with Stereoviews”, 1860s.
Eric Palmer, Riding the Airwaves, 1930.
Stewart Brand, The Whole Earth Catalogue, 1968.
“First Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics”, 1972.
Computer Space circuit board, 1971.
Allan Alcorn, Pong, 1972.
Nam Jun Paik, Participation TV, 1963.
Atari, Yars’ Revenge, 1980.
Atari, Battlezone, 1980.
Zork, Infocom, 1979.
Michael Maudlin, Julia, 1992.
Will Wright, SimCity, 1989.
Community Memory BBS Teletype Terminal,
1973.
Control Data Corporation, PLATO IV terminal, 1972.