Storybook stack. As usual on Monday, the Storybook stack is very large! First thing on Monday morning, I will update the contents of the stack, and I will begin working my way through the stack based on the order in which things were turned in - but it is definitely going to take me a while to work through the stack, so please be patient! If the points for your Storybook assignment(s) will give you the points you need to finish up the class, send me a note and I'll move your assignment(s) to the top of the stack - you can put something like "Final Storybook points" in the subject line of the email so I'll be sure to see it.
Week 13 Internet assignment. After people finish turning in their Storybook nominations for the Week 13 Internet assignment on Monday, I'll prepare a ballot with the most-nominated Storybooks for you to vote on. I will do my best to get that ready on Tuesday, with voting to take place this week, and winners to be announced on Friday. Thanks to everybody who turned in their nominations!
Week 14 Internet assignment. For the Week 14 Internet assignment, you'll be doing an online course evaluation of this class, just like with the course evaluations using the "bubble forms" in your regular classroom classes. The online evaluation will take place at the eval.ou.edu website, and the Spring evaluation will be available on TUESDAY, April 28. I believe you will also be receiving an email directly from the College of Arts & Sciences with specific information about how to log on and complete the evaluation form. Starting this semester, all the evaluations will be completed online, not just the online course evaluations. Your input about the course is VERY valuable, and I hope you will take the time to fill out the form not just for this class, but for all your other classes, too!
April 27: Birth of "The Mouse." On April 27 in 1972, Bill English, a researcher at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California, created the first prototype of the computer "mouse" that later became widely used in the 1980s and 1990s (I myself first saw a computer mouse in operation in the summer of 1984... and yes, I know that is before most of you were even born, ha ha). Earlier versions of the mouse had operated with a system of wheels (example), but the mouse that English built had a ball inside, as you can see in the image below. You can read more about the history of the mouse in this Wikipedia article, which is also the source for this image below:
Week 14 Internet assignment. For the Week 14 Internet assignment, you'll be doing an online course evaluation of this class, just as you do course evaluations using the "bubble forms" in your regular classroom classes. The online evaluation will take place at the eval.ou.edu website, and the Spring evaluations should be available on Monday. I'll be sure to let you know as soon as the evaluation is available and you should also be receiving an email directly from the College of Arts & Sciences with specific information about how to log on and complete the evaluation form.
