My schedule this week. On Thursday and Friday this week I am out of town, with limited email access at best. I've replied to all the Storybooks that were turned in before noon on Tuesday. You can still turn in a Week 11 Storybook assignment late for partial credit until noon on Thursday as usual, but I won't be able to get comments back to you about those assignments until Monday when I'll be back in the office again. If you have questions about anything that comes up, definitely send me an email - and if I am not able to reply to you right away, I'll get back to you on Monday for sure. You can see what was in the Storybook stack as of Wednesday night; I'll update the stack when I get back on Monday morning.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Sunday IT Maintenance. On the third Sunday of every month, IT does maintenance on its servers. There will be a maintenance window this Sunday, April 19. This often causes service outages, which may affect email, web publishing, and other OU IT services. The maintenance window is in the morning, and the maintenance should be completed before noon on Sunday. For specific information and updates, see the IT Alerts page at alerts.ou.edu (this is also a good page to check if you are experiencing problems with Desire2Learn, email, or other IT services).
Overview of Week 12 and Week 13 Internet assignments. In Week 12, you will have your last assignment commenting on other people's Storybooks - it will be all free choice this time! That will be available for you tomorrow, Tuesday, when Week 12 starts. Then, for the Week 13 assignment (available on Tuesday, April 21), you will be voting on your favorite Storybooks for the semester. After you turn in your nominations, I'll set up a ballot so everybody can vote for the best Storybooks - it's not for a grade or anything, it's just for fun, and it gives the folks who have done really excellent work on their Storybooks a chance to get some well deserved recognition.
Overview of remaining Storybook assignments. For Week 12, you are adding your final new story, and the Week 13 assignment consists of revising that final story. The Week 14 assignment is to do a final revision of your Introduction. The Week 15 assignment involves revisions to your bibliography and image information for each story, making sure they are all complete. (Some of you may be on a different schedule if you missed assignments earlier in the semester; check with me if you are not sure about this.) If you want, you can skip the Week 12 and Week 13 assignments, stopping with just three stories in your Storybook, and proceed directly to Week 14 and Week 15 if you want. Be careful: if you take this option, you cannot go back and add a new story later - but if you are close to finishing, and do not need the points from the Week 12 and Week 13 Storybook assignments, feel free to proceed directly to Week 14!
April 16: Aphra Behn. Thursday, April 16, marks the death in the year 1689 of Aphra Behn, one of the first professional women writers in the English literary tradition. You can read more about her life and career in this Wikipedia article. In addition to her literary pursuits, she even worked as a spy for King Charles II, under the code name "Astrea." She is buried, along with many other famous English writers, in Westminster Abbey, and her tombstone reads: Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be / Defence enough against Mortality. You can see the inscription on the tombstone below, along with a portrait of Aphra Behn in life:
Wednesday, April 15
Today is Wednesday of WEEK 12 of the class. If you have not turned in your Week 11 Storybook assignment yet, you may still do that for partial credit. Wednesday morning, until noon, is the grace period if you forgot to do any of the assignments that were due on Tuesday.
Storybook stack. There are still quite a few assignments in the Storybook stack. If you turned in your assignment on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now. Assignments turned in on Monday or Tuesday are probably still in the stack. You can check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment. If you turned something in before Tuesday at noon, I will do my best to get comments back to you today, Wednesday, before I go out of town.
My schedule this week. (repeat announcement) This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit today, Wednesday, or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. Remember: you don't need my comments back on your Week 11 revision assignment before you go on to add your next story. So, even if you are still waiting on Week 11 comments back from me, you can still go ahead and add your new story for the Week 12 Storybook assignment.
April 15: Leonardo da Vinci. Today marks the birthday in the year 1452 of the remarkable Leonardo da Vinci, who was a genius in math, science and engineering, as well as being a famous painter and sculptor. You can read about his remarkable life and career in Wikipedia. To see someone paint the Mona Lisa using the simple art program MS Paint, take a look at this YouTube video - it's really mesmerizing!
Storybook stack. There are still quite a few assignments in the Storybook stack. If you turned in your assignment on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now. Assignments turned in on Monday or Tuesday are probably still in the stack. You can check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment. If you turned something in before Tuesday at noon, I will do my best to get comments back to you today, Wednesday, before I go out of town.
My schedule this week. (repeat announcement) This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit today, Wednesday, or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. Remember: you don't need my comments back on your Week 11 revision assignment before you go on to add your next story. So, even if you are still waiting on Week 11 comments back from me, you can still go ahead and add your new story for the Week 12 Storybook assignment.
April 15: Leonardo da Vinci. Today marks the birthday in the year 1452 of the remarkable Leonardo da Vinci, who was a genius in math, science and engineering, as well as being a famous painter and sculptor. You can read about his remarkable life and career in Wikipedia. To see someone paint the Mona Lisa using the simple art program MS Paint, take a look at this YouTube video - it's really mesmerizing!
Tuesday, April 14
Today is Tuesday of WEEK 12 of the class. For those of you who are working ahead, Weeks 13 and 14 are also available! If you have not turned in your Week 11 Storybook assignment yet, you may still do that for partial credit. Counting Week 12, there are FOUR WEEKS of class remaining, which means 120 points of regular assignments, plus extra credit.
Storybook Stack. As usual at the beginning of the week, there are still LOTS of Storybook assignments in the stack. If you turned something in before noon on Sunday, you should have comments back from me and points in the Gradebook. If you turned something in after noon on Sunday or on Monday, your assignment is probably still in the stack. If you want to check and make sure your assignment is in the stack, you can see the contents of the stack here. If you need just the points for the Storybook assignment(s) you have turned in in order to finish up the class, let me know and I will put your assignments up at the top of the stack.
Overview of remaining Storybook assignments. In Week 11, most of you turned in revisions for your Storybook. In Week 12, you will be adding your final new story, and the Week 13 assignment consists of revising that final story. The Week 14 assignment is to do a final revision of your Introduction. The Week 15 assignment involves revisions to your bibliography and image information for each story, making sure they are all complete. Some of you may be on a slightly different schedule if you missed any week(s) earlier on in the semester. In addition, some of you may not need all those points to finish the class, so if you want to stop with just three stories, that is fine. After you get the comments back on your Week 11 assignment, you can skip ahead to Week 14 and Week 15, omitting Week 12 and Week 13. I know that can get a little confusing, so let me know if you have questions about that as you start finishing up.
My schedule this week. (repeat announcement) This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. So, if you want to get comments back on a Storybook assignment this week, please make sure you get your Storybook turned in by Tuesday at noon. That way, I can return comments to you on Wednesday. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit on Wednesday or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. So, if you don't want to wait on comments back from me, make sure you get your Storybook assignment turned in today, Tuesday, by noon at the latest.
April 14: Ramana Maharshi. Today marks the anniversary of the death in the year 1950 of the great Indian guru, Sri Ramana Maharshi. You can read more about his life and career in Wikipedia, which also has a section of quotations from his works and teachings. There's even a Ramana Maharshi comic book in the famous Amar Chitra Katha series of comic books.
Storybook Stack. As usual at the beginning of the week, there are still LOTS of Storybook assignments in the stack. If you turned something in before noon on Sunday, you should have comments back from me and points in the Gradebook. If you turned something in after noon on Sunday or on Monday, your assignment is probably still in the stack. If you want to check and make sure your assignment is in the stack, you can see the contents of the stack here. If you need just the points for the Storybook assignment(s) you have turned in in order to finish up the class, let me know and I will put your assignments up at the top of the stack.
Overview of remaining Storybook assignments. In Week 11, most of you turned in revisions for your Storybook. In Week 12, you will be adding your final new story, and the Week 13 assignment consists of revising that final story. The Week 14 assignment is to do a final revision of your Introduction. The Week 15 assignment involves revisions to your bibliography and image information for each story, making sure they are all complete. Some of you may be on a slightly different schedule if you missed any week(s) earlier on in the semester. In addition, some of you may not need all those points to finish the class, so if you want to stop with just three stories, that is fine. After you get the comments back on your Week 11 assignment, you can skip ahead to Week 14 and Week 15, omitting Week 12 and Week 13. I know that can get a little confusing, so let me know if you have questions about that as you start finishing up.
My schedule this week. (repeat announcement) This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. So, if you want to get comments back on a Storybook assignment this week, please make sure you get your Storybook turned in by Tuesday at noon. That way, I can return comments to you on Wednesday. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit on Wednesday or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. So, if you don't want to wait on comments back from me, make sure you get your Storybook assignment turned in today, Tuesday, by noon at the latest.
April 14: Ramana Maharshi. Today marks the anniversary of the death in the year 1950 of the great Indian guru, Sri Ramana Maharshi. You can read more about his life and career in Wikipedia, which also has a section of quotations from his works and teachings. There's even a Ramana Maharshi comic book in the famous Amar Chitra Katha series of comic books.
Monday, April 13
Today is Monday. Week 11 of the class is now over. Monday morning, until noon, is the grace period if you forgot to do any of the assignments that were due on Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Week 12 will begin tomorrow - and those assignments are available now if you want to get started. The Week 13 assignments are also available now, too! (Week 14 will be available tomorrow.)
Storybook stack. As always on Monday, I will have a huge bunch of assignments in the Storybook stack that were turned in over the weekend or on Monday morning. You can check the contents of the stack to make sure I received your assignment. I will be reading and replying to the assignments in the order they were turned in - if the points you will be getting for the Storybook assignment(s) you have turned in will give you the points you need for your final grade in the class, let me know and I'll move you to the top of the stack. :-)
Overview of Week 12 and Week 13 Internet assignments. In Week 12, you will have your last assignment commenting on other people's Storybooks - it will be all free choice this time! That will be available for you tomorrow, Tuesday, when Week 12 starts. Then, for the Week 13 assignment (available on Tuesday, April 21), you will be voting on your favorite Storybooks for the semester. After you turn in your nominations, I'll set up a ballot so everybody can vote for the best Storybooks - it's not for a grade or anything, it's just for fun, and it gives the folks who have done really excellent work on their Storybooks a chance to get some well deserved recognition.
My schedule this week. This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. So, if you want to get comments back on a Storybook assignment this week, please make sure you get your Storybook turned in on Monday or by Tuesday at noon. That way, I can return comments to you on Wednesday. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit on Wednesday or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. So, if you don't want to wait on comments back from me, make sure you get your Storybook assignment turned in today, Monday, or on Tuesday noon at the latest.
April 13: Seamus Heaney. Today is the birthday of the Irish writer Seamus Heaney, one of the world's great poets and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Happy birthday, Seamus Heaney! Some of you might be especially interested in the fact that he has done a version of the Beowulf poem! He's also written a play, A Cure at Troy, based on the ancient Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles. I am especially fond of his adaptation of the Laments of Jan Kochanowksi, a Renaissance Polish poet. You can read about his life and career in this Wikipedia article.
Storybook stack. As always on Monday, I will have a huge bunch of assignments in the Storybook stack that were turned in over the weekend or on Monday morning. You can check the contents of the stack to make sure I received your assignment. I will be reading and replying to the assignments in the order they were turned in - if the points you will be getting for the Storybook assignment(s) you have turned in will give you the points you need for your final grade in the class, let me know and I'll move you to the top of the stack. :-)
Overview of Week 12 and Week 13 Internet assignments. In Week 12, you will have your last assignment commenting on other people's Storybooks - it will be all free choice this time! That will be available for you tomorrow, Tuesday, when Week 12 starts. Then, for the Week 13 assignment (available on Tuesday, April 21), you will be voting on your favorite Storybooks for the semester. After you turn in your nominations, I'll set up a ballot so everybody can vote for the best Storybooks - it's not for a grade or anything, it's just for fun, and it gives the folks who have done really excellent work on their Storybooks a chance to get some well deserved recognition.
My schedule this week. This week, I will be out of town on Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, with limited email access at best. So, if you want to get comments back on a Storybook assignment this week, please make sure you get your Storybook turned in on Monday or by Tuesday at noon. That way, I can return comments to you on Wednesday. You will still be able to turn in a late Week 11 assignment for partial credit on Wednesday or Thursday until noon as usual - but I will probably not be able to get comments back to you until next week. So, if you don't want to wait on comments back from me, make sure you get your Storybook assignment turned in today, Monday, or on Tuesday noon at the latest.
April 13: Seamus Heaney. Today is the birthday of the Irish writer Seamus Heaney, one of the world's great poets and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Happy birthday, Seamus Heaney! Some of you might be especially interested in the fact that he has done a version of the Beowulf poem! He's also written a play, A Cure at Troy, based on the ancient Greek tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles. I am especially fond of his adaptation of the Laments of Jan Kochanowksi, a Renaissance Polish poet. You can read about his life and career in this Wikipedia article.
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