Week 9 Internet assignment. The Week 9 Internet assignment is available now! For this week's assignments, instead of three free choices, you will have three RANDOM Storybooks. Just like last week, there needs to be a new story for you to read - most people already have two stories now at their Storybook, so if you are randomly assigned a Storybook you have seen already, check to see if there is a new story there you have not read yet. To be able to leave comments, you need to have one new story at the Storybook that you can read (it may be the first story you have read at that Storybook, or the second) - along with the Introduction, if you have not read that already.
Grading. With the beginning of Week 9, that means there are a total of seven more weeks of the semester (Weeks 9-10-11-12-13-14-15), which means 210 points of regular assignments available, plus extra credit (extra credit that is available week by week, plus the Grammar Quiz extra credit options). You may want to start planning now how you want to finish up the class. For a chart that shows you week by week point totals and other information about the grading system, you can consult this Grading Information page (the chart is at the bottom of the page). Many people take these classes just to get the Gen. Ed. credit and just need to pass the class, so it's fine with me if you want to finish the class with a grade of "B" when you get 360 points or "C" when you get 320 points; for an "A" you need 410 points. When you have reached the the points required for the grade you want to take, just let me know. As soon as you get the points you need, you are done - you do not need to do any more of the class assignments.
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 on Saturday, you should have comments back from me already. If you turned something in later on Sunday or Monday, it is probably still in the stack waiting for me to get to it. 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 still have not turned in your Week 8 Storybook assignment, you can still do that late for partial credit - and the sooner you can turn that in, the better!
Spring 2011 enrollment. (repeat announcement) For those of you who will enrolling for next semester, I wanted to give you a chance to reserve a place in one of the online classes that I teach, if you are interested. Please see Monday's announcements for more information.
OU Global Medical Brigades. (repeat announcement) This is an announcement from Dhara in the Indian Epics class: Interested in providing communities in developing nations with sustainable health care solutions? Join us on our upcoming medical brigade to Honduras: TODAY - Tuesday, October 19th, 7:00pm, Honors College Room 182. We will be discussing the organization and the trip as a whole as well as specific such as fundraising, cost, and our personal experiences from this past year. For more information, visit: ougmb.weebly.com. Here's picture of the OU Global Medical Brigades group from Summer 2010 (source):
(If you have announcements you'd like me to share with the class - especially if they have a link to online information as this one does, just let me know!)
