Final Announcements: Happy Summer!

THE CLASS IS NOW OVER. :-) Here are some final announcements:

First and foremost, THANK YOU for all the good work that you did in the class, especially on the Storybooks. Every semester I am amazed by the variety and excellence of the Storybooks that people create, and that was very true this semester! I had such a good time watching them evolve and reading all the stories. I even learned many new stories that I had never heard before, which is why I will never get bored teaching these classes: I get to learn new things all the time. So, thank you all for all the good work you did!

Grades: At noon on Friday, I recorded the last of the final grades in the Desire2Learn Gradebook, and those are the grades I will be turning in at Ozone on Friday afternoon.

Ning: Please take a last look at your comment wall at the Ning and at your blog to see if you got some comments in the last days of class. There might have been some people who left comments on your Storybook as late as this Friday for their Week 15 Internet assignment.

Announcements: Next week, I will be clearing out the Announcements email so you will not get announcements when classes start up again in the fall. So, if you are going to be in one of these classes in the fall, you'll need to sign up for that email list again.

I think that's it, but if you have any questions I have not answered here, let me know!

HAPPY SUMMER!!!!!!

Friday, May 6

Today is THE LAST DAY OF CLASS. Any remaining Week 15 assignments or extra credit assignments must be completed BY NOON TODAY.

Week 15 Blog Responding assignment. The Week 15 Blog Responding assignment is actually not a blog responding assignment - but don't worry: I think you will be pleased when you see what this week's assignment is, and it will not take you any time at all to complete.

Storybooks. For those of you who will be turning a Week 15 Storybook assignment on Friday morning, please do that as soon as you can so that I can read the assignment and mark the points for you in the Gradebook - the earlier you can get that turned in, the more time you will have to manage anything that comes up unexpectedly or needs to be corrected.

Grading and points. (repeat announcement) As you can see in the Grading Information page, you need 410 to get an A, 360 points to get a B, and 320 points to get a C. So, check your points in the Gradebook if you have not done so already, and make sure you have completed all the points you need by noon today.

HAPPY SUMMER!!!!!!

Thursday, May 5

Today is Thursday of WEEK 15 of the class. Thursday morning, until noon, is the grace period if you forgot to do any of the assignments that were due on Wednesday.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WEEK 15. (repeat announcement) Week 15 is different from other weeks, because it ENDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 6, AT NOON. So, if you will be doing some Week 15 assignments to finish up the class, please be aware of this special schedule: all the final Week 15 assignments are due by NOON ON FRIDAY at the latest. No late Week 15 Storybook assignment can be turned in for partial credit. All Week 15 assignments - including the Storybook assignment, Internet assignment, Blog Responding assignment, along with any extra credit you want to complete - must be completed by Friday, May 6, at noon.

Grading and points. (repeat announcement) As you can see in the Grading Information page, you need 410 to get an A, 360 points to get a B, and 320 points to get a C. When you get the number of points you need, you are done! If you can let me know when you are done with the class, I will record the letter grade for you in the Gradebook so that you can be sure you are finished with everything for the class.

Storybook stack. As of Wednesday at 5 PM, I had read and replied to all the Storybook assignments that were in the stack. As always, you can check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment; I'll be updating the stack again first thing on Thursday morning. If you want points recorded in the Gradebook before Friday, get your assignment turned by 5PM on Thursday and I will make sure to read and respond to it on Thursday evening so you will know where you stand as you get close to that Friday noon deadline for finishing the class.

THURSDAY Events on Campus. On Thursday evening, you can get a FREE "brinner" (breakfast for dinner) in the Union Food Court from 8PM to 10PM as part of the Union's Dead Week De-Stress (time/location/details). Find out more about this event and other events happening on Thursday at the Campus Calendar online.

Evaluate.. and win an iPad. Today, Thursday, is the last day to complete the course evaluations available at eval.ou.edu. The evaluation will be available until 11:59PM on Thursday night. Plus, they are giving away iPads to some lucky students drawn at random from the people who completed the course evaluations! So, if you have not completed the evaluations for your classes, please take a few minutes to do that today. Your feedback is really valuable to me... and it might turn out to be valuable to you, too! :-)

Wednesday, May 4

Today is Wednesday of WEEK 15 of the class. Wednesday morning, until noon, is the grace period if you forgot to do any of the assignments that were due on Tuesday.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WEEK 15. (repeat announcement) Week 15 is different from other weeks, because it ENDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 6, AT NOON. So, if you will be doing some Week 15 assignments to finish up the class, please be aware of this special schedule: all the final Week 15 assignments are due by NOON ON FRIDAY at the latest. No late Week 15 Storybook assignment can be turned in for partial credit. All Week 15 assignments - including the Storybook assignment, Internet assignment, Blog Responding assignment, along with any extra credit you want to complete - must be completed by Friday, May 6, at noon.

Grading and points. (repeat announcement) As you can see in the Grading Information page, you need 410 to get an A, 360 points to get a B, and 320 points to get a C. When you get the number of points you need, you are done! If you can let me know when you are done with the class, I will record the letter grade for you in the Gradebook so that you can be sure you are finished with everything for the class.

Storybook stack. If you turned in a Storybook assignment by 7PM on Tuesday, you should have comments back from me and points recorded in the Gradebook. If you turned something in later on Tuesday, it is probably still in the stack. As always, you can check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment. I do my best to get the Storybooks returned as quickly as possible during this final week so you can see where you stand with your total points.

WEDNESDAY Events on Campus. Get a free stress ball courtesy of the Union Programming Board's "Dead Week De-Stress" in the Union first floor lobby from 11:30AM-12:30PM (time/location/details). Find out more about this event and other events happening on Wednesday at the Campus Calendar online.

May 4: International Firefighters Day. The day May 4 is celebrated each year as International Firefighters Day, and you can read more about this holiday at the International Firefighters Day website. May 4 has been celebrated in many European countries in honor of firefighters because it is the Day of Saint Florian, who is the patron saint of firefighters and also of chimney sweeps. Below you can see the emblem of the Oklahoma Fire Marshal, who is the chief firefighter of the state of Oklahoma:

Tuesday, May 3

Today is Tuesday of WEEK 15 of the class.... YES: it is the last week of the class! For those of you doing the assignments for class this week, it is Alice Through the Looking-Glass in World Literature, with Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz in Myth-Folklore, while it's the Mahabharata review week in Indian Epics.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WEEK 15. (repeat announcement) Week 15 is different from other weeks, because it ENDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 6, AT NOON. So, if you will be doing some Week 15 assignments to finish up the class, please be aware of this special schedule: all the final Week 15 assignments are due by NOON ON FRIDAY at the latest. No late Week 15 Storybook assignment can be turned in for partial credit. All Week 15 assignments - including the Storybook assignment, Internet assignment, Blog Responding assignment, along with any extra credit you want to complete - must be completed by Friday, May 6, at noon.

Grading and points. (repeat announcement) As you can see in the Grading Information page, you need 410 to get an A, 360 points to get a B, and 320 points to get a C. When you get the number of points you need, you are done! If you can let me know when you are done with the class, I will record the letter grade for you in the Gradebook so that you can be sure you are finished with everything for the class.

Storybook stack. If you turned in a Storybook assignment by 4PM on Monady, you should have comments back from me and points recorded in the Gradebook. If you turned something in after 4PM on Monday, it is probably still in the stack. As always, you can check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment. I do my best to get the Storybooks returned as quickly as possible during this final week so you can see where you stand with your total points.

TUESDAY Events on Campus. The Student Success Series is offering a seminar on MANAGING STRESS - it's at 4PM in Wagner Hall Room 245 (time/location/details). Find out more about this event and other events happening on Tuesday at the Campus Calendar online.

May 3: Pete Seeger. Today, May 3, is the birthday of the great American musician and folk singer, Pete Seeger, who was born in 1919, so it is his 92nd birthday. Happy birthday, Pete Seeger! You may have seen Pete Seeger performing at Obama's inauguration, when together with Bruce Springsteen and his grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, he sang the Woody Guthrie song "This Land Is Your Land." You can read more about Pete Seeger's career in this Wikipedia article. Here's a picture of Pete Seeger performing recently, together with Arlo Guthrie - and I've included a YouTube video with Pete and Arlo, too!

Monday, May 2

Today is Monday. Week 14 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, including the Week 14 Storybook assignment (see note below).

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WEEK 14 STORYBOOK: If you are turning in a Week 14 Storybook assignment, you need to do that on time; you cannot turn in a late Storybook assignment for Week 14. So, if you did not turn in the Week 14 Storybook assignment already over the weekend, you need to make sure you get the Week 14 Storybook assignment turned in during the grace period on Monday morning before noon.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT WEEK 15: Week 15 is different from other weeks, because it ENDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 6, AT NOON. So, if you will be doing some Week 15 assignments to finish up the class, please be aware of this special schedule: all the final Week 15 assignments are due by NOON ON FRIDAY at the latest. No late Week 15 Storybook assignment can be turned in for partial credit. All Week 15 assignments - including the Storybook assignment, Internet assignment, Blog Responding assignment, along with any extra credit you want to complete - must be completed by Friday, May 6, at noon.

Grading and points. As you can see in the Grading Information page, you need 410 to get an A, 360 points to get a B, and 320 points to get a C. When you get the number of points you need, you are done! If you can let me know when you are done with the class, I will record the letter grade for you in the Gradebook so that you can be sure you are finished with everything for the class.

Storybook stack. On Monday morning, I will update the contents of the stack, and I will start working my way through the stack based on the order in which things were turned in. Meanwhile, you can always check the contents of the stack to make sure I have received your assignment.

MONDAY Events on Campus. Starting today you can visit the Lightwell Gallery in the Fred Jones Art Center to see student Capstone projects on display (time/location/details). Find out more about this event and other events happening on Monday at the Campus Calendar online.

May 2 2011: Saint George. Because of a special occurrence having to do with the date of Easter this year, Saint George's Day is being celebrated on May 2 this year. Saint George is the patron saint of England and also of Germany and Greece, as well as the cities of Moscow and Istanbul. He is most famous for slaying the dragon, as shown below in this painting by Raphael. If you have any exams that have got you worried, just think about Saint George and go forth to slay that exam dragon!