HAPPY WEEKEND! You have reached the end of Week 14! The Week 14 Read and Respond assignment (blog commenting) is available now, and the remaining Week 14 assignments are due on Friday or on Saturday or Sunday - please make sure you get started on those assignments soon. I would also strongly - STRONGLY - encourage you to finish your Week 15 assignments this weekend, since it is the LAST WEEKEND you will have available to do work for this class.
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE NOTE. For those of you who will still be doing classwork during Week 15 (dead week), please be aware that it is on a different schedule: All final Week 15 assignments are due by Friday, May 4, at NOON. In addition, unlike previous weeks, you do not have the option to turn in your Week 14 Storybook assignment late. Instead, your Week 14 Storybook assignment MUST be turned in on time - that is, during the Week 14 grace period Monday morning, April 30, at the very latest. You have to get the Week 14 assignment turned in on time so that I can get comments back to you in time to complete your Week 15 assignment by Friday at noon.
Course evaluation at eval.ou.edu. (repeat announcement) The course evaluations for this course and your other courses are available now at the eval.ou.edu website. I hope you will take a few minutes to complete the evaluation - your feedback is incredibly helpful to me in making improvements to these courses, and it is also a big help to the College in general as they continue to develop the online course program. Plus, you might win a free iPad just for participating!
Final Grades. (repeat announcement) As you reach the points you need for your final grade in this class - 410 points for an A, 360 points for a B, 320 points for a C - let me know, and I'll record the letter grade for you there in the Desire2Learn Gradebook. You can mix and match whatever assignments you prefer to get the final points you need but be careful as you make your choices, so that you don't accidentally come up short of the points you will need.
Storybook stack. As of Friday morning, there were a few Storybooks still in the stack; you can see here the contents of the stack. If you want to turn in a Storybook to get comments and points before the weekend, make sure you turn that in by 8AM on Friday.
Friday Events on Campus. There will be performances of Seussical the Musical, a musical based on the writings of Dr. Seuss, on Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28 at 8PM in the Rupel Jones Theater, with a Sunday April 29 matinee at 3PM (time/location/details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
Storybook ballot results! Thanks to all of you who took the time to cast your ballot, and congratulations to the winners, to all the nominees, and to EVERYBODY who learned how to make your own website this semester: I hope that is a skill that will turn out to be useful to you in the future! :-)
Myth-Folklore
- Best Overall Storybook - Bailey - Hotel California
- Best Storybook Topic - Elizabeth - Elf Tales: A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Best Written Storybook - Chelsey - Desperate Goddesses: Life on Mythological Lane
- Most Creative Storytelling Style - Erica - Monsters or Misunderstood?
- Best Design - Kelly - Magical Mermaid Tales
Indian Epics
- Best Overall Storybook - Kira - RateMyRishi
- Best Written Storybook - Steph S. - To Sumitra, With Love
- Best Design Overall - Stephanie - Karma: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
