Class Procedures and Reminders
Progress Meter. Now that Week 1 is done, I've added a little Progress Meter to the Announcements sidebar. It's just a little green speck right now, with a whole semester of creative potential awaiting you!
My schedule. I don't check email as often on the weekends, but do send me any questions you have. If it's something urgent, I'll get back to you as soon as I get back online; if it's not urgent, I'll get back to you tomorrow morning.
Week 2. Just what day Week 2 starts for you depends on your schedule for the class; for most of you, Week 2 starts on Monday or Tuesday, but for those of you doing a lot of the coursework over the weekend, Week 2 might start today, or it might have started on Saturday or even Friday. If you have any questions about that as you transition from Week 1 into Week 2, let me know: Week 2 assignments.
Blog comments. I'm having fun reading through the Introduction posts! I read all the Indian Epics Intros on Friday, and I'll be reading Myth-Folklore Intros next week. And on Tuesday, I'll have the Week 2 blog commenting assignment set up and ready to go! The idea is that in Week 2 you'll be commenting on the Week 1 posts, and in Week 3 you'll be commenting on the Week 2 posts, and so on. (Those of you who had a class with me before will see that is a change from how it worked in the past; now that the Myth-Folklore class is so big, I'm trying some new approaches with the commenting.)
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Proverbs. Some of you in Myth-Folklore might be reading Homer next week, so I thought this would be a good proverb to include today: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Story of the Day. Today's story is one of the great love stories of India: Ruru and Pramadvara. For those of you who are into Greek mythology, this might remind you of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, but with a quite different ending!
Video: The video for today is The Machine is Us/ing Us. This is a 10-year-old video by Michael Wesch (one of my heroes!) which is still very thought-provoking... and it keeps racking up YouTube views; it's closing in on 2 million.
Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is a curious cat: Confront the unknown with curiosity. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.
Event on Campus: Come meet the HASA and enjoy a back-to-school cookout at Reaves Park at 1PM (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
And click here for the online Theremin:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
