Class Procedures and Reminders
Introductions. I've read and replied to all the Introductions! At least, I think I got to everyone; I'll double-check on that today. Meanwhile, as more and more people do the Week 2 Comments, you will be getting comments from other people in class.
Project Stack. As people turn in the Project assignment each week (it's the only assignment for which you send me an email), I then record that in the Stack. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your Project, you can check the Stack to make sure I received your email.
Storytelling Style. Since a lot of people are writing their story on Thursday each week, I'll try to share a style idea each Thursday. For today, I wanted to share this option: Social Media Style. If you want to create some fake-Twitter or fake-Facebook graphics using the Simitator, you could also count that as an extra credit Tech Tip too, and then include those graphics in your story post. Here's what the Simitator looks like for creating Twitter graphics, and you can also use it to create Facebook graphics.
English Proverb. As you are creating new stories inspired by old stories, consider this proverb: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Story of the Day. Today's story is from India: The Wise Physician. This story about a grieving mother is a famous Buddhist parable.
Video: The video for today is Art in the OU Libraries. I'm a huge fan of the OU Libraries... and if you haven't visited Bizzell lately, go see the great things going on!
Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is following some advice from the writer Neil Gaiman: Do things you've never done before. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.
Event on Campus: Professor Pamela Genova will be giving a lecture on Amélie Nothomb at 4:30PM in 138 Kaufman Hall (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
