Finishing the class. As soon as you get the points you need (410-A, 360-B, 320-C), you can fill out the "Finished!" form that you will find in Canvas. If you don't finish today, there is still a full week of assignments next week (Dead Week) that you can use to make up work you missed earlier in the semester.
Project Stack. I'll update the stack periodically today so that you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
Evaluations. The course evaluations are available at eval.ou.edu, and I hope you will take a few minutes to do that before the end of the semester. I really value your feedback... and you might even win an iPad as part of the eval.ou.edu giveaway!
Blog Stream. Kayla did the collage Tech Tip: Creating an Image Collage.
H.E.A.R.T.: If you're feeling kind of overwhelmed by the things you don't know right now, think about this: The Power of I Don't Know.
India Video: I am a fan of musical mash-ups, and I think this version of Leonard Cohen's Hallejuah by Karsh Kale is brilliant: Hallelujah. You will hear Ajay Prassanna on flute and Shilpa Rao singing the Hindi song Jhoola, plus guitar by Warren Mendonsa:
Word from India. Today's word from India is the name of the game PARCHEESI. You can see a Parcheesi board in depictions of the famous gambling match in the Mahabharata:
Word from Mythology. The English word "chimera" is from a mythical Greek beast called a Chimaira (Χίμαιρα). This is the famous Chimera of Arezzo:
Video: No matter how busy this week gets, remember to sleep! What would happen if you didn’t sleep?
Writing: Here are wise words about the writing process... or about any learning process: Don't give up in the middle.
Writing: Here's a fun collection of Punctuation Marks We Should be Using... because, really, we need more/better punctuation marks!
Video: Sunday is a good day on which to practice gratitude: Gratitude, with David Steindl-Rast.
Event on Campus: There will be a matinee performance of Alice in Wonderland at 3PM in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
April 29. Today is the birthday of the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma, who was born in 1848. Below you can see his depiction of Rama building the bridge to Lanka, and you can check out the Indian Epic Images blog for more of Varma's work.
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