Wednesday, April 25

Today is Wednesday of Week 14. The second part of the reading is due today, and I hope you are getting some good ideas for a story you want to tell, especially if this will be your last story of the semester! Here is a link to this week's assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. If you turned in something before Sunday noon, you should have comments back from me now, and you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

Blog Stream. Natalie was at the National Gymnastics Championship, and she made this graphic in honor of the OU team: Be So Good They Can't Ignore You.

ICYMI: In Case You Missed It. Here are some of my favorite items from announcements earlier in the semester. The items below come from Week 2 and Week 3.

Writing: If your handwriting is like mine, you know all about The Perils of Cursive.

Writing: Here's one solution to writer's block: Start writing!

India Video: This marvelous Maati Baani video has a Pygmalion dimension: Naina Bawre. Find out more about Pygmalion at Wikipedia.

Writing: Here's an item to remind you that there are stories everywhere: Rock-Paper-Scissors.

H.E.A.R.T.: About hero stories, here are some thoughts from Brian Andreas.

Video: I know a lot of you are planning medical careers, so I wanted to share this beautiful video with you on the subject of empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care.

Writing: Dan Piraro ("Bizarro") is one of my favorite cartoonists: Evolution of the Speech Balloon.

H.E.A.R.T.: And here's a great one from Grant Snider to ponder: Interior Life.

Video: And here's one of my favorite growth mindset videos: The Power of Yet: Janelle Monae and the Muppets.

Event on Campus: There will be a Curiosity to Creativity Symposium from 8AM-5PM in the OMU Beaird Lounge (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

April 25: Marconi. Today marks the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi in 1874, one of the great pioneers of radio. And here's a video about the greatness of radio: Gardner Campbell on Radio Redux (I was in the audience for this one, so one of the people you hear cheering when he talks about DS106 would be me).

Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.