Class Procedures and Reminders
My schedule today. I'll be out of the office most of the afternoon, so I may be slower than usual to answer your emails, but I'll get caught up this evening in responding to any questions you have.
Monday announcements. If you didn't get a chance to read yesterday's announcements, do that now: Monday announcements. And you can subscribe to the announcements by email if you want; there's a subscription box in the right-hand sidebar of the blog.
Blog network. Congratulations to everybody who has their blog set up already! I'll be updating the Class Blog Directory periodically today and tomorrow with all the new blogs, and you can see the latest blog posts by clicking on the Blogs link in Canvas.
Blogs and Comments. By the end of the day today, everybody will be blogging! My goal this week is to read and comment on all the Favorite Places posts. Then, in Week 2, you will all start commenting on each other's blogs. (I'll try to get that ready on Friday of this week for those of you who are working ahead.)
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. One of the fun things about having a blog network for class is that I can always find cool things to share here in the announcements, like this gorgeous panorama photo from Erin's Favorite Place post showing Saint Mary's Lake in Montana.
Myth Video. Here's a fun and thought-provoking video from Mike Rugnetta: Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor?.
Myth Item. Yesterday I shared an English word from India, and here's an English word from mythology: TUESDAY, which is Tiws-Day, the Day-of-Tiw, and Tiw was the Germanic god of war. Here he is putting his hand in the mouth of the wolf Fenrir:
Writing. This item is a combination of mythology and spelling humor, because you can never have too much spelling humor in English: A Werewolf.
And here is some technology humor: The Joy of Tech-Meditation: In your mind's browser, clear your cache... now delete your history... now navigate to a blank web page.
And here's a video for the start of school: Be Brave for Education.
Event on Campus. There will be Howdy Week Painting and Puppies on the South Oval from noon until 2PM (details).
August 21: Aubrey Beardsley. Today is the birthday of the great illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley, who was born on this day in 1872 and died at the young age of 25 in 1898 (he died of tuberculosis). Beardsley had a brilliant and unmistakable style; he is one of my favorites. You can see a collection of his art at the website ArtPassions, including his illustrations for the legends of King Arthur, such as this depiction of Morgan le Fay:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
