Monday, October 1

Today is Monday of Week 7, and here is a link to the Week 7 assignments, along with a link to Week 6 if you are finishing up those assignments during the grace period this morning.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. As always, the project stack is HUGE on Monday. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

OU-Texas Weekend. For those of you who will be out of town next weekend, all the Week 7 assignments are ready to go, including the blog comment and project feedback assignments. If you know you are going to be out of town and need me to try to get your Week 6 project back sooner rather than later, let me know.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Here's another cute meme that Jasmin made: A Good Week.

Featured Storybook. This Storybook is inspired by a holiday called Karva Chauth: Lifelong Devotion: Tales of Love at Karva Chauth. Karva Chauth is an Indian holiday in which women honor the power of love in their lives. In this Storybook, you will spend the holiday with Sita, Ahalya and Radha as they reflect on their dramatic love lives.

India Video. Here is an Epified video about Underwater Cities.

Myth Video. Here is another flood story from Crash Course: Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China.

Myth Item. And here is a great proverb from China: Your fingers can’t be of the same length.

Writing. And here's a proverb about writing; more about the saying here: The Lion Learns to Write.

Growth Mindset Cats. This cat recommends being open to new things: Genius means you like to explore.

And here's a coffee thought to start your week: Coffee Flowchart.

This video focuses on Morning Habits.

Event on Campus. There is a new History Club taking shape; people from all majors are welcome. Plus... free pizza! The information session starts at 7PM in Ellison Hall 132 (details).

Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

October 1: Tim O'Brien. Today is the birthday of the author Tim O'Brien, who wrote The Things They Carried and other novels about the Vietnam War; he was born in 1946. He is one of the main speakers in Ken Burns's documentary Vietnam, which is now streaming on Netflix. Highly recommended! Below is a video with an excerpt from the documentary, with Tim O'Brien reading from his novel.

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