Tuesday, January 22

Today is Tuesday of Week 2. If you have not started the Week 2 reading yet, today is the day to do that. Reading A this week is an overview of all the different reading options. Have fun exploring! Here is a link to the Week 2 assignments.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Canvas Modules. Now that everybody is done with Week 1, I have adjusted the modules so that Week 2 is up at the top of the Modules in Canvas, and Week 1 is down at the very bottom. I've also updated the Calendar page so the current week is up at the top.

Project Stack. Some people are already turning in their Week 2 Project assignments, which is great! As people turn those in, I'll update the stack, and you can always check the stack to make sure I received your email.

Introductions. I'll keep on working my way through the Introductions this week and next week. Meanwhile, the comment randomizer is already up and running for the Week 2 and Week 3 comment assignments.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Here's another fun favorite place picture; this time it's Olivia in Germany: My Favorite Place: Berlin.

Free Book Online: Today's free book is a beautiful collection of stories from India: Folktales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. The illustrations are by Warwick Goble, and for more about Goble, see the announcement below.

Free Audiobook. Today's free book is Manx Fairy Tales by Sophia Morrison (1911). You can read more about the Isle of Man and Manx culture at Wikipedia.

Featured Storybook. One of the great things about web-based projects is that you can include music as part of your stories, like in this Indian Epics project: Devis of the Vedic Age. It's the battle of the bands: goddesses versus asuras and rakshasas... and each story has musical accompaniment! (And for more about the devis of India, see the Durga video below.)

Myth Item. Here is a fun word from mythology: ATLAS. Read the blog post to find out how this Greek god gave his name to a book of maps.

Myth Video. Here's another Crash Course video for your viewing pleasure: Monsters. They're Us, Man.

India Video. This is a chapter from an online videobook by Devdutt Pattanaik: Seven Secrets of Goddess: Durga.

Writing. Here is a modern version of the old saying about "the pen is mightier than the sword" ... you can think about your writing tools as weapons of mass creation.

And books can be weapons too: the best weapons in the universe, according to this graphic:

Growth Mindset Cats. This cat knows that being different can give you power.

I was inspired to make that cat by this graphic by sketchnote guru Sylvia Duckworth: 10 Things We Can Learn from Superheroes.

Event on Campus. Check out the Tuesday Noon Concert Series in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; it begins today with a performance by Andrew Richardson, Director of Percussion:

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

January 22: Warwick Goble. Today marks the anniversary of the death of the book illustrator Warwick Goble in 1943; he was born in 1862, and you can read more about his life and career at Wikipedia. He is one of my favorite book illustrators, and here are some more of his Bengali folktale illustrations (see book above).

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