Class Procedures and Reminders
Spring Break update to Introductions. I'm guessing some of you might have done some fun stuff over Spring Break, and you might even have pictures to share. So, if you want, you can update your blog Introduction post. So, for example, I updated my Introduction with a note about a musical adventure I had over Spring Break when I was in Austin. (I'm taking Indian Epics as a student this semester; I know it's weird to be both a student in the class and the teacher, but it's really fun, and it's useful too. I was in Myth-Folklore last semester!)
Project Stack. If you turned in something by 8PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I hope to get through the rest of the stack today; I will definitely reply to all the Week 9 assignments in there. Meanwhile, as always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email. Anything left in the stack at the end of the day today will be at the top of the stack on Monday next week.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. I noticed this very cool thing in Ryan's blog! Here is how he describes it: "The Hopf Fibration, a super spooky shape that made an appearance in my topology course."
Free Book Online. Today's free book is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum with illustrations by William Denslow (more about Denslow below); here you can see Dorothy and her friends:
.Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt, who was a remarkable young Bengali poet. You can read more about her all-too-short life (she was just 21 when she died in 1877) at Wikipedia.
Myth Video. I'm sure you know Maui is the name of an island, but did you know he was a hero too? Ma'ui, Oceania's Hero.
Myth-Folklore. I thought this material from NPR might be of interest to everyone in Myth-Folklore this week: The Map Of Native American Tribes You've Never Seen Before.
And here's a combination of ghost folklore and procrastination humor: Unfinished Business.
Growth Mindset Cats. Whatever you do, don't give up.
And here's something from Mister Rogers to inspire your creativity!
Event on Campus: Today is the another "Fiber Arts Friday" in Bizzell Library, with a Fix Your Knits session. Come by Bizzell Room 126 at 3PM and join in the knitting (details). Check out the sessions coming up in April too:
March 29: Denslow. Today marks the death of the illustrator William Wallace Denslow in 1915; find out more about his life and career at Wikipedia. Denslow is most famous for his illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (see above), and he also did an illustrated Mother Goose. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents. This is an animated gif I made of some of the illustrations:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
