Wednesday, March 13

Today is Wednesday of Week 9. Here is a link to the Week 9 assignments, plus a link to Week 10 for people who are working ahead — and yes, Week 9 is spread out over Spring Break; see yesterday's announcements for more information.

Update: Google has been having some sporadic outages in the wee hours of Wednesday (live map); if you run into problems with Blogger or another Google service, you are not alone. Hopefully they will get things sorted out soon.

Class Procedures and Reminders

My schedule today. I'm going to be away from my desk this afternoon, so if you send me an email, I might be slower to answer than usual, but I should be able to get back to you by the end of the day. Thanks for your patience with that today!

Project Stack. If you turned in an assignment before Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and today I will start replying to assignments turned in on Sunday. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Project Stream. Now that we are back into a story writing week, I thought you might enjoy this graphic from Meranda's blog: Storytelling: A Voice From Within.

Free Book Online. Today's free book is The Katha Sarit Sagara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story translated from the Sanskrit by C. H. Tawney.

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is Romance of Old Japan by E. W. Champney and F. Champney.

Featured Storybook. This Sita Storybook offers a wide variety of stories, including a Star-Trek-themed story! Sita, Sidewalks, Shadows, Stars.

India Video. Here's a lovely video from Manish Vyas about The Santoor.

Myth Video. It's another Crash Course video! CC Earth Mothers and Rebellious Sons.

Myth Item. Here's a wonderful proverb from Japan: Someone who stands behind a wall can see nothing else.

Writing. And here's something to inspire your writing this week: Wonderful Writing.

With the power of storytelling, you can travel in time.

Growth Mindset Cats. Be curious! In order to learn, we must probe and poke.

Here's a fabulous example of storytelling in the form of a short film: The Present.

Event on Campus. Come to the South Oval from 10AM-3PM to celebrate international education and enjoy snacks! (detail)

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

March 13: Al Jaffee. Today marks the birthday of Al Jaffee, one of the geniuses behind Mad magazine. Jaffee was born in 1921 and he is still with us today, so — Happy 98th Birthday, Al Jaffee! You can read more about Al Jaffee's life and career, along with the many honors and awards he has received, in this Wikipedia article, and here is a gallery of Mad Magazine covers.

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