Class Procedures and Reminders
Extra credit. Remember that you can do extra credit at any time during the week; you don't need to wait until the end of the week! So if you need to do some extra credit to make up for missed work in the past and/or if you want to do some extra credit to work ahead and finish early, you can do that anytime. For example, if you are doing a reading assignment and something catches your interest, you can do a Wikipedia Trail to follow up and learn more!
Project stack. I made good progress on the stack yesterday: if you turned in something before Friday of last week, you should have comments back from me. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. And speaking of Wikipedia Trails, here's a fun one in Ann Marie's blog: From Sindbad to Lycée Charlemagne... via The Count of Monte Cristo.
Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is a collection of Buddhist jatakas retold for children: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt.
Featured Storybook. This project is inspired by the Ramayana, but it goes in a totally new direction! The Trials of the Four Warriors. There is a battle to fight against Ravana, although it is not Rama who goes to face the king of the rakshasas, but instead four unlikely warriors.
Myth Video. This is a Crash Course video about Flood Myths of the Americas.
Myth Item. Here is a Latin proverb: A serpent, unless it devours a serpent, will not become a dragon. And for those of you who have studied Latin: Serpens, ni edat serpentem, draco non fiet.
So, just let your creativity go wild! Benefits of Creativity:
And here's a video on the power of creative constraints.
Event on Campus. There will be a meeting of the English Club tonight at 6PM in Cate 2, room 139 (details).
March 27: M.C. Escher. Today marks the anniversary of the death in 1972 of the artist M. C. Escher; he was born in 1898. You can read more about Escher's life and work in this Wikipedia article. I am sure you are familiar with many of his drawings and paintings. Here is Drawing Hands, along with a Vimeo video inspired by Escher's way of seeing the world. Enjoy!
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