Class Procedures and Reminders
Week 14 Blog Comments. After the grace period is over this morning, I'll update the randomizer with any new stories from this week, plus you can add to the Advice Padlet as part of this week's blog commenting. Details here: Week 14 Blog Comments. And THANK YOU to those of you who have added advice to the Padlet already!
Project Stack. I got through all the Sunday assignments yesterday, and I hope to get through all or almost all of the stack today; at a minimum I will get through all the Week 13 assignments by the end of today. As usual, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. Hannah did a Mayan Wikipedia Trail, including this lovely piece of Mayan ceramics: From Xibalba to Mayan Ceramics.
Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.
Myth Video. This is a video from the BBC: Talking Drums.
India Item. This is a proverb from Kashmir: The snake goes crookedly, yet it arrives straight within its hole.
India Video. Here's a video from Epified: Symbols of Divinity.
Writing. When in doubt, just start writing.
And here's an amazing resource for writing, based on the TV Tropes website: The Periodic Table of Storytelling.
Growth Mindset Cats. This cat is ready to grow: The higher you climb, the more you can see.
And here's another great video from Mike Rugnetta, from before Crash Course: Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?
April 26: Jet Li. Today is the birthday of Jet Li, a Chinese martial arts master and film star, who was born in 1963. Happy Birthday, Jet Li! You can read more about Jet Li's life and career in this Wikipedia article. Jet Li has made some wonderful movies with mythological and legendary themes. For children and adults alike, there is The Forbidden Kingdom, in which he plays the Monkey King (and the Silent Monk), with Jackie Chan as his costar.
