Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. As always, the stack is huge on Monday! I will start with the projects that were turned in last week, working through the projects in the order they were turned in. As always you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
Announcements. Starting this week, I'll be going back to the old announcements to bring back some old favorites from earlier in the semester. So the blog stream, event, and "on this day" items will be new, but you may recognize some of the other items from previous weeks.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. I thought this was a cool Wikipedia Trail in Casey's blog: from Pandavas to Near-Earth Objects... via the Arjuna Asteroid!
Free Audiobook Online. Today's free audiobook is The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, which contains fairy tales from around the world; find out more here — and here's the playlist:
Featured Storybook. Today's Storybook is Horses Divine, which combines both Hindu and Buddhist stories of cosmic horses: Uchchaihshravas, Hayagriva, Valaha, and Devadatta.
Myth Video. Are aliens part of modern mythology? Absolutely. Here's an Aeon video about that: Stranger Aliens.
Myth Item. And here's some mythology on campus: OU has a sphinx. See below for more about the legend of the sphinx.
India Video. This is a video from Epified TV in India about the goddess Kali: Through Many Eyes.
Word from India. The English word juggernaut comes from India; details here: JUGGERNAUT.
Writing. Because you can never have too much spelling humor in English: A Werewolf.
And speaking of awareness, here is some technology humor: The Joy of Tech-Meditation:In your mind's browser, clear your cache... now delete your history... now navigate to a blank web page.
Plus one more video for today: Art in the Library. The video is a few years old now; some of the art shown is still in Bizzell, but there is also new art, which is an excuse for you to go take a look around Bizzell and see what art you can find!
Event on Campus. It's the first day of International Awareness Week, with all kinds of events going on, including a VR event at 2PM in Bizzell Library about living in the UAE and in India (details).
Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
April 8: International Day of the Roma. Today is an international holiday in honor of the traditions of the Roma people, whom you may know by the name "Gypsy." You can read more about the Romani people in this Wikipedia article, and the Sacred Texts Archive has a section devoted to Roma folktales and traditions. If you have a free moment today, read a folktale in honor of the Roma! Here is a photograph of a Roma woman and her daughter in Yorkshire, England in 1916:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
Myth Item. And here's some mythology on campus: OU has a sphinx. See below for more about the legend of the sphinx.
India Video. This is a video from Epified TV in India about the goddess Kali: Through Many Eyes.
Word from India. The English word juggernaut comes from India; details here: JUGGERNAUT.
Writing. Because you can never have too much spelling humor in English: A Werewolf.
Plus one more video for today: Art in the Library. The video is a few years old now; some of the art shown is still in Bizzell, but there is also new art, which is an excuse for you to go take a look around Bizzell and see what art you can find!
Event on Campus. It's the first day of International Awareness Week, with all kinds of events going on, including a VR event at 2PM in Bizzell Library about living in the UAE and in India (details).
April 8: International Day of the Roma. Today is an international holiday in honor of the traditions of the Roma people, whom you may know by the name "Gypsy." You can read more about the Romani people in this Wikipedia article, and the Sacred Texts Archive has a section devoted to Roma folktales and traditions. If you have a free moment today, read a folktale in honor of the Roma! Here is a photograph of a Roma woman and her daughter in Yorkshire, England in 1916:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
