Thursday, April 25

Today is Thursday of Week 14. Here is a link to the Week 14 assignments and here are the Week 15 assignments too.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Mix-and-match. You've got the links above to both the Week 14 and Week 15 assignments, and you can mix-and-match as you finish up what you need to reach your goal for the class (410 for an A, 360 for a B, or 320 for a C). Any combination of points you use to finish is good, and when you're done, you can fill out the "Finished!" form that you'll see there in Canvas.

Project Stack. If you turned in something before 10PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep working on the Sunday assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. I thought this was a hilarious meme that Ryan made about the grace period: Time Challenge.

Free Book Online. Today's free book is a complete ... complete ... English translation of the Mahabharata by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; the printed version of this translation takes up an entire half-bookshelf in my bookcase!

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. 

Featured Storybook. Here's a wonderful Greek mythology project from last year: A Spacious Kingdom. Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto are gods, and planets... and they are also brothers. They took an interest in earth affairs during ancient times, and they are interested in what's happening on earth now too.

India Video. Here's an Epified video about Angkor Wat: Vishnu in Cambodia.

India Item. This is a proverb from Kashmir: Be encouraged, O pilgrim, though your destination is far off.

Myth Item. And here's an animal proverb from Ghana: Two crocodiles don’t live in one pond.

Myth Video. I thought you might enjoy this Brer Rabbit story from storyteller Diane Ferlatte performing at the Kennedy Center:

Time. Procrastination: it's not just a human problem! ET Procrastination.

Plus some thoughts about the Power of I Don't Know.

Growth Mindset Cats. To grow, you must get unstuck, and to get unstuck, you must first unthink.

And here are some thoughts about learning and the brain: Understanding Creativity with David Eagleman.

Event on Campus. Today is the opening reception for the 105th  annual School of Visual Arts Student Exhibition in the Fred Jones Museum, 7PM-9PM (details).

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

April 25: Marconi. Today marks the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi in 1874, one of the great pioneers of radio. And here's a video about the greatness of radio: Gardner Campbell on Radio Redux (I was in the audience for this one, so one of the people you hear cheering when he talks about DS106 would be me).

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