Class Procedures and Reminders
Monday announcements. If you didn't get a chance to read yesterday's announcements, you can do that now: Monday announcements. And you can subscribe to the announcements by email if you want; there's a subscription box in the right-hand sidebar of the blog here.
Blog network. Congratulations to everybody who has their blog set up already! The blog stream is really going strong now, with lots of posts in both classes. To take a look, you can click on the "Blogs" button in the Canvas menu, or you can see both blog streams side by side.
Blogs and Comments. By the end of the day today, everybody will be blogging! My goal this week is to read and comment on all the Favorite Places posts, and I'll be reading Introduction posts this week and next. In Week 2, you'll all be commenting on each other's blogs too! (I'll try to get that assignment ready soon for those of you who are working ahead.)
CAS Orientation. You may have received an email from the College of Arts and Sciences about an online course orientation; you do not need to do that CAS orientation for this class. The week-long Orientation for this class will cover everything you need to know, but if you are in another online class, you might need to do the CAS orientation for that other class.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. Here's another lovely "favorite place" photo; this is from Lindsay's post about Hana, Hawaii.
If you could have one wondrous object from Norse mythology for a day, which would you choose and why?— Norse Mythology (@NorseMythNews) August 20, 2019
Story of the Day. This is a nature tale, the story of how the plant known as Spanish Moss used to be a human being. You can read the story here: Where Spanish Moss Comes From.
Indian Epics Today. Today's character is BRAHMA, the creator god of India. You will find Brahma links and videos here: Brahma. He is easy to recognize with his four faces:
Here is an Epified animation:
Myth-Folklore Video. Here's another Crash Course video for your viewing enjoyment, carrying on with the theme of creation:
Words. And today's word from mythology comes to English from India: JUGGERNAUT, from Sanskrit Jagannatha, World-Lord. You can find out more here: juggernaut.
Writing. Every letter counts! Here's a funny typo story from one of my favorite cartoonists, Tom Gauld.
HEART Video. And here's a video to inspire you as you are out and about in the world today: Ballet Revolución.
Event on Campus. There's still time to see the Under the Arctic exhibit at the Sam Noble Museum, with free admission for OU students.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
