Class Procedures and Reminders
Talk to yourself while reading. Anything you do to mix your other senses into the reading experience will make a more lasting impression. Reading out loud is one way to do that, and another way to do that is to talk to yourself while you read. You can even have imaginary conversations with the characters. Try it! It's weird, yes, but it means you really engage with the story.
Project Stack. I've read and replied to all the assignments turned in on Friday, and I've started on the Saturday assignments; I'll keep working on those Saturday assignments today. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. It's always fun to see what people do with their Wikipedia Trails, especially when they ended up somewhere unexpected, so here's Emily's trail from Mary Magdalene to... Sara Bareilles.
Indian Epics Today. The character of the day is URMILA, Lakshmana's wife. She is most famous for the story of "Umila Nidra," the Sleep of Urmila; more about Urmila here.
Storybooks. And here's a project about Urmila's sister, Sita: Sita, Sidewalks, Shadows. Stars.
H.E.A.R.T.. There are lots of colors in that box of crayons: Life is about using the whole box of crayons.
Writing Video. Here's another Mike Rugnetta video (from his days at PBS before Crash Course): Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art? Of course you know I would answer: yes!
Event on Campus. There will be a Papel Picado Workshop in Dunham Creative Commons (A108) at noon and again in Bizzell at 3PM (LL118) is part of Mexico Week this week; find out more.
