Monday, October 7

Today is Monday of Week 8, which is a Review Week. Here is a link to the Week 8 assignments, and I hope you will enjoy this chance to look back on your work so far and look ahead to the second half of the semester! For those of you finishing up assignments during the grace period this morning, here is a link to Week 7.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Review Week. With no new reading or storytelling, this week is a good opportunity to work ahead of the deadlines. If you finish up the three Week 8 Review blog posts today (something I strongly recommend!), you can finish up the rest of the Week 8 assignments (feedback, comments, project) before OU-Texas weekend!

Project Stack. This week is the single busiest week of the semester for me with all the new Portfolio and Storybook stories; I'll get through as much of the stack as I can this week. While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. Some people have already started posting their Week 8 reflection posts, and I thought this gif in Abbi's post was so cute; it captures the spirit of pondering for Review Week.


Twitter Stream. Liniers is one of my favorite cartoonists, and here's a wonderful item he shared at Twitter: ideas need ROOM to expand! Here's a larger view.


Story of the Day. The "why" story today is Why Brer Fox's Legs Are Black. And yes, it is once again Brer Rabbit's fault.


Indian Epics Today. The character for today is Karna, son of Kunti, and one of the heroes on the Kaurava side of the Mahabharata war. More about Karna, and here's an Epified video:


Storybooks. This is a Storybook from Indian Epics last year: The Mythic Arms Race.


Myth-Folklore Video. Here's another Crash Course video: Mythical Language and Idiom.


Proverbs. This is a Kashmiri proverb: If the bear had flour, would he not make bread?



H.E.A.R.T.. This is a nice metaphor for Review Week; it's a graphic by Sylvia Duckworth: Life is like a Camera.


Mindset Cats. The mindset cat has some mid-semester advice: Just keep going!


HEART Video. And on the subject of fear, some advice from Professor Lupin:


Event on Campus. Dr. Katherine Shaner will present a talk on Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity today at 4:30PM in the Bizzell Library Community Room LL118 (details).


October 7: Poe. Today is the anniversary of the death of Edgar Allan Poe, who died on this day in 1849; you can read more about his life and career at Wikipedia. The Penn Online Books page contains a list of his books which are available online. Below is an image of the cover designed by the famous illustrator Gustave Dore for Poe's famous poem, The Raven:



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