Class Procedures and Reminders
Week 14 Blog comments. I'll update the randomizer with new stories today, plus there's something different this week: you can add to the Advice Padlet as part of this week's blog commenting! Details here: Week 14 Blog Comments.
Project stack. I've got just a few projects in the stack, so I hope I can get to all of them today. As usual, you can check the stack to make sure I got your project. Also, for those of you who will be adding one more new story to your project, make sure you do that this weekend at the latest; that way I'll be able to get comments back to you in time for final revisions next week!
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. This is not from the blog stream, but instead it's Jessica's Storybook that has a really cool navigation system: in the Introduction, you start off choosing which animal you want to be reincarnation, and then after that life, you get to choose which other life you want next: Animals of the Epics. For example, if I lived a life as a horse, I can then choose between elephant and fish, like this:
And for a Covid-related item: some students who are missing the OU campus decided to recreate the campus in Minecraft!
When you miss campus so much you make a @Minecraft version yourself. We love it @emilyalorenz!#CampusBeautiful pic.twitter.com/clsZj7awCg— Univ. of Oklahoma (@UofOklahoma) April 22, 2020
Indian Epics Today. The character for today is Drona, guru to both the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Here's a painting by Nanda Lal Bose that shows Drona training the princes:
Myth-Folklore Video. Here's a fascinating video about Hindu gods in Japan, via Scroll.in.
Words. This word from India in English that may surprise you: the English word TANK; compare Gujarati tankh meaning a cistern or water reservoir, and also Marathi tanka. Details here.
H.E.A.R.T.. This infographic is all about the Power of "I Don't Know" (yet).
Writing Video. For those of you who are pondering the mysteries of the comma, this video could be useful: Five Comma Types.
April 24: Library of Congress. This is the birthday of the Library of Congress! The Library was created in the year 1800 when President John Adams signed a law to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress." Find out more at Wikipedia. This shows the Reading Room:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
