Sunday, October 25

Today is Sunday of Week 9. I hope you are enjoying the weekend! You can find Week 9 here, and future weeks are all at the class calendar. If you are doing project feedback today, you'll see there's something new: if you want to take a look at a project from the other class (Myth-Folklore or Indian Epics), you are welcome to do that. There are lots of great projects in both classes!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Plan ahead. As we get into the final stretch of the semester, it's a good time to plan how you want to finish up, especially if your goal is to finish early. After Week 9, there are five more weeks of class, plus Dead Week. You can get more help here: Progress Chart. The assignments are mix-and-match (all points go into the same total), so as you get close to finishing, you can focus on the assignments you find most fun/useful.

Project Stack. I'll be updating the stack today, and I'll start reading and replying to the assignments in order on Monday. While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. There's all kinds of fun stuff that people keep adding to the Padlet; if you haven't done a check-in-and-connect yet, the Padlet awaits you. :-)


Twitter stream. Some gorgeous Greek art from the Louvre Museum Twitter: Chalcidian black-figure cup.


And a really fun animated gif from Europeanaeu: 


Plus Google has this lovely Ramayana item:


Storybook. And speaking of the Ramayana, here's a wonderful Storybook from last year: 3001 Ramayanas.


100-Word Stories. Here's a story about the learning process: Nasruddin and the Quick Learner.


Advice from Liniers (larger view): there's already room for another book in your head!


And pandemic book thoughts from Tom Gauld (larger view):

This is a really cool tool: do you want to explain something in simple language? This site can help: text editor with only 1000 words. You'll probably need to use a few unusual words, but this tool can help you keep those words to a minimum.


Need a writing break? Here's a fun one: pen-drumming.


October 25: Dussehra. The Hindu holiday of Dussehra celebrates the victory of Rama over Ravana, the light over the dark — a story that is now very familiar to everybody in the Indian Epics class. You can read more about the festivities at Wikipedia. The ten-headed demon Ravana is often burned in effigy as part of the Dussehra celebration; check out the Twitter stream for this year's Dussehra.


Here's a Dussehra video from Epified:



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