Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment. If you turned in something on Friday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll be working on the Saturday assignments today; hopefully I will get on to Sunday too!
Midterm grade reports. The university has sent the usual email to instructors reminding us that we are supposed to submit midterm grade reports next week. If you have questions about your progress in this class, let me know. To be passing the class now at the end of Week 6, you should have around 125 points; at the end of Week 7, around 150. You can use this Progress Chart to see how that works from week to week.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. From Dalton's blog post, a growth mindset motto that he made! Focus on the present.
And this is from the Padlet: I laughed out loud at this one! Thanks to everyone making all the great contributions to this space.
Twitter stream. From the British Library, it's a game of Sudoku, but not with the numbers you are used to. More about Lepcha.
And there was so much great stuff shared at Twitter yesterday for International Women's day, like this tweet from Google Arts about Nampewo, a Hopi potter; find out more.
Plus this very cool photograph the Hanuman temple in Shimla, circa the year 1900: with Hanuman langur monkeys!
And something from one of my favorite singers from Africa: Angelique Kidjo.
This is the video itself:
From Tom Gauld, here are two great takes on what your cat and your dog think about your writing. (Click on those links for larger views of each cartoon.)
March 6. Shashi Tharoor. Today marks the birthday of the Indian politician and author, Shashi Tharoor; he was born in 1956. You can read about his life and career at Wikipedia, and he is a great person to follow at Twitter. He is also the author of a fascinating book, The Great Indian Novel, which retells the Mahabharata using characters from modern Indian politics.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
Here is one of Shashi Tharoor's most-watched videos at YouTube: Dr Shashi Tharoor MP - Britain Does Owe Reparations.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
