HAPPY WEEKEND! Here is link to Week 7 and also to Week 8 (review week; see below). Around the middle of the semester like this, school can feel kind of overwhelming, which makes the weekend even more welcome. So.......... enjoy the weekend!
Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. Thanks again for all the good work on the projects, and I hope you will enjoy doing the feedback this week, choosing which projects you want to look at. Meanwhile, I'll update the stack periodically over the weekend so you can check the stack to make sure I received your form.
Introductions. I think I have finally left comments on everyone's introduction posts! I lost track of that this semester (argh! I'll blame pandemic chaos), and so I'm not 100% sure I commented on all of them. My apologies to anybody if I missed your post! Please let me know if you did not get a comment from me so I can leave a comment on your introduction post too.
Week 8: Review. Week 8 is a review week, so I would urge you to jump right in when you get to the end of Week 7 and do the Week 8 review posts this weekend if you can. It's a great way to get yourself ahead of the due dates, and you might be able to use that boost as a way to stay ahead of the due dates for the rest of the semester.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. For her Storybook Introduction, Eli created a collage: Devi — The Many Faces of a Goddess. If you want to use multiple images on a page, a collage is a good way to do that! Eli used Adobe Spark for this one, and there are lots of collage tools out there you can use (collage tech tip).
Week 8: Review. Week 8 is a review week, so I would urge you to jump right in when you get to the end of Week 7 and do the Week 8 review posts this weekend if you can. It's a great way to get yourself ahead of the due dates, and you might be able to use that boost as a way to stay ahead of the due dates for the rest of the semester.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. For her Storybook Introduction, Eli created a collage: Devi — The Many Faces of a Goddess. If you want to use multiple images on a page, a collage is a good way to do that! Eli used Adobe Spark for this one, and there are lots of collage tools out there you can use (collage tech tip).
Twitter stream. I learned about a Tantra exhibit at the British Museum on the Indian tradition of Tantra.
I think everybody is having trouble concentrating in these pandemic times... so you can probably relate to this teacher's tweet: my brain feels like this sometimes too!
Me, trying to focus so I can get some marking done
— Chester Scoville (@ChesterScoville) October 8, 2020
My brain: pic.twitter.com/wBhu3T65nm
And here's a fun animated gif: paper dolls that come to life.
Leben für zwei "Beweegbare Poppen" aus dem Bestand des Rijksmuseums. Mein Beitrag für #GIFITUP2018 mit Material von @Europeanaeu #publicdomain #publicdomainremix pic.twitter.com/wyTE8vqThx
— Suschna (@Suschna) October 31, 2018
For your listening pleasure this weekend, talking drums of Africa:
And here's some COVID humor: what it's like to be a fortune-teller in the COVID era, from Dave Coverly... but now with vaccinations, I think even the COVID crystal-ball might be looking better!
March 13: National Elephant Day. Saturday is a national holiday in Thailand, Chang Thai Day, to honor the elephant. You can find out more at Wikipedia. Both of these images, the stamp and photo, come from this blog post: วันช้างไทย Thai National Elephant Day.
March 14: Daylight Saving. Yes, it's time to change the clocks again. Here's a fun video about this very weird ritual: Daylight Saving.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
