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Showing posts with label week06. Show all posts

WEEK 6 WEEKEND: March 6-7

Happy Weekend, everybody! Here is a link to Week 6, and plus a link to Week 7 for those of you who are ready to get a head start on the coming week.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. On Friday, I replied to all the Week 5 projects in the stack. There were still some Week 6 (and beyond) projects that I did not get to, so those will be at the top of the stack on Monday. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your projects, and I'll update the stack periodically over the weekend.

Projects and Feedback. When you get to the Week 6 Feedback assignment, you'll see a randomizer for the Storybooks and Portfolios. I hope you will enjoy seeing other people's projects — and your feedback now, early on in the project, will be very helpful as people revise and develop their stories. Meanwhile, I'll also keep updating this slideshow, and there's a Tech Tip on how to add a Google Slideshow to a blog post if you want to learn how to embed a slideshow this in your own blog. (You can even embed a slideshow in the sidebar, as you can see in the sidebar of this blog.)


The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. This is actually from a project website rather than a blog: Drew used a tool called TextPro.me to create this very cool banner for one of his Portfolio stories: Adam and Eve in Simulated Paradise. Such a great idea! If you want to try something like that, you will find lots of different options at the website in addition to this distinctive Matrix style that Drew used.


Twitter stream. I saw this gorgeous mural via the Library of Congress Twitter stream: Hispanic Heritage in Murals.


And here's something fascinating from The Met's Twitter stream: Navagunjara, a Universal Form of Krishna. It's Krishna in the form of Nine-Animal-Parts:




From the British Museum at Twitter, a 4000-year-old board game: The Royal Game of Ur.


And a modern digital game from Google Arts and Culture: Put a cultural spin on game night ... with artistic jigsaw puzzles: you can play solo, or multiplayer.


Here's a great cartoon from Grant Snider:


And also a video to ponder from Aeon: Stranger Aliens.


March 6: Andrzej Wajda. One of the world's great film directors, Andrzej Wajda, was born on March 6 in 1926; he died in 2016, and you can read his obituary here in the Guardian newspaper. He made many amazing films, including a film about the massacre at Katyń during World War II in which his own father was killed. Here is a trailer with English subtitles:


March 7: Stith Thompson. Sunday, March 7, marks the birthday in 1885 of Stith Thompson who became one of the great folklorists of the 20th century. He pioneered the classification of stories by their basic elements, which he called "motifs," and his Motif Index is still a widely used standard. Those of you in Myth-Folklore may be reading stories from his book Tales of the North American Indians during Weeks 10 and 11: 


And he also worked on Indian folk traditions too; this book is online at Hathi Trust.



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Friday, March 5

HAPPY FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 6! Here is a link to Week 6, and if you are ready to get started on next week now, you'll find that list here: Week 7. 

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. I've read and replied to all the assignments turned in on Sunday, and I'll get through the rest of the Week 5 assignments in the stack today, plus as many of the Week 6 (and later) assignments as I can. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment.

Congratulations on all the projects! I've got some more projects to add to the class lists, and I'll start updating the slideshow also. Meanwhile, for the Week 6 feedback you'll be visiting other people's projects, both Portfolios and Storybooks, and I hope you will enjoy seeing what everybody has been doing!

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. A lot of you were reading the stories of Sindbad this week, and Thomas found this really cool image to use of the incident where Sindbad is carrying the Old Man of the Sea; here's his Sindbad reading notes post. The illustration is by Monro Scott Orr:




Something fun from the Victoria and Albert Museum:

And here's something from the Chickasaw Cultural Center:


A great art history resource for those of you interested in art (I am!): SmArtHistory.org.


A dog's perspective on the rules of writing :-)


You can see Heart struggles with both sit and stay! From Awkward Yeti:


Plus some advice from Grant Snider about pruning back to what's essential:


Finally, from Crash Course, you can take a visit to the Mythical Mountains:


March 5: Howard Pyle. Today marks the birthday in the year 1853 of the American illustrator and author, Howard Pyle. You can read about Howard Pyle's life and career in this Wikipedia article, and there are many of his books at the Freebookapalooza. The image below shows one of Howard Pyle's paintings, The Mermaid:


Here is the trailer for a PBS documentary about Howard Pyle's art:



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Thursday, March 4

Today is Thursday of Week 6, and here is a link to Week 6. Some of you will be writing a Story post today (writing a story is always a good option), and some of you will be doing Story Lab. I hope you will enjoy the experience whichever choice you make! 

Class Procedures and Reminders

Story / Story Lab. For those of you doing Portfolios, I'd recommend doing a story this week, especially if you took a break last week. The more stories you write at your blog, the more you will have to choose from when you add the next story to your Portfolio. For those of you doing Storybooks, be sure to check out the Research option for the Lab; especially at the start of your Storybook any/all reading and research you do can be a big help going forward.

Project Stack. If you turned in your project assignment before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me by now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure your project is in the queue.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Sarah found an amazing Mahabharata illustration that she included in her reading notes post; it comes from a Mahabharata manuscript produced in Nepal! Like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata is a story told in countries beyond India, including Nepal.


There is a special connection in Nepal to the legend of Barbarik, the son of the Pandava hero Bhima, or the son of his son Ghatotkacha (versions vary). You can find out more about Barbarik and his connection with Nepal at Wikipedia. Here is Barbarik giving his head to Krishna:


Twitter stream. Some of you may know OU's ghost-sleuth Jeff Provine; I am a fan of his #vss365 very short stories at Twitter; here's a fun new one:


Via OU's Prof. Kaspari at Twitter, I saw this Atlantic article about fighting back against perfectionism.


And this comes from OU's Prof. Cline at Twitter: a Roman Tantalus Bowl! For the myth of Tantalus (and the English word "tantalize"), see Wikipedia.

And good news from the Yukon: the marvelous Gurdeep is celebrating his COVID vaccination:

Some of you in Myth-Folklore have been reading Egyptian stories this week, so here are some important questions about Egypt and its past: Who really owns the past?


And here's some hieroglyphic humor: Emojis as Hieroglyphics.


And a video from PBS: Can You Speak Emoji?


March 4: Toru Dutt. Today marks the birthday in 1856 of Toru Dutt, an Indian poet who wrote in English. Although she died at a very young age (she was only 21 when she died in 1877), she is the author of several books, one of which is of interest to students in the Indian Epics class: Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan. You can read more about Toru Dutt at Wikipedia.


And here is a lecture about her at YouTube:



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Wednesday, March 3

Today is Wednesday of Week 6. Here is a link to Week 6. For some of you this is a Reading day, and some of you might also be doing your Story assignment already. Have fun with that — and yes, there's a Story Lab option again this week!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. If you turned in something on Saturday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll be working on the Sunday items starting today. As always, you can check the stack anytime to make sure I received your project.

My schedule today. I'm presenting at a virtual conference today, so I will be unavailable in the late morning / early afternoon, but I'll reply to any emails later, just slower than usual. I'm doing a presentation with a friend whose students also publish websites for their science class, and we'll be trying to persuade people in North Dakota (!) to try using blogs and websites in their classes. If you're curious, here's our slidedeck. :-)

Unleashing student voices with open pedagogy 


The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I thought this was such a cool image in Rachael's blog post for the Story Lab this week; I have never seen this depiction of Odin on the great horse Sleipnir before!


Twitter stream. More gorgeous art from India: winged female deity, appx. two thousand years old:


Check out the very long Twitter thread for SO MANY VIDEOS of classical music in cartoons: wow!


Some inspiration from animal Twitter!


And an amazing cryptid map (which I found thanks to Savannah):


Fun cartoon about the perils of the cursive alphabet: demons and lemons! Plus an example from real life. :-)



And a video about modern writing technology: The Machine is Us/ing Us. (This video is old... but the power of links is still strong: it makes the Internet what it is!)


Another cartoon from the great Nick Seluk about the ongoing conflict of Heart and Brain (larger view):


March 3: Hinamatsuri. Today, March 3, is the Hinamatsuri holiday in Japan, the "Doll Festival," which is a festival of good luck for young girls. You can read more about the holiday in this Wikipedia article. This image shows a Hinamatsuri doll displayed at the festival in 2005 in the city of Kounos, near Tokyo. You can follow the holiday at Twitter today: #Hinamatsuri.

And here's a holiday song: 


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Tuesday, March 2

Today is Tuesday of Week 6, and here is the Week 6 link. It's another week of stories from the Middle East and India in Myth-Folklore, while it is the first week of the Mahabharata in Indian Epics. I hope you will enjoy the new reading!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Week 6 progress. Now that we are in Week 6, it means the semester is one-third over: 5 weeks finished, and 10 weeks to go. So, if you have not done so recently, you might want to check on your progress so far. If you are not where you want to be in terms of points, you can start doing some extra credit to fill the gap when you have a bit of spare time.

Project Stack. I made good progress on the Friday projects in the stack yesterday, and today I will finish the rest of the projects that people turned in on Friday and hopefully all of the Saturday projects also. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project form.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. This is not from the blog stream; instead it is a cartoon someone shared at the Padlet; I am a big fan of Dinoman and can definitely relate to this one. :-)


And remember, you can do extra credit anytime during the week, including the check-in and connecting at the Padlet. People are sharing so much fun stuff there;


Twitter stream. Here's a beautiful image from India:


And some electricity giants in Iceland :-)


Some of you in Myth-Folklore read the Iliad earlier this semester; here are the opening lines read in ancient Greek:


And here's another video at Twitter: Gurdeep dancing in the Yukon again!


Some of you in Myth-Folklore have been reading the 1001 Nights version of Aladdin and the Lamp, so I thought you might like this cartoon about genies: 


And something to inspire those of you who are doing some reading today, a quote Tyrion Lannister, a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: Books are better.


And here are not one but two videos with the Game of Thrones theme done in Indian style: Mumbai Dhol Tasha Cover and Rishab Rikhiram.



March 2: Dr. Seuss. Today marks the birthday in 1904 of Theodore Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. If you want to find out more about his life, his goals as a writer, including information about the poetic meters he used, take a look at this Wikipedia article. Dr. Seuss's books have been translated into many languages of the world — even Latin. Below is the book cover for The Cat in the Hat in Latin, Cattus Petasatus, The Hatted Cat:


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Monday, March 1

Today is Monday of Week 6. (Yes, the semester really is one-third over!) Here is a link to Week 6 (and if you are finishing up Week 5 during the grace period this morning, here is Week 5). I hope you will enjoy the new readings this week: it's the Middle East or India again in Myth-Folklore, while you will be starting the Mahabharata in Indian Epics! (Of the two epics, the Mahabharata is my favorite; I am very curious what you all will think.)

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your project, you can check the stack to make sure it's there. I'll be replying in the order received, starting with projects that were left in the stack at the end of the week on Friday.

Start the week with extra credit. If you put off doing the extra credit until the end of the week, you might run out of time, but you can do Week 6 extra credit at the start of the week, or at any time during the week. So, if you feel like tinkering with your blog to add new features or playing with some meme generators, etc., you can do that for extra credit this week. Check this progress chart to see if you might need some extra credit as Week 6 gets started. 

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I'm so excited some people are doing microfiction already (I hope you all will want to make a book together this semester like last semester)... there's a microfiction writing process built into the Story Lab options (coming up this week), and also as extra credit every week. Here's a microfiction revision from Rachel; it's a great example of how some microfiction morphs into poetry-in-prose: What I Wish My Best Friend Knew.


Twitter stream. Something gorgeous from India: a famous statue of Shiva's bull, Nandi, in Andhra Pradesh: 


And there are so many tweets popping up of people using Deep Nostalgia™ to animate photos; here are two examples from Legonium's Twitter feed: 



A friend of mine who teaches first-year English comp asks his students to create memes, and here's a fun writing meme that one of his students made:


And just for fun, here's Goodnight, Moon for the pandemic: Goodnight, Zoom...



And just to remind everyone that the Indian Epics tradition involves theater too, here's a video with theater professor and puppeteer, Kathy Foley, about the power of masks in epic performance: 


And a related video about the shadow-puppet theater tradition of south Asia:


March 1: Zero Discrimination Day. Today is world-wide Zero Discrimination Day, celebrating diversity, tolerance and inclusion. The global event is sponsored by UN-AIDS whose goal is to reach people who have HIV with treatment, eliminate HIV stigma, and reduce sexual transmission of HIV. The theme for this year is End Inequalities.


And a video: Education is the best "social vaccine" to prevent HIV (click CC for the English captions):


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Sunday, October 4

Today is Sunday of Week 6. Yes, Week 6 is almost done! If you have not finished up Week 6, today is the day to do that, along with any Week 6 extra credit you have time for, or maybe you can get a head start on Week 7.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. The sooner you turn in your project today, the sooner you'll get comments back from me next week (I reply to the projects in the order that they are turned in). I'll update the stack periodically today so you can check the stack to make sure I received your project. And I hope you will have fun visiting other people's projects for the Week 6 Feedback.

Slideshow. I've added some more projects to the slideshow, and there will be even more to come. Here's what I have added so far... and, yes, there's a Tech Tip on how to add a Google Slideshow to a blog post if you want to learn how to embed a slideshow this in your own blog. (You can even embed a slideshow in the sidebar.)


The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. It's always fun to see a Wikipedia Trail post, and this one that Megan did really caught my eye because I used to live in Oxford. Here's her trail: From Oxford to St. Pancras.



And from the British Museum at Twitter, a 4000-year-old board game: The Royal Game of Ur.


And a quick bhangra lesson from Gurdeep of the Yukon:


Storybook. In the spirit of Saint Francis (see below), I wanted to share this Storybook from last year: Visions of Francis: Storybook of a Saint. 


100-Word Stories. And in honor of Saint Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (see below), here's an Aesop's fable about a pious wolf: The Wolf Becomes a Monk.


Plus something from Liniers in Spanish and in English (larger view). Dear Moon, please use your lunar powers to fix this upside-down world. ... Now you did it.

 

And something from Google Arts and Culture: Put a cultural spin on game night ... with artistic jigsaw puzzles: you can play solo, or multiplayer.


October 4: Saint Francis - World Animal Day. Today is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. Because of the special love that Francis had for every creature in the animal kingdom, October 4 is also World Animal Day. You can learn more about Saint Francis at Wikipedia, and the image below is from the World Animal Day website. 


And here's a video about a famous legend of Saint Francis: St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio.



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