Showing posts with label week13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week13. Show all posts

Saturday, April 24

HAPPY WEEKEND! It's the weekend of Week 13. Here is a link to Week 13. For those of you are working ahead to finish up, here's a link to Week 14, plus a link to Week 15 too.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Microfiction for extra credit. I would like to encourage everybody to give the microfiction option a try for extra credit if you have time this weekend, or to do that as a Story Lab in Week 14. Next week I'll start setting up an anthology book we can publish together for anyone who is interested in that; here's the Anthology the Fall semester students created. I hope we can do something like that again in these final weeks of the semester!

Project Stack. As people turn in projects, I'll update the stack periodically so you can check the stack to make sure I got yours. Then on Monday I'll start replying to the assignments in the stack based on the order in which they were turned in.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. People share such great inspirational memes and gifs at their blogs and in the Padlet; I really liked this one from Lauren's famous last words post: Getting Ready For My Future.


Twitter stream. This is from Matt Stock, librarian in OU's Fine Arts Library, sharing some student art that they've installed in the library:


Here's an Uncle Pai quote from ACK Twitter:


And a lovely essay about creative integration that I saw in the Aeon Twitter feed: To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’ by Julianne Chung.


There are old Latin proverbs, and also modern ones, like this saying that Rowling invented for as a motto for Hogwarts: Never tickle a sleeping dragon. Draco dormiens numquam titillandus.


Here's a fun video for Saturday night (spent with a book): Unread Book.


A wonderful quote from Game of Thrones: A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge. That is why I read so much.


April 24: Library of Congress. Saturday 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:

April 25: Marconi. Sunday marks the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi in 1874, one of the great pioneers of radio. And here's a video about the greatness of radio: Gardner Campbell on Radio Redux (I was in the audience for this one, so one of the people you hear cheering when he talks about DS106 Radio would be me).



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Friday, April 23

Yes, you made it to another FRIDAY. It is the end of Week 13. For those of you are working ahead to finish up, here's a link to Week 14, plus a link to Week 15 too.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. Yesterday I replied to all the projects turned in on Sunday, today I'll get to the rest of the Week 12 items in the stack, plus as much of the Week 13-14-15 items as I can too. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project form. 

Mix-and-match. As you finish up the class, you can mix-and-match any of the remaining assignments to get to your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C), so you can focus on what you are most interested in, whether that is working on your project, or more reading, microfiction, exploring the extra credit... whatever combination works best for you.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I'm having so much fun looking at different microfiction experiments people are writing in their blogs; here is Jennifer's take on three different water goddesses: Water Goddesses from Different Cultures, including Mazu, goddess of Chinese sailors, shown here:


Twitter stream. There was lots of great stuff at Twitter for Earth Day, and here's something from Amar Chitra Katha comics:


And here's Gurdeep planting seeds of joy for spring:


Something beautiful from India: Panchmukhi (Five-Faced) Shiva.


Plus a gorgeous Noah's Ark:


And speaking of Noah, a Crash Course video on Flood Legends of the Americas:


If you're feeling short of time, you can probably relate to this Awkward Yeti cartoon (larger version):


And some music for the weekend: Heal The World - Child Prodigy cover produced by Maati Baani:


April 23: World Book Day. Today is the traditional anniversary of the deaths of two of the world's great writers: the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, who both died in 1616. For this reason, the day April 23 has been declared by the United Nations as World Book Day, a celebration of reading and writing. You can read more about World Book Day in Wikipedia and at the UNESCO website, and you can follow the action at #WorldBookDay too.


The oldest books in India and south Asia were palm-leaf manuscripts, and this video shows how to make one: 



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Thursday, April 22

Today is Thursday of Week 13. Here is a link to Week 13 and also to Week 14 if you're working ahead... which I highly recommend, especially if you are nearing your goal for the end of the class!

Class Procedures and Reminders

My schedule today. I'll be away from my office for most of the morning and early afternoon, so that means I'll be slow to reply to any emails during that time, but I should be back at work in the later afternoon. :-)

Storytelling! Week 13 is a storytelling week, which means that for many of you today is storytelling day... and for at least some of you this may be your last story for the semester: I hope you will feel inspired and have fun! (In Weeks 14 and 15, there's the Story Lab or the story option for both of those weeks coming up.)

Project Stack. If you turned in your project before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday projects today. You can always check the stack to make sure I received your project form.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I always enjoy seeing Wikipedia Trails, and here is what Preston found starting from Moche Culture which took him to Peru: Wikipedia Trail from Moche to Marinera. This is the city of Trujillo in Peru on the Moche River:


Twitter stream. Something ULTRA-HILARIOUS from Twitter: "women yelling at cat" meme... in Greek style!


And so much beautiful art for Ramanavami yesterday:


From a Google expert at Twitter, Alice Keeler, news of a Google experiment: song-maker.


To inspire your writing, a cartoon from another one of my favorite cartoonists, Dave Coverly, a.k.a. Speedbump.


Something soothing and beautiful from YouTube: 10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes.


April 22: Earth Day. Today is Earth Day, a holiday that has been observed on April 22 since back in 1970. You can read about this holiday in Wikipedia. Perhaps take an Earth Day Quiz.


For this class, we've saved some paper. Based on the amount of writing and number of students, I would estimate that we have saved about 9000 pages, or 18 reams of paper, this semester. So, by working online like this, we have saved a tree! You can follow all the #EarthDay news at Twitter.


One of the most famous movements in defense of trees is the Chipko Movement in India. Find out more about Chipko at Wikipedia. Here they are defending trees in 1973:


And here's a Maati Baani video in defense of the Aarey Forest in Mumbai:



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Wednesday, April 21

Today is Wednesday of Week 13. Here is a link to Week 13, plus Week 14 if you are working ahead and/or mixing-and-matching as you finish up the class. And yes, any combination of assignments you want to use to finish the class is good! All the points go into the same total in Canvas. Details about that here.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. If you turned in a project before 11AM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I'll keep working on the Sunday assignments today. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I got your project.

Finishing-up plan. With just this week plus Weeks 14 and 15 left in the semester (the class is over on Friday, May 7, at noon), it would be good to have your plan in place, especially if you are trying to finish up next week in order to have "dead week" in this class. If you have questions about any of that, just let me know!

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Landon wrote a "Johnny-Cake" story and he found a perfect image to use for that! Here's his story: The Cake That Came to Life. Watch out for those living cakes!


Twitter stream. And here's the epic struggle of Cat versus Godzilla:

Plus a video from one of my favorite Indian writers: Samhita Arni!


I am such a fan of old books, and here's something via Project Gutenberg, all about The magnificent early age of book covers.


Plus a beautiful door from Egypt via the Met:


And some beautiful art from Mughal India: animals! (larger view)


And here's a word from India might surprise you: PUNCH. It comes from the word for "five" in Hindi (cognate with Greek penta- as in Pentagon) because, traditionally, there were five ingredients in punch. More about punch.



Plus another food word from mythology: CORNUCOPIA, the horn-of-plenty in Latin, which is connected to both Greek and Roman mythology. More about cornucopia.


And here's a fun Crash Course video: Mythical Caves and Gardens.


April 21: Ramanavami. Today is the holiday of Rama-Navami, which marks the birthday of Rama, avatar of the god Vishnu. Here is a Ram Navami greeting card, and you can see lots more at the #RamNavami hashtag at Twitter.


And here's a wonderful video about the Ramayana... in sign language!



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Tuesday, April 20

Today is Tuesday of Week 13. (Yes, it really is Week 13... which still just seems hard to believe!) Here's a link to Week 13, and also a link to Week 14 for those of you who are working ahead.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Week 13 Reading. It's more stories from the British Isles in Myth-Folklore, and the free choice continues in Indian Epics: epics, jatakas, or other Indian stories. I hope you will enjoy the reading this week and find something really good to use for the storytelling; for many of you, this Week 13 story might be your last story post of the semester!

Project Stack. Yesterday I replied to all the projects turned in on Friday, and today I will be working on the Saturday projects, and hopefully starting on the Sunday items too. Meanwhile, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Here is a truly beautiful item from the blog stream: Cheyenne has had her baby! She updated her Introduction post to share the good news. So adorable!


Twitter stream. An IMPORTANT message from OU Health Services: have you been vaccinated? (I'm getting my second Pfizer today!). Find out more about vaccination appointments available through OU Health Services: OU COVID Vaccine Updates.


From one of my favorite Twitter streams, the Postal Museum (stamps are art!):


And something mythological in New York City:


And from Scroll.in, an article about Vinayaki: the female avatar of Ganesha.


And a traditional dance from Assam in India:


A comic from Grant Snider about books and bookshelves (larger view): I like the optical illusion "impossible" bookcase!


April 20: Odilon Redon. Today marks the birthday of the French symbolist painter Odilon Redon in 1840. If you have never seen his paintings, take a look: they are marvelous! You can see a gallery at Wikipedia. Here is his painting called The Cyclops:




Plus a video of other works by Redon:



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Monday, April 19

Today is Monday of Week 13. No kidding: Week 13 already! Here is a link to Week 13 and also Week 12 for those of you who are using the grace period this morning. You can find Weeks 14 and 15 on the class calendar.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your project. My goal today is to reply to all the projects that were turned in before the weekend, and hopefully I can start in on the projects people turned in on Saturday also.

Week 13-14-15. With just three weeks left in the semester, I would urge everybody to have a plan in place for finishing up, making sure to get to your goal (410 A, 360 B, 320 C) by the end of Week 15. Hopefully you can finish up even sooner so that you can have time off in this class to prepare for your final exams in other classes. More about finishing the class here, and if you have any questions about that, let me know!

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I'm excited to see all the different microfictions people are writing; Landon did one about a new kind of Disney World hero! The Battle of a Lifetime.


Twitter stream. For those of you who are into games, here's a game artifact from the Roman Empire:


And here's a hero cartoon from the wonderful Liniers: a dragon-slaying hero! (larger view) I'm a dragon-slayer. ~ I've never seen a dragon. ~ I'm that good!


And a Shiva statue from South Africa, via a wonderful Indian art Twitter account:


Here's a beautiful Maitreya Buddha:


And here's a video about the Maitreya Buddha featuring the Dalai Lama:


From Atlas Obscura, the surprising origin of the name California: California Is Named for a Griffin-Riding Black Warrior Queen.


And a reminder that order really can emerge out of chaos... you just need some good vibrations:




April 19: Oklahoma City Bombing. Today is the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. You can read more about that terrible event at Wikipedia. The image below shows the memorial:


And here is a video about the Survivor Tree, which is a beautiful testimony to life that goes on: 



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