Friday, March 2

HAPPY FRIDAY! You have reached the end of Week 7! Here is a link to the class calendar; next week is a review week, with no new reading, so you might want to get a head start on that now!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Success Tip: Canvas Dashboard. Earlier this week I mentioned the Canvas Calendar, and the Canvas Dashboard is also a useful tool for staying organized. Did you know you can give each course its own nickname? Find out more at the Dashboard Tech Tip.

Project Stack. Yesterday, I replied to the assignments turned in before 10PM on Sunday, and I'll finish the rest of the Week 6 assignments today, plus as many of the Week 7 assignments as I can get to also! While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. As an example of the Canvas Dashboard, I wanted to share this post from Kennedie's blog: Canvas Mobile App. The Dashboard looks good both in the browser version and in the mobile view, as you can see:

Myth Item OR India Ite. There are many weird and surprising things on the Internet, and among the most weird and surprising is... the Brick Testament. Bible stories: all told with Legos!

India Video: For your listening enjoyment, here is one of my favorite Shankar Tucker videos: Guru Brahma. It's a jam session inspired by a traditional Sanskrit shloka: Guru Stotram.

Myth Book Online: Today's free books come from Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale series, which includes "The Goblin Spider" by Lafcadio Hearn. See the Freebookapalooza blog for links and the table of contents.

Proverb of the Day: Today's proverb is from Ghana: Two crocodiles don’t live in one pond. Find out more at the Proverb Laboratory.

Creativity: Some wise words from Joseph Chilton Pearce.

H.E.A.R.T.: And if your week has had some ups and downs, here are some wise words from TinyBuddha.com.

Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset kitten knows that learning takes time: I am learning step by step. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.

Video: Here's a video for a quick boost: The Biology of Positivity. Find out more here: Your Brain May Be Hard-wired to Focus on the Negative, But (With Practice) You Can Reprogram It.

Event on Campus: Join the Latin Dance Club from 9PM-2AM in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom for the Salsa Ball: Colors of Colombia (details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

March 2: Holi. The festival of Holi began last night and carries on today. It is widely celebrated not just in India and Nepal but also by Hindus around the world; check out the Twitter stream for lots of pictures! OU's Holi festival will take place on March 10. Holi is a spring festival, sometimes called the "festival of colors." You can read more about Holi in this Wikipedia article, which is also the source for the image below that shows Lord Krishna himself celebrating Holi together with his consort Radha:

Here is an Epified video about Holi:

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